| | The Philadelphia Insulator Company "The Mad Hatter" - CD 134.6
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| | by Richard Chamberlin
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As a relatively new addition to the ranks of insulator collectors, I have
found the articles in Crown Jewels exciting and interesting. Little did I know
when my wife and I embarked on a recent exploration of the antique and
collectible shops along the Maine coast this summer that I would discover a
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| | Ask Woody
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| | by N. R. Woodward
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N. R. "Woody" Woodward is the author of THE GLASS INSULATOR IN
AMERICA, 1988 Report and developed
the Consolidated Design Numbers identification system for glass insulators.
The following questions come from Steve Kelly of Tempe, Arizona
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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What I consider to be the unipart find of the decade is an odd Fred Locke
pin-type that was recently reported. I am admittedly biased when it comes to
Fred Locke porcelain, but surely you will agree that this is a great new
discovery!
Bob Berry (NIA#1203) managed to acquire this fine jewel at an eastern show
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| | MAC's Believe It Or Not!
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| | by John McDougald
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First, a little follow-up and cleanup from some earlier articles. I heard
from Roger Lucas (Columbus, IN) reporting that he had found a CD 113 Hemingray
similar in embossing to the one belonging to Bill Meier that I pictured in my
Nov. '92 column. It was a Hemingray 12 with a very bold "HE" embossed
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