| | A Nice Way To Begin
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| | by Bob Goccia - Lambertville, NJ
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New Year’s Day ushered in 1986 with temperatures more appropriate for early
spring, creating a perfect environment in which to search for insulators. The
sky was exceptionally blue and offered unrestricted vision across the fields and
along the hillsides. The air was still and silent as Sou Mei and I walked along
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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WILL THE REAL ISOREX "234" PLEASE STAND UP?
The three insulators shown in the photo below are each made of dark green
glass, they each came from France and they are each embossed Isorex/234! Yet
obviously they differ from each other in design! If it were not for our unique
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| | First Day Covers
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| | by Hans Kettenburg
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Paper collectibles make an interesting addition to an insulator collector's
display. Some collectors specialize in telegraph envelopes and messages. Others
collect stocks and bonds of the telegraph and telephone companies, but look at
these -- First Day of Issue envelopes.
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| | Letters to the Editor
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Dear Carol,
The enclosed photos depict a CD 282 Hemingray No. 2 Provo with a rather
interesting device cemented to its top.
According to Kurtz' Lineman's Handbook, 1942 (courtesy of Chris Hedges),
"the purpose of a choke coil is to prevent lightning or other high voltage
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| | Telephone Almanac
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| | by Wendell Hunter - DuBois, PA
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Upon seeing the picture of the Civil War telegraphers stringing wire (see p.
12, Sept., 1985), I have been moved to send in the following pictures I have had
for some long time. These were in an anthology of very early books reprinted by
Arno Press in the early 1970's.
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| | MAC's Believe It Or Not!
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One of the areas that I want to work on in Mac's "Believe It or
Not" is sharing new CD's that have been assigned to new finds since the
publication of Milholland's Bicentennial Edition. All of us need to have a way
to find out what's out there. All contributions will be much appreciated.
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| | Diamond Glass Company 102's
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| | by Morgan Davis
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Please make the following additions to the article on Diamond Glass Company
102's in the February, 1986, issue of CROWN
JEWELS:
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