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A Lineman's ViewPoint

   by Carol McDougald

   

"Insulators are my life." says Texas collector, A.L. Rash

With this being the month of the National Show in Houston, it is fitting that we spend some time with one of Texas's earliest collectors, Mr. A. L. Rash of Lumberton, Texas. It was several years ago that Dee Willett of Bakersfield, ...                    [more]



   

While On The Subject Of Signs...

   by Wendall Hunter

   

In looking at a 1915 catalogue of Electric Service Supplies Company, I found what must be the ultimate in High Voltage DANGER signs. Enameled steel signs were supplied in both plain and illuminated forms. The signs were made from a base of No.16 cold rolled annealed English charcoal iron, the enamel being ...                    [more]



   

Collecting Pole Tags

   Story by Tom Wisser, Photos by Hans Kettenburg

   

One of the few collectors from the "outside" to stop by and visit here in Alaska, on a semi-regular basis, is Tom Wisser from New Jersey. Tom told me about his interest in collecting "pole tags" and I thought it would be a good subject for the "Go-With" column. He brought the tags along ...                    [more]



   

Porcelain Insulator News

   by Elton Gish, NIA #41

   

* * * * NEW BOOK * * * *
Multipart Porcelain Insulators
by Elton N. Gish

This new book is the first to deal exclusively with multipart porcelain insulators. Multipart insulators have received last billing with many collectors because of their size and general limitations to space available for displaying. ...                    [more]



   

News From The North

   by Morgan Davis, Canadian Correspondent

   

How's about a hair-raising story of an amazing find? How's about a difficult to find style threadless in just about right out of the factory condition? How's about it being an extremely rare color? And, get this ......how's about finding it in the air?!? Well, folks, here's the story.

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Chambers Still On Duty

   by Charlie Allmon

   

From the heartland of rural Missouri comes news and photographic proof of an incredible insulator find. A find never previously reported in "Crown Jewels," and one I hope will entertain all subscribers. In this article, we will see photos taken recently of an unusually old farm barn still equipped with ...                    [more]



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