| | Themes and Variations on a Common Insulator: The Hemingray C.D. 121
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| | by William C. Ogden
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Some collectors might consider the Hemingray toll to be so common as not to be worth
a second glance, let alone one to be collected and valued. However, I have found
there is a considerable difference in color, drip points and embossing. I have
four base variations, three basic color variations, and eight different
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| | "Threadless Corner"
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| | by Ray Klingensmith
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REPORT ON THE HERKIMER THREADLESS DISPLAY
To start this report, I
find myself asking: "How can you begin to tell a story as great as
this?" So I guess the most logical point would be from the very beginning
of the idea to attempt the display. Three or four years ago some west coast
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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A Chinese Clothespin and an Australian Gold Mine
Fellow
collectors Dolores and Wayne Dixon live in Wiesbaden, West Germany, but were able
to spend their vacation time in China. I was delighted to receive the following
letter recently from Dolores and would like to share it with you.
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| | Apache Pass: Vital Communication Link Between East and West
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| | by H. G. "Bea" Hyve
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What do
the words "Apache Pass" mean to you? Probably not very much. To many
people, it is some obscure geographical location, mentioned in countless western
movies and novels. But are you aware that Apache Pass is a very real place? Did
you know that over 100 years ago it played a major role in the story of
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Jack H. Tod, NIA #13
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Gerald Brown (Box 1, Two Buttes, Colorado 81084) is
trying to obtain more information regarding the "TEA POT" insulator as
shown on Page 42 of the Supplement to his "Collectible Porcelain
Insulators" book, 1974. If any reader has any info as to origin, probable
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| | Me And The 143 (#5)
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| | by Grant Salzman, NIA #1785
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The Canadian Pacific Ry Co
-- Part II
One of the things that makes identification a problem with some 143's
is that there are some names or descriptions that are quite a mouthful. We try
to shorten these in conversation, but often when we do, we "lose something
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