| | New Find
| | | by Paul Ickes
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I am really excited to send you these two pictures. I received
this beauty in the "flesh" from a collector in Millville, New Jersey.
It is an unlisted, and previously unknown, Locke glass insulator. It is 2-1/2
inches tall and 4 inches wide. The embossing on the front is inverted and reads:
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| | | Foreign Insulators
| | | by Marilyn Albers
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History of the Electrical Glass
Industry in France
The following material was sent to Mr. N. R. Woodward
(Houston, Texas) from Sediver International of France, in answer to his request
for information about French insulators. Valuable it was, to be sure, but hardly
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| | | Letters to the Editor
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Dear Dora,
Thought I'd share another interesting lightning rod
insulator with you.
About the size of most common lightning rod insulators and
found in the standard two hole bracket. Two were taken from a barn here in
Connecticut, and both in deep SCA. A third is clear in color and located in a
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| | | the "California Connection"
| | | by Brent Burger
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Well, after surviving
the National in Sacramento this past July, I guess it's time to get back to
business. I must say that it was quite a show. As usual, I starved myself to
save what little money I had brought with me for any insulators that I might
find for the collection -- which weren't too many, as there was a lot of
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| | | Porcelain Insulator News
| | | by Jack H. Tod, NIA #13
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Dear Jack:
I thought you would be
interested in learning that I was fortunate in obtaining another specimen of the
"Henderson" insulator (reported in CJ 1975-1977 issues). A friend was
lucky enough to find this at the Lachute, Que. flea market, and which is in the
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