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| | by Elton Gish, NIA #41
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There was a very unusual porcelain insulator at the 1986 National show in
Saratoga Springs, New York that I have let slip by without being reported. It
was proudly displayed by Larry Emmonds as part of his fantastic Model A Ford
truck display. The insulator is pictured below -- and it is sim U-292 with THOMAS
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| | The Pyrex "Knob Top"
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| | by Dan Wagner
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What is the first thing that someone says to you when you show them a
"new find" insulator? It usually goes something like this. "Wow!
That's really neat! Where did you get it?" This sure has been happening to
me lately. Before I tell how I found this insulator, I would like to give you a
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| | Insulators In Color
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| | All Ashore That's Going Ashore -- For Insulators
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| | by Mike Bowen
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I have just recently finished a 4 year enlistment in the U.S. Navy, and I had
the real pleasure of collecting stories and insulators while in the foreign
ports our ship visited.
Recounting them now, I should have tried to get the many different varieties
of insulators that I saw, but I was rather limited on space in my berthing
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| | Ma Bell's Place
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| | by Vic Sumner
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CHARGE AND DISCHARGE
The Farmers' Mutual Telephone Company needed a troubleman. Someone who could
do it all, for the farmers were sick and tired of the poor service on their
owner maintained lines. After all, it was 1909 and who could expect farmers to
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| | Ask Woody
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I am most grateful to Mr. N. R. Woodward, Houston, Texas, for his willingness
to answer reader's questions. Mr. Woodward is the author of The Glass Insulator
in America and developed the Consolidated Design Numbers identification system
for glass insulators.
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