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Larry Veneziano has created some new commemoratives this year. Shaped like
eared Jumbo's (CD 269), only smaller, these modern collectibles were poured in
ruby red, cobalt blue, and yellow vaseline colored glass.
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," June 2003
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the June 2003
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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| | Sumpter Valley Railway
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"I've got bucket loads of insulators I want to get rid of," the
woman told me over the phone. "My husband salvaged them years ago off a
railroad in Northeast Oregon."
She instantly had my interest. I often
advertise to buy insulators in want-ad newspapers. Her's was a response to such
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| | Ever Seen a Round Cross Arm Before?
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While recently reading a copy of Western New York Heritage, a local magazine,
I came across an article devoted to Frontier Telephone, who had an early and
major history in Buffalo. In the article there were some great pictures, poles
loaded with crossarms and insulators, but one really grabbed my attention.
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| | Boston Bottle Find
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| | By Ed Hollar (the old pole cat)
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In the early '70's I was working on my cables near Newark when I saw a crew
on the railroad tracks. I stopped to chat for a few minutes. It was a very cold
day, below zero! The crew was working on the crossing. I asked them if and
when the open wires overhead were coming down. They said not for a while and one
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| | Kids Korner
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Mindy Michener was the winner of our contest for kids to design a logo for
Kids Korner. Her winning design is used below.
Here's Layout Designer Linda
Banks presenting Mindy with her winning prize, a CD 257 "Mickey Mouse"
insulator..
Now, young collectors, pick up your pen and your cameras and begin
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| | Postal Memories
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| | By N. R. Woodward
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(N.R. Woodward is the creator of the CD number classification system for
insulators. He responded to the Postal beehive article in the April issue of
CJOW and is providing some great information that we thought we'd share.)
Dear Howard,
Received the April CJ, a very good job! Despite the daunting nature of the
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| | Insulator of the Month - So Mass Tel Co
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Collector Gary Michener says this ordinary looking CD 102 pony is his
favorite insulator. What's not ordinary about it is the embossing: So. Mass.
Tel. Co. Founded in the late 1870's, the Southern Massachusetts Telephone
Company served Cape Cod communities until well into the 1900's. Only a handful
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| | World Class Insulators (Continued)
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| | By Howard Banks
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In this issue of Crown Jewels we are pleased to present a second series of
colored pictures of world class CD 151 insulators. These are among the best
examples of that style known to the hobby. (See the May issue of Crown Jewels
for part one.)
If I can get the page numbers correct this month, the insulator at the top of
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