| | "Threadless Corner" -- The Stearns Insulator
| | | by Ray Klingensmith
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This month I decided to cover
another insulator of the "threadless era", a patented item which, to
my knowledge, has not been found.
On November 26, 1869, Joseph B. Stearns, of
Boston, Massachusetts, applied for a patent on an improvement in the method of
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| | | Patent Pages
| | | by Ray Klingensmith
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The Johnson Watson Patent
The insulator embossed
"Johnson & Watson"//"PAT D" certainly is an interesting
one, with many unusual characteristics, and some unanswered questions concerning
the inventors. At this time I personally do not have a patent copy on this item.
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| | | Aisladores De Vidrio
| | | by Matt Grayson
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The Glass Insulators of Esperanza, S.A.
For some years now, insulators bearing the embossings of Esperanza, S.A. (ESA) have appeared in
collections across the country. In Milholland's 3rd Revision, he listed a number
of ESA insulators including the following:
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| | | Porcelain Insulator News
| | | by Jack H. Tod, NIA #13
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Dear Jack:
I am sending photographs of two porcelain
items I acquired recently. They are both Fred M. Locke items which I picked up
at local antique shops.
The first is this small Fred M. Locke with a very clear
marking. It has an interior petticoat and, as you can see from the photo, it has
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