From Father Eugene Condon:

Thought you might like to use this picture of William Brookfield, found in Notable New Yorkers of 1896-1899, copyright 1899 by Moses King, Bartlett & Co., The Orr Press, New York. A collector friend, John Henebery, found the picture in his copy of this book and loaned it for your use.

Mr. Woodward will be interested to see the name Bushwick Glass Works was still in use when this book was compiled.

In "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", August, 1969, pages 27 & 28, you pictured some insulators believed to be used on radio antennas or wireless telegraph. I took some of these down from the ceiling of an old store and was told they were used on the antenna of an old battery powered radio and came as part of the kit. The wire was still intact and used to hang signs on by my friend, the proprietor. No embossing on clear glass insulators, 3" long.

I have a S. C. A. like sketch #2. The embossing is L. S. Brach Mfg. Co. and on reverse what appears to be Newark, N. J.

I have a large, heavy glass insulator with metal fittings like that in Crown Jewels of the Wire, April 1970, page 12. However, it is only 20 inches long and has no "flash ball. " It was made by Pyrex and used on Coast Guard equipment.

Recent finds include two Otis patent insulators in sparkling clear glass and two National Insulator Co. insulators, CD 104, one bluish aqua and one greenish aqua.

It's a great hobby, and I devour your magazine!

From Dale Austin:

Well spring is finally here in Main (snowed last Friday).  I picked up some good ones lately.

CD 134  AM. INS. CO., rim embossed, yellowish green

CD 144  Foree Bain, Tibbitts #3-161, aqua

CD 143.4 T-H.E.CO., aqua

CD 196 KNOWLES, no drip points, ice blue.

One other find I made was a CD 164 (drawing on top left) W. BROOKFIELD / NEW YORK, above the groove on the crown and PAT, FEB. 12th. 1884 on the skirt.  There is a B on the crown on the back.  This insulator has a moldline over dome and of course a petticoat.