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"Turn left here... a day at the Hemingray BUMP!"

   by Carol McDougald

   

It all began sometime during the mid-70's... 

The London, Ohio show was in its infancy and was the heartbeat of our early collecting days. In fact, we were all in our infancy...the group called themselves the Ohio Valley Insulator Club, there were the young, squealing children of the collectors, Paul Kelly walking ...                    [more]



   

Cover Me (J-D)

   by Jimmie Burns

   

This month's cover picture, from the August 1940 issue of The National Geographic Magazine, paints a vivid portrait of the Jeffery-Dewitt Company. I searched for this issue several years after Roger Lucas had found it and Carol printed in black and white in Crown Jewels of the Wire. (December 1993, p. 24) I ...                    [more]



   

Mac's Believe It Or Not!

   by John McDougald

   

One of Grampa Mac's Antique Insulator Emporium customers enclosed a copy of Grampa Mac's sales lists from 1978 (that was before Grampa Mac knew he would be Grampa Mac) along with his invoice. I though that you might be interested in some of the insulators that appeared on that list and the prices that were ...                    [more]



   

Foreign Insulators

   by Marilyn Albers

   

Woody Takes A Second Look At Two Close Cousins

Remember this photo? It was published in the October '97 issue of Crown Jewels of the Wire. Upon taking a second look at the insulator on the right, Woody has reclassified it as a CD 645, rather than a variation of CD 643. Read on and ...                    [more]



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