(Picture reprinted from Milholland's 2nd Revision Most About Glass Insulators)

The enclosed is a momento of my first encounter with a Hem. Zero, then the unlisted and unassigned CD 249. I had been in this store two or three times; had bought such items as CD 152 embossed "B", and some bric-a-brac.

This time, the chap in charge said he had a "big insulator" for me. Unimpressed, I assumed he was alluding to porcelain, when to my surprise he trotted out this huge glass item in near mint condition. "Some kid" from Pittsburgh had toted it in, I was told.

This was a one-time occurrence. I have been back time and again, and scored zero, no pun intended. So there you go.