Research Division

Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", January 1975, page 26

Can anyone identify this green milk glass object? There were about twelve of these found in an old house in Pennsylvania and shipped to California. They are apparently unused, but old.
Mary Hugon 
Chester, California        

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Editor's note: We may have this 4" high, 4" across base pictured upside-down, and our guess is that it's a light shade of some kind, possibly gas light or chandelier shade. If you have any idea how it was used or the value, please let us know. Thank you.

Dear Dora,

At the Hemingray dump recently, I dug a CD 252 Cable in Carnival. Most of the skirt is gone, and there is a place where four round drips are evident. It's embossed:

F- HEMINGRAY -62 B- MADE IN U.S.A. 

It's not listed in Milholland's 3rd Revision, and I wonder if any other collectors have heard of one in this color? Thanks, 
John Weber 
117 E. Barbie St. 
South Bend, IN 46614

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Dear John,

We also have one that came out of the Hemingray dump, but have never seen any, otherwise. Our theory is that they were experimental, and never used on a line. 'Course we could be wrong. How about it, collectors? 

(Your Editor)

Dear Dora:

I am a bit puzzled about two insulators, and I hope that you might have some information on value and perhaps, in the case of the first one, its use. It is long and round, clear glass, with the letters V.H. & T.B.N.Y. embossed just below the threads. Here is a drawing with measurements.

The other insulator, a CD-162, is really only a broken piece I found under some power lines near here. It is embossed on one side; No 36 / MADE IN U.S.A. And on the other side is the puzzler! LYNCHBURG has been embossed in a rough uneven way, the letters appearing to have been scratched or gouged into the mold. Is this common with Lynchburgs, or would this be considered rare? There is a good possibility that there are other Lynchburgs with this embossing still intact on the line. I'll wait till I hear from you before I act!

Thanks for a really great magazine. I look forward to every issue! 
Cliff Norris

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Dear Cliff:

I don't know about your glass tube, but maybe some of our readers can help you.

Re: The Lynchburg No. 36. I know of two of these, and I'm sure there are quite a few more, but they are not as common as the regular embossing. I'm sure anyone specializing in Lynchburgs would be interested, as the scrawl embossing really has character. 

(Editor)

Dear Dora,

Recently we started working in Livermore, California, doing 12/21 KV cutovers. While doing these cutovers, we removed quite a few glass insulators. I was surprised to find the variety of insulators that came from the small section of line that we rebuilt. The insulators I found are listed below

I think the best one is the Hemingray 19 CD 162 with the HEMINGRAY missing. Do you have any information on this particular insulator?

Keep up the good work on an excellent publication. 
Sincerely yours, 
Jim Decker 
460 Division St. #7 
Pleasanton, CA 94566

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Jim:

There are a few of these No. 19's around without the HEMINGRAY embossing. It doesn't seem to generate enough interest to raise the price any. But then, of course, we don't have many Hemingray specialists on the West Coast, either. 

(Editor)

In answer to the question from Elton and Lynda Gish in the December 1974 issue, page 30, regarding the Brookfield miniature, Esther Israel of Keyes, Oklahoma, phoned to tell us that she has seen two of these small insulators. They were on a hi-line pole that went with a child's toy train set. This was an early toy train set, she thought, maybe the forerunner of "Western Flyer". Esther says these are truly beautiful and highly desirable, so let's all keep our eyes open in the flea markets and junk shops, also grandma's attic and cellar.