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The process began in February with my announcement that it was time for this
"Type A" person/editor to seek a successor. I had absolutely no idea,
or any preconceived appointment, as to who might be interested in becoming the
third editor of Crown Jewels of the Wire magazine. So, we just cast an
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| | Hemingray Glass Company. . . more than just insulators!
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| | by Shaun Kotlarsky
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Hemingray Glass Company is well known for their wide array of insulators, but
top notch insulators were not all they made. The non-insulator products are
referred to in the insulator hobby as "go-withs". There are a wide
variety of these items that they made. A few types are oil lamps, fruit jars,
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| | Mac's Believe It or Not!
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| | by John McDougald
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From the ICE AQUA mounds of Muncie, Indiana
Nothing super rare about these two oddities from Indiana, just an interesting
first-time entry and re-entry into the hobby of two unusual looking ice aqua
insulators. As my two-year-old grandson Owen would say, "It meIls, Grandad"
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| | Collie Museum - Western Australia, Australia
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| | photos by Leonard Jannese
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A U-1966 Siemens 1 Patent encased in a tree trunk.
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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Nearly all that has been discussed in Porcelain Insulator News since Jack Tod
started this column in 1972 has been about pin-type porcelain insulators. There
are many other interesting porcelain insulators such as standard porcelain. This
category is composed primarily of knobs and spools as the direct result of the
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| | Letters
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AFGHANISTAN SUPPLIED WITH RUSSIAN MADE INSULATORS
My brother recently returned from Afghanistan where he covered the war for
seven months for the New York Times. He brought back two glass insulators from
Kabul, and I thought you might like to see them. Feel free to include this in
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