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The National Insulator Association is a non-profit corporation formed for
educational purposes, whose Board and Committee Members are unpaid volunteers.
It is the NIA's goal to encourage growth and public awareness of the insulator
hobby through collecting, dealing and educational endeavors. The NIA strives to
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| | American Beehives
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Samuel Oakman, the inventor and glassmaker behind Boston Bottle Works
insulators (see June 2004 issue of Crown Jewels) in the 1870's, had moved to New
York by the mid-1880's. He still owned a glass factory in Boston, and some
collectors believe some base embossed American Insulator Company products, such
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| | Mt. Washington Ramshorns
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Last month we reported that Ken Bergstrom won first place at a show for his
display of ramshorn insulators. We wanted to say a few more words about his
exhibit. Many of the specimens in his collection were removed decades ago from a
telegraph line that ran up Mt. Washington in New England. Ken was fortunate to
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| | Stamps
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No matter the language, the message is clear. Electricity is dangerous.
Gene Condon sent in some pictures of "stamps" from his collection.
Gene says these labels aren't postage stamps, but foreign stickers similar to
Christmas Seals.
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| | Insulator of the Month
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Randy Wesner submitted this gem as his favorite insulator. It's a CD 134
Pennycuick, wide groove, signal with a continuous drip. That's a rounded
projection that goes all the way around the base, and can be clearly observed in
the photo above. Pennycuick's are known for their well formed threads. But
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| | "Elektroporcelan Louny's"
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This insulator is from the Czech Republic. It might be a new style of foreign
porcelain insulators. It is unmarked but I was told it was made by :ELP"
which stands for the following meaning, "Elektroporcelan Louny". I was
told this by a friend of mine over there (Frantisek Danek).
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| | One of a Kind
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Every summer I like to take a week long vacation to see country and hunt
insulators at antique stores and along abandoned lines. On one of these trips I
was in an antique store looking for anything of interest and seeing the usual
Hemingray 42s when there in front of me hanging on the wall was an insulator
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| | Hemingray Mystery
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Here's another submission from Dave Kurns. It's a common CD 154 Hemingray 42.
Take note of the big black-looking blotch. It is NOT junk in the glass. NOT
amber swirling. NOT a blob of "snot". NOT a potstone. It's not
anything in the glass.
What is on the glass?
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," March 2005
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the March 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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| | Porcelain Commemorative Mickey Mouse Insulators
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| | By Jason Townsend
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I've been collecting porcelain insulators for the last four years. The first
swap meet I attended was at the home of John and Carol McDougald while they were
still living in St. Charles, Illinois. After that meet, I was immediately bitten
by the collecting bug, and since then I've wondered about how difficult it would
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| | Kids Korner
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Since my Dad found a barrel of insulators at a DAV store this past summer we
have gone on several "hunts" on the weekends. We haven't found
anything out of the ordinary but the search.& discovery is a lot of fun.
This is what we found last weekend. The Hemingray No 40 is more green than
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