| | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Second Example Reported
In last month's issue Dave Kurns asked if anyone else had seen an insulator
marked like the one below.
The answer is, "Yes."
Dear Howard,
When I turned to page 17 of the September Crown Jewels, I thought that
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| | INSULATOR OF THE MONTH
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GOLDEN FIND
Teenager Ted Wilush found this beautiful CD 154 Dominion himself while
walking a line in Canada. Read about his adventure, starting on page 23.
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| | C.E.W. UPDATE
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Several collectors responded to our article on CD 120 C.E.W. ponies in the
July issue. Dr. Quentin Tomich sent in a line-up of purple ponies. He writes,
"Your treatise on CEW's is an eye-opener. I found 9 purple ones here
(Hawaii), all on one 12-mile line. The ones pictured (below) are reconstructions
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| | CREB CD 145 Beehives
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| | By Chris Renaudo
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The acronym CREB (CRown Embossed Brookfield) was coined by my good friend and
fellow CREB CD 145 collector Lee Brewer several years ago to avoid having to
type out the long drawn-out description in our email correspondence. Lee and I
share an affinity for the CREB CD 145 beehives due to their aesthetic shape and
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| | The Uninvited Guest
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Off Topic---
When Bob Scafe sent out a wide open invitation for everyone to attend his
September back yard swap meet, he didn't expect one guest to show up weeks
early. But this big fellow apparently wanted to make sure he had the pool all to
himself.
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| | DAN HOWARD'S BACK YARD SWAP - PORTLAND, OREGON
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This was our tenth annual show in Portland on the second Saturday in
August. The show was started in an effort to provide a summer gathering for
Portland-area collectors, at a time when there were few other local options.
Since that time some shows have ceased, such as the Cle Elum tailgater, while
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| | SHENANDOAH VALLEY INSULATOR SHOW IN MARTINSBURG ANOTHER ROUSING SUCCESS
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| | By Clay Goldston and Jeff Hollis
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Saturday August 12, 2006, dawned a beautiful day for an insulator show in
Martinsburg, West Virginia and the attendance bore that out. There were a
substantial number of walk-ins to the show with the peak hours being between 9
and 11 a.m. An unidentified walk-in brought in a blue milk glass hawk eye
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| | AUGUST IN ALBANY
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Tim Wood's backyard swap meet on August 26th in Albany, Oregon brought
together old time collectors and beginners who got their first insulators at his
show. Bill Vincent showed off Thomas insulators, a new love affair for him.
While Tim, Mike Swanson, Scott Morrell and Howard Banks put together a combined
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," October 2006
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the October 2006
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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| | COLLECTING SANTA ANA's
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| | By Jim "Spaceman" Sinsley
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I first became acquainted with insulators, as collectibles, when we got a new
couple into our newly formed Antique Bottle Club of Orange County (California)
about 1965. They were a really fun couple but I thought the guy, Glenn, was
strange because he collected insulators instead of bottles. My Dad was an old
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| | The Magpie Line
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| | By Ted Wilush
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Story of Insulators, Mines, Railroads and a Small Town in Northern Ontario.
In the fall of 1897, two prospectors, Ben Boyer and Jim Sayers made the trip
from Sault Ste. Marie Ontario to the small gold town of Wawa in the Michipicoten
region of Algoma, on the shore of Lake Superior, in hopes of striking it rich.
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| | GO-WITHS
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National Stamp Collecting Month
October is recognized as "stamp collecting month". Crown Jewels
presents some stamps that have been issued to commemorate people and events
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