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2005 National Show Report - Part 2 of 3

   
   

2005 National Show Report
Nor-Cal Insulator Club
San Jose, California

                                                                                                                                   
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Crown Jewels at the Smithsonian Institute

   
   

Art work by Terry Morin was featured on the cover of the June issue of Crown Jewels. Workers at the Smithsonian Institute liked the art so much, they incorporated the June issue into their insulator display (below). It seems Quincy, the insulator-hugging opossum shown on June's back cover with a CD 151 ...                    [more]



   

2005 National Show Report - Part 1 of 3

   
   

2005 National Show Report
Nor-Cal Insulator Club
San Jose, California

National Insulator Association president Dudley Ellis, a veteran of many national shows, proclaimed to those in attendance at the banquet for the 2005 ...                    [more]



   

Kids Korner

   
   

Meet Cover Artist Christina Jung

I am fourteen and in the ninth grade. My entry for the Crown Jewels cover contest is of a father and daughter on an insulator hunt. It symbolizes what my father and I share when he takes me out on a trip. The city on the horizon is a ...                    [more]



   

Insulator of the Month

   
   

THE HERO

This CD 102 pony is anything but a common insulator. It's a "one of a kind"; being the only insulator found to date embossed simply with an "H" .

Found at a flea market in Texas some years ago, collectors speculate it may ...                    [more]



   A Magazine for Collectors

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

CJ In Color!

The following photos are from the September 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]



   

One-of-a-Kinds

   
   

These two, slightly different shaped, threadless hooks in porcelain are reported to be "one of a kinds". Both were found in Eastern Canada.

There is some speculation they are related to the overland portion of the Trans-Atlantic Cable, the famous undersea telegraph line that connected Europe ...                    [more]



   

2005 National Show Report - Part 3 of 3

   
   

2005 National Show Report
Nor-Cal Insulator Club
San Jose, California

                                                                                                             
...                    [more]



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