| | Digging at Fairmont
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| | By Arlen Rienstra
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I initially became intrigued with KCGW insulators while at one of the last
insulator shows held in Columbia City, Indiana, May, 1991. There was a display
titled "Indiana Insulators" and there I closely observed KCGW
insulators for the first time. I was intrigued because I wasn't aware of any
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| | Hitting the 2003 California Spring Show Circuit
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| | By Dwayne Anthony
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There are at least a dozen collectible shows and tailgaters a year in
California, some specializing strictly in insulators, others offering insulators
in conjunction with bottles and other tabletop collectibles. This report
encompasses three shows held in the successive months of April, May & June.
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| | Soozie
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| | By H. G. "Bea" Hyve
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Soozie (shown in color on the inside of the back cover) is an H.G. CO.
petticoat beehive, CD 145. She first saw the light of day in Covington,
Kentucky around 100 years ago. Her first memories are of being rather warm as
she was picked out of her mold and set on a conveyer belt moving toward the
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| | Foreign Insulators
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Crown Jewels of the Wire is pleased to announce the selection of Caleb
Thimell to be the new Foreign Insulator Editor.
Caleb is well known in the hobby
for his research on insulators made in Columbia, particularly with the popular
and colorful Zicme brand insulators. He wrote the article on the scarce VI - BO
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| | 30th Annual Pennsylvania Insulator and Bottle Show
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| | by Claude Wambold
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Rain, rain, go away come again another day, could have been our theme for
this year's show. It rained just about every day since the first of June so on
the Monday before the show I talked to the owner of the Perkiomenville Auction
and Flea Market about the use of the Arena as a backup show site if it rained on
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| | Kansas City Show Report
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| | By Brian Riecker
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Melissa and I would like to thank everyone who came to our first annual swap
meet in Independence, KS on May 10th. It surely won't be the last! We were
pleased to have fifteen dealers present, totaling 20 tables of glass. Members of
the Missouri Valley Insulator Club and the Prairie Signals Insulator Club were
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| | OPINION
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NIA Board's Report to the General Membership Regarding the
Results of its
Investigation into Imitation EC&M Insulators
by Steve Marks, NIA Past
President
For the past seven years or so, serious questions have been raised about the
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| | Insulator of the Month - Back to School
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Adding this marvelous CD 214 Telegrafos Nacionales to his collection is all
about "making the grade" for 14-year-old Sean Green.
You see, Sean
gets to buy this insulator from his Dad. But the price is dependent upon the
grades Sean earns at school this year. For straight A's, the insulator is his
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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The Springfield National show was great for porcelain insulators. Two very
rare multipart porcelain insulator styles made their appearance for the first
time. One display brought attention from everyone at the show including the
glass collectors. And it captured seven awards! First, let's present the unusual
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," September 2003
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the September 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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