| | Choke Coils
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| | by Leonard (Joe) Lippens
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It always amazed me that of all the insulator collectors, so few were
associated with the industry. Being a retired lineman, my interest peaked in
1979 when an article appeared in Crown Jewels of the Wire regarding choke coils
(February, 1979). My interest was again aroused by two additional articles in
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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ANOTHER UNIQUE IRON CLAD INSULATOR
FOUND IN URUGUAY
Quite some time ago, I received a letter from Crown Jewels of the Wire
subscriber Gustavo (Gus) ColI of Montevideo, Uruguay, who had come across the
shell of an interesting old iron clad insulator. Engraved on the side of the
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| | Advertising through the Ages
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| | by Bob Stahr
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Jim Luster of Benton, Illinois located this R. Thomas & Sons Company ad
in both the September 29th and November 28th, 1928 issues of Telephony.
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| | GOOD Insulator Collecting .... is not Dead
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| | by Roger Lucas
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Over the past few years, I've heard complaints by some fellow collectors that
good insulators can't be found anymore. At times, I felt the same way. While
rare ones are probably gone from poles for the most part, nice insulators CAN
still be found elsewhere -- like at flea markets, antique malls and shops, garage
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| | CELEBRATING OUR 30TH YEAR -- A STORY FROM EARLY COLLECTING YEARS ---
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| | by Paul Lackey
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"My Time With Frank Miller"
In June 1965 I placed an advertisement in the Tulsa World, "...collect
telephone insulators, please contact if interested."
Frank Miller called. I
showed him my amethyst 121's WGM from Colorado and he opened my world to
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