1982 >> November  

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

  

   

Research Division

   

   

Dear Dora, 

While insulator collecting has been a way of life for me since 1948, I've also found great pleasure in the history of the telephone, telegraph and associated supply and manufacturing companies.

I am currently cataloging all, I hope, telephone companies past and present in the U.S.. The ...                    [more]



   

Foreign Insulators

   by Marilyn Albers

   

More Hard to Find Foreign Insulators

Richard Ginori and Verbano Ceramics, Italy: 

Any Italian insulator, either glass or porcelain, is, in my mind, rare. To succeed in leaving the country with even one in hand is a feat in itself. The reason for this is ...                    [more]



   

Maydwell Insulators

   by John Wise

   

From time to time various insulator companies have been written about, but no one has really researched the Maydwell line. Ten years ago these insulators were somewhat easy to acquire on the West Coast, but no more. In southern California they were common on fire alarm circuits and ...                    [more]



   

Letters to the Editor

   

   

Dear Dora, 

I'm sorry that I'm so late with the renewal. I'm happy to say that I spent some time in the Old Country. Brookfield is alive and well. The part of Italy where I came from is just loaded with old two piece Brookfield power glass. I chose not to bring any home on this trip, but perhaps ...                    [more]



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