| | A Christmas Holiday on the Northern Telegraph
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| | by Hans Kettenburg
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While in San Francisco for
Christmas with family I took a trip up to Anderson in Northern California to
visit with Doug Pruitt. Together we went out on the extinct Northern California
Telegraph Company line, which was built in 1856, to see if we could find some
insulators.
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| | The Porcelain Insulators of Italy
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| | by Matt Grayson
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The insulators of I.M.E.C. and Richard-Ginori are
similar in many respects to the insulators surveyed of Germany. Some styles are
identical, while others are unique to these firms. These two companies offer an
interesting contrast. While Richard-Ginori catalogs only the most modern of high
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| | "Threadless Corner"
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| | by Ray Klingensmith
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This month I thought I'd bring all the past articles up to date,
rather than covering one specific item.
Also, I'd like to make mention at this
time that I will be in Denver at the 10th National show. I'll be making drawings
of threadless for the new style chart and will also be taking notes on color
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| | Research Division
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Dear Dora,
The following drawing might be of interest to lightning rod insulator
collectors. Color is aqua and made crudely within a three piece mold. Embossed
in the wire groove and attached to the building with a metal bracket. I
understand that this is the third one found and all in the same area.
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| | "Patent Pages"
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| | by Ray Klingensmith
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A. W. Hale
Insulator for Electric Wire
No. 293,242. Patented Feb. 12, 1884.
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| | Stutzen-Isolatoren: Manufacturers of Pintype Insulators in Germany
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| | by Matt Grayson
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Preface
After a trip to France in 1973, during which I recovered about fifty French insulators, I
became interested in European insulator history. Language and distance made for
significant handicaps; though I was able to obtain some data from a number of
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