2005 >> December  

Message to readers about contents for this month....

  

   

Junk in Glass

   
   

Whether you specialize in insulators 
made by one specific company, 
or insulators of a certain shape (CD style), 
it's always fun to find 
items with special character.

Jim Harlow collects McLaughlins 
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Exchanges, Kegs, Tramps & Fantoms

   By Ed Himmelwright

   

Editor's Note: Retired from a career as a lineman, Ed thought he'd share information on how certain styles of insulators were used. We've added some photographs which are intended to help illustrate his text.

A buckarm pole was a pole used at intersections, mostly out in the country. ...                    [more]



   

Foreign Insulators

   Submitted by Jim and Lis Bergman Anchorage, Alaska Email: majestic@gci.net

   

Verreries de Folembray News:

In April 2003 we returned from a trip to France with a very rare insulator. The attached photograph shows an insulator with a very different embossing. 

This insulator is a rare Verreries de Folembray CD645 gingerbread mama that is base ...                    [more]



   

Swap Meet at the Insulator Ranch

   
   

Something unusual happened at a swap meet in rural southern Oregon this fall.

About half of the two dozen people who showed up had never before attended an insulator swap meet or show of any kind. Some were brand new collectors; others had been collecting for decades but just hadn't ever attended any insulator ...                    [more]



   A Magazine for Collectors

   
   Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," December 2005
   

CJ In Color!

The following photos are from the December 2005 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 ...                    [more]



   

More Great Finds From Our 2005 Visit to France

   
   

This photo shows a giant noser made by ISOREX (Charbonneaux et Cie of Reims, France). We found 5 of these beauties on an abandoned sub-station in the middle of a small town. After a great deal of back and forth as to who had the rights to the building, the Mayor of the town stepped forward and wrote us a letter ...                    [more]



   

Crown Jewels Climbs to New Heights

   
   

Bill Rohde and some climbing partners struggled for hours climbing up 14,162 foot high Mount Shasta in Northern California last summer. Then while celebrating their successful ascent, Bill surprised them by asking to have his picture taken with a couple of objects he had packed along with him.

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Sidepin Profile

   By Michael Swanson

   

Why I Collect Insulators

As with many insulator collectors, it all began in the 60's for me as well. I always enjoyed road trips with my folks because it meant I would be able to gawk at all the colored insulators on the seemingly endless procession of telephone ...                    [more]



   

Linemen Pic

   
   

We don't know if these were the Wichita linemen. 
But it certainly looks like they were 
willing, ready and able to respond 
to line problems caused by winter snowstorms. 
Hmm. Wonder how many utility companies 
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Insulator of the Month

   
   

BUBBLES

Special Character!
Collectors almost always select an insulator with something going on in the glass when picking a favorite.
This CD 133.4 Hemingray product makes the grade with those huge bubbles.
This is another pick from the collection of Sean Green.

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