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GOOD Insulator Collecting .... is not Dead

   by Roger Lucas

   

Over the past few years, I've heard complaints by some fellow collectors that good insulators can't be found anymore. At times, I felt the same way. While rare ones are probably gone from poles for the most part, nice insulators CAN still be found elsewhere -- like at flea markets, antique malls and shops, garage ...                    [more]



   

Choke Coils

   by Leonard (Joe) Lippens

   

It always amazed me that of all the insulator collectors, so few were associated with the industry. Being a retired lineman, my interest peaked in 1979 when an article appeared in Crown Jewels of the Wire regarding choke coils (February, 1979). My interest was again aroused by two additional articles in ...                    [more]



   

Foreign Insulators

   by Marilyn Albers

   

ANOTHER UNIQUE IRON CLAD INSULATOR 
FOUND IN URUGUAY

Quite some time ago, I received a letter from Crown Jewels of the Wire subscriber Gustavo (Gus) ColI of Montevideo, Uruguay, who had come across the shell of an interesting old iron clad insulator. Engraved on the side of the ...                    [more]



   

Advertising through the Ages

   by Bob Stahr

   

Jim Luster of Benton, Illinois located this R. Thomas & Sons Company ad in both the September 29th and November 28th, 1928 issues of Telephony.                                                                                          
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CELEBRATING OUR 30TH YEAR -- A STORY FROM EARLY COLLECTING YEARS ---

   by Paul Lackey

   

"My Time With Frank Miller"

In June 1965 I placed an advertisement in the Tulsa World, "...collect telephone insulators, please contact if interested."

Frank Miller called. I showed him my amethyst 121's WGM from Colorado and he opened my world to ...                    [more]



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