1982 >> February  

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Letters to the Editor

   

   

Greetings:

While I no longer collect insulators (deciding a couple of years ago to put all my time and money into books), I left the hobby with many fine memories. I also left without sharing with fellow collectors a cleaning technique which I found to be immediate, always effective (no matter ...                    [more]



   

Porcelain Insulator News

   by Jack H. Tod, NIA #13

   

Dear Jack:

I picked up this insulator in Massachusetts, and the man I got it from said it came from a farm in Seabrook, N.H. It had some white paint on it as if it had been used on a house. Since there's no wire groove on it, a wire slips right off it. I would appreciate any information you might have on ...                    [more]



   

Foreign Insulators

   by Marilyn Albers

   

More About British Porcelain Insulators

Last month, if you will recall, we talked at length about AI (Allied Insulators) Industrial Products Inc., located in Great Britain. This large diversified company produces porcelain insulators of many types, and other electrical equipment used the ...                    [more]



   

High-Rise Apartment with Bird's-Eye View

   

   

The photo and excerpt below appeared in the July 1981 issue of ZOONOOZ, a magazine published by the Zoological Society of San Diego, Inc. Many thanks to the editor, Marjorie Shaw, and the photographer, Mr. R. Van Nostrand, for allowing this cute photo to be reprinted in CROWN JEWELS for all insulator collectors (especially Marilyn ...                    [more]



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