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I recently examined a 1949 Westinghouse Agent-Distributor Catalog which
offered Hemingray insulators for sale. I am enclosing a copy of the two pages of
insulators they had listed for sale. One insulator listed on page 881 is a
Hemingray-22 which appears to be a CD 128. I have never heard of a Hemingray-22
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| | Those Disappearing Telephone Signs
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| | by Jack Snyder
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I recently turned up some interesting information. Last weekend in my
meanderings I bought two different postal view cards of main street ... Kewanna,
Indiana, circa 1908. The present day population is 600 souls. It’s located in
north central Indiana about 60 miles north of Logansport.
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| | The Find(s) Of The Year ???
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| | by Mike Guthrie
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One day last April, Verne Warner and his wife Diane had been antique store
hunting along the south coast of California all day. It was getting very near
closing time for the antique stores when Verne found one last piece he wanted to
check. Diane, on antique jewelry lover, could see that the jewelry had already
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| | Bea Lines
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| | by H.G. "Bea" Hyve
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New York is the state to which we will travel this time, to interview Jeff McCurty of Millbrook. If I had to describe Jeff in one
word, it would be
"neat". Not only is he an all-around neat guy, in the sense of being
terrific, but he is also neat in the true sense of the word. Anyone who has ever
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| | Ask Woody
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I am most grateful to Mr. N.R. Woodward, Houston, Texas for his willingness
to answer readers' questions. Mr. Woodward is the author of The Glass Insulator
in America and developed the Consolidated Design Numbers identification system
for glass insulators. Edward J. Trapp, a new collector from St. Joseph,
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| | What Permission Means To Me
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| | by Roger Lucas - Columbus, Indiana
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I found out early in my collecting life how important permission is when
taking insulators off railroad property.
During my summer break from high school in June, 1975, a friend and I planned
to go to a neighboring town and follow the Conrail tracks into the countryside
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