| | Block News
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| | by Tim Baggett
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The photos on the following page show two porcelain block insulators
purchased in the Middle Tennessee area.
The insulator on the left is similar to a CD 1002 and is cobalt blue in
color. Gary Short of Chapmansboro, Tennessee purchased it in an antique shop in
Portland, Tennessee last January along with several other pintype insulators.
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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This white porcelain claw top insulator belongs to Warren and Fay Forster of
Kurrajong, N. S.W., Australia, and was on display at the Marlborough National
last August. Perhaps you didn’t notice it on his table, since it’s not
exactly the Marilyn Monroe of insulatordom, but I promise you’ll respect it by
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| | You know how it goes:
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| | by Syndia Tucker
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You know how it goes: A friend of a friend of yours has a barn/attic/basement
full of insulators. Collected them years ago when he was a lineman in
Colorado/Illinois/Anywhere. Your friend talks to his friend, gives you the phone
number and a meeting is arranged to check out these insulators. Your heart heavy
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| | Indiana Glass Factories Notes
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| | by Dick Roller
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This 144-page books consists of a compilation of the history notes on the
earlier glass factories of 65 Indiana towns, gathered from many sources over a
25-year period. The factories are arranged alphabetically by town, and in
chronological order, allowing readers to easily understand each factory's
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| | Advertising Through the Ages
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| | by Robert Stahr
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The first ad is for Hemingray's "No O, Provo Type"
style (CD 249) and was sent in by Nick Rodnicki, Jr. of Houston, Texas. It
appeared in the July 11, 1908 issue of Electrical Review.
The second ad was found in the Western Electrician, December 3 1898 and is
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