| | Shades of Greatness
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| | by Howard Banks & Dave Hall
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We're calling this month's featured color section "Hall's Helmets...
Shades of Greatness." Insulators displayed on the following pages are
varieties of CD 260 California cable insulators, fondly referred to by
collectors as "helmets". These examples are from the collection of
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| | Sidepin Profile
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| | By Gayner "Ted" Armstrong
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David R. Wiecek
Home: Warren, New Jersey
Born: January 8, 1966
Collecting Since: 1979
Specialty: Threaded colored glass, early threaded glass,
glass with milk and
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| | Insulator of the Month - "The BLIZ"
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The winter of 2003 has been just nasty in parts of the country, but not for
collector Ray Heim. Ray obtained this "blizzard in an insulator" from
a bottle collector who acquired it in the purchase of a small bottle collection
in Northern Illinois. It's an 1871 & 1893 dated CD 134 Hemingray with the
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| | Letters to Editor, continued
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Tobacco Road (More memories from Ed Hollar)
Ed writes, I had been collecting for about two years (1960's) when one day a
foreman named Ted asked me if I had been down to the old cable yard. It was
about two miles way from where we were working, in a small town nearby. I didn't
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Richard Wentzel
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What determines if an insulator should be classified as
foreign? Simply put, it's a matter of perspective -- global perspective. For
example, the insulators contained in the trucks shown below would not be
considered foreign by American collectors, but they would by Brazilian
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," March 2003
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the March 2003
Crown Jewels of the Wire magazine. These have been provided by the publisher
for those wishing to see a color rendition of the black and white photos
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| | THE RHINO
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Editor's note: A collector who wishes to be called "The Rhino" has
agreed to answer questions sent in by readers. If you want to know more about an
insulator related topic, write Crown Jewels or send an email to: editor@cjow.com
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