| | Headline: A Proposed Transparent Numbered Color Reference For Collectible Glass
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| | by Mark Lauckner, Mayne Island, British Columbia V0N-2J0
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In November 1990, after building a spectrograph to study the color components
in glass insulators (a separate article indeed), I realized the incredible need
for a standard color reference for collectible glass. A quick flip through a
recent Crown Jewels of the Wire proved me right... .orangish amber, sca aqua,
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| | Richmond Revisited
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| | by Dick Bowman
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Earlier this year I authored an article about the big dig in Richmond,
Virginia, which yielded a large number of CD 701.6 Confederate eggs, some in
heretofore unknown colors. This article appeared in the May, 1990 issue of Crown
Jewels.
In early February of 1991, Evelyn and I were on a premature trip home
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| | Evening News, Bridgeton, N.J. Tuesday, November 1906
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An Automatic Glass Factory
Wonderful Insulator Machine Which A
Young Man Has Invented
and Patented.
For the News.
The thrifty housewife who pours the luscious preserves into a
Mason jar gives little heed in the many hours of thought and study required to
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| | My CD 126 Summer
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| | by Roger Lucas
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Gee, I love garage sales! On a warm Saturday morning I set out as usual to
locate insulator bargains and anything else at a good buy. My focus was on
neighborhood sales so I could cover a lot of ground without using up a lot of
gas. After about a half dozen sales, I came across one where the lady was trying
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| | Bea Lines
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| | by H.G. "Bea" Hyve
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We haven't been to Utah yet for an interview, so I think it's time we went.
We're talking with Ed Lowe, who lives near St. George, Utah, with his wife
Dorothy. They are both friendly, nice, and very easy to talk with. Ed is the
insulator collector, so we'll chat mostly with him.
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| | Insulators Near Kawashkagama And Ombabika
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| | by Eric Halpin
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This was an opportunity just too good to pass up. An offer to be a non-paying
passenger on a freight run in a snow ski equipped otter aircraft supplying a
remote prospectors and trappers camp. What made the trip especially appealing
was its close proximity to a remote section of Canadian National tracks
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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CAROL AND MARILYN CONDUCT INSULATOR
RESEARCH TRIP ON FOREIGN SOIL
Part V
This last chapter of our story is a fascinating one! We left Switzerland and
headed south into France. At the border, since we were constantly looking up, we
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| | The Purple CD 134 - September 13, 1881 Patent Insulator
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| | by Joe Maurath
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(The following article originally appeared in the January, 1991 issue of the Yankee Polecat Insulator Club
Newsletter.)
Perhaps the most exciting insulator find reported by club
members during the past year was a CD 134 lettered around its base
rim: PAT SEPT. 13,'81 in purple. This beauty was discovered in an antique shop
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