| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | By Elton Gish
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This month we will update you on a few interesting "finds" and
reports. The insulators covered will be both unipart (U-numbers) and multipart
(M-number)
styles. To start, I thought it would be worthwhile to discuss briefly the use of
Jack Tod's U-Chart as found in his book, Porcelain Insulator Guide Book. This is
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," October 2005
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the October 2005
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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| | Kids Korner
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Meet Cover Artist Powell Brown
My entry is a colored pencil drawing of a CD 145 H. G. Co Petticoat in dark
aqua with amber swirls. The setting resembles Holbrook, Arizona, which in the
early morning, is the most beautiful place to collect. Behind the insulator is a
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| | CANADIAN FORUM
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| | By Robin Plewes
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The Second Annual Southwestern Ontario insulator swap & show was held on
the Nicpon farm outside London Ontario. Co-host Barrett Nicpon was good enough
to write a show report for others who couldn't make it, but wanted to be there.
Thanks Barrett!
So, another show, only the second in a hopefully expanding
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| | SIDEPIN PROFILE
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Graeme Snell
Albany, Western Australia
I originally started off collecting "CARLTONWARE" china, Kero
Heaters, miniature whiskey's and pencil sharpeners but as everything goes with
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| | Insulator of the Month
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"COLOR IS KING"
Shaun Kotlarsky holds a favorite insulator: a CD 287.1 F. M. Locke in peacock
blue. Very few power insulators are found in vibrant colors, adding to the
popularity of the colorful 287.1's. Blue is obviously a favorite of Shaun's.
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