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| | by Marilyn Albers
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Johnson and Phillips Liquid Insulators
There are bits and pieces of information scattered throughout insulator books
and old catalogues about the liquid (oil) insulators patented in 1876 by two
Englishmen, Walter Claude Johnson and Samuel Edmund Phillips. I have long been
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| | Fort Apache Operator
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(The following is reprinted from the 1880's writings of Will C. Barnes, when
he was the lone telegraph operator at Fort Apache. It was sent along to us by R.
H. Johnson of Scottsdale, Arizona, and is very interesting and entertaining,
besides being full of past history.)
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| | Porcelain Telephone Signs
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| | by Alan Colburn
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Porcelain Bell Telephone signs have been around since 1888, when Angus S.
Hibbard, then general superintendent of AT&T, designed the first AT&T
logo, a large blue bell with the words "Long Distance Telephone" (see
drawing). It appeared on the first porcelain Bell signs soon afterwards. These
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish, NIA #41
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This month I want to temporarily deviate from the usual question/answer
format or discussion of individual insulators. This change is partly due to few
new reports and/or interesting questions. This is your forum, and we need to
hear from you.
A recent trip to a local university library produced several
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| | How Good Is Your Insurance?
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| | by Charlie Allmon
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Have you ever checked the insurance coverage your home owners policy affords
you regarding your insulator collection? If you are not a home owner, you will
be checking your home renters policy. Either way, this subject is very important,
and well worth your immediate attention.
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| | Letters to the Editor
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Dear Dora,
Every now and then something really interesting shows up. Sometimes it's an
insulator, or some other piece of Hemingray glass, or a piece of paper. This
time it is a price schedule for jobbers dated 1905. Even though it didn't
include drawings, one can obtain a pretty good idea of the commercially
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