| | Bea Lines
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| | by H.G. "Bea" Hyve
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JAMES DOTY
"Bea Lines" is in Simi Valley, California, this time, talking with
James Doty. (For those of you not familiar with western names, Simi is
pronounced "See-me" .) James is a familiar face at many shows; a
friendly person who really knows his insulators. We always enjoy talking with
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| | "Insulatoring" From the beginning to the First National (Condensed Version)
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| | by Robert L. Winkler
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25 Years of Collecting
The following story is all true, it may not be very good, but it IS TRUE!
I was born in East Chicago, Indiana, on September 3rd, 1951, a day that will
live in "Infamy"! By the end of 1953 or early 1954, I'd already
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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We first reported an unusual fog-type insulator in the August 1989 issue of
Crown Jewels of the Wire that Chris Hedges (NIA #15) had spotted on an
unidentified bridge. Chris sent three photographs showing these insulators atop
a bridge. A photograph of this same insulator was shown in the December 3, 1927 Electrical World and identified it as having been made by
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| | Advertising Through the Ages
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| | by Robert Stahr
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This month we cross the Atlantic to England where insulators were being
advertised during the 1880's.
Joseph Slater Lewis' self-binding insulator was being advertised in the
Electrical Review of London in the December 2, 1882 issue. This was really an
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| | Accurate Ways To Illustrate Embossings
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| | by Mark Lauckner
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During the last couple of years I have tried numerous ways of illustrating
insulator embossings. At first I thought I could just photograph the skirts with
the embossings. Then I quickly realized that the insulators were round, and
photographs were flat. At close range the focus did not work and I couldn't read
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