| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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Woody Takes A Second Look At Two Close Cousins
Remember this photo? It was published in the October '97 issue of Crown
Jewels of the Wire. Upon taking a second look at the insulator on the right, Woody has
reclassified it as a CD 645, rather than a variation of CD 643. Read on and
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| | Mac's Believe It Or Not!
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| | by John McDougald
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One of Grampa Mac's Antique Insulator Emporium customers enclosed a copy of
Grampa Mac's sales lists from 1978 (that was before Grampa Mac knew he would be
Grampa Mac) along with his invoice. I though that you might be interested in
some of the insulators that appeared on that list and the prices that were
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| | Cover Me (J-D)
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| | by Jimmie Burns
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This month's cover picture, from the August 1940 issue of The National Geographic
Magazine, paints a vivid portrait of the Jeffery-Dewitt Company. I
searched for this issue several years after Roger Lucas had found it and Carol
printed in black and white in Crown Jewels of the Wire. (December 1993, p. 24) I
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| | "Turn left here... a day at the Hemingray BUMP!"
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| | by Carol McDougald
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It all began sometime during the mid-70's...
The London, Ohio show was in its
infancy and was the heartbeat of our early collecting days. In fact, we were all
in our infancy...the group called themselves the Ohio Valley Insulator Club,
there were the young, squealing children of the collectors, Paul Kelly walking
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