| | Letters to the Editor
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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
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| | | Maydwell Insulators
| | | by John Wise
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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
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| | | Foreign Insulators
| | | by Marilyn Albers
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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
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| | | Research Division
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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
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