| | All About Color
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| | By Mike Randall
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27 Years of Collecting Glass
I started collecting glass in 1979. I had just moved from Los Angeles to
Redding, CA. Los Angeles was such a wonderful place to live that I missed being
there for... oh, at least ten minutes after I left.
Getting settled on a small cattle ranch, I heard about a flea market on
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| | St. Joseph Insulator /Bottle Show & Sale
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| | By Jeanne Weber
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The 4th Annual Insulator / Bottle Show & Sale was held in St. Joseph, MO
on Saturday, March 11, 2006. It was another great day with mostly clear skies and
temperatures in the 60's. But as we know, the weather can change rapidly and
Sunday was a day of 100 tornado sightings in MO and hail as big as tennis balls.
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| | STILL IN THE AIR
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| | By Mike Swanson
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In November 2005, I was fortunate enough to secure a position with the
Portland, Oregon Water Bureau's security staff. Our job is to ensure the safety
and security of all our bureau facilities, including Portland's watershed.
During training, on our first journey to some of our out of town facilities, I
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| | INSULATOR OF THE MONTH
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3-D PUZZLE
This CD 123 EC&M Co SF is one of my favorites. That's because I found it
myself.... all 50 or 60 or 70 pieces. The insulator has been painstakingly
reconstructed by Paul Greaves. It's an "F" mold EC&M in the color
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," May 2006
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the May 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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| | Pole Replacement
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| | By David Collins
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Pole Replacement -
From a layman's viewpoint
In March 2005 everyone in my neighborhood received notice from Pacific Gas
& Electric Company that, due to the replacement of a power pole, electricity
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| | Kids Korner
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THREADLESS PRIZES
Wow! Take a look on the page below at the prizes we are offering in our
latest Kids Contest.
These CD 734, threadless, McMicking insulators will be given away free to
four winners in our next contest. These historic artifacts were dug in British
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| | Civil War Relics
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Micah Flood sent us the picture below to report the recent discovery of a
threadless insulator from a "Civil War trash heap". While the address,
"16 BROADWAY NY", makes it clear the item is a Tillotson product, we
weren't sure exactly what we were looking at and asked for additional pictures.
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| | Mid-Willamette Valley Insulator Swap
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Mid-Willamette Valley Insulator Swap
Nathan Lamkey hosted his 9th annual swap meet at his home in Salem, Oregon
March 25th. Now a lot of collectors have "go withs" for their
insulators collections, and Nathan is no exception. But some of his are rather
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| | Cold Pour
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Dario Dimare provided the explanation to Vernon Fellows' question about the
extra lettering on the dome of his Brookfield signal (April 2006 issue, page
43.)
Vernon ask if the embossed (raised) letters "J E L" were placed on
the dome by a factory worker carving his initials into the mold. We speculated
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| | Hemingray 23's
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| | By Mike Randall
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A Tough CD to Acquire in Mint Condition
It has taken seven years. Putting together a type set of three, colored CD
241 Hemingray #23's is a goal I didn't think I'd ever accomplish. Let alone in
mint condition.
My first is in honey amber with round drip points. It surfaced on Ebay
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| | RURAL TELEPHONE LINES & HOW TO BUILD THEM
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Book Review
This 30 page booklet was first printed in the early 1900's by the Montgomery
Ward Company to sell telephone equipment manufactured for the company. It was
re-printed in 1970 by Glen Razak after insulators became collectible.
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