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| | By Nathan Lamkey
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The winter blues were finally broken in anticipation of the first insulator
show of the year at the home of Jack Hare in Seattle, Washington. Tim Wood left
home at O dark thirty to arrive at the home of Nathan Lamkey to get underway by
5 in the morning. The first stop was Portland to pick up Caleb Thimmel and the Oregon convoy was on its way with boxes of sales stock. The show was
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| | Yuma 2003 Tailgater and the Quest for Date Shakes
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| | By Dwayne Anthony
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The trip started off in Fresno -- 500 miles from our final destination of Yuma,
Arizona. Lou Hall left Thursday night from Fresno in his passenger van for Dave
Brown's home in Exeter. They both left bright and early Friday morning to pick
up Bob Merzoian in Porterville, then on to Highland to pick up David LeForge and
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| | Insulator of the Month - Got Junk?
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Once upon a time... I stopped at a large antique mall on the way home one day
to just browse through the two floors of booths available. I wasn't particularly
looking for insulators, as this mall was not known for ever having any good
insulators. After the first floor, and finding nothing of real interest, I
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| | World Class Insulators
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| | By Howard Banks
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Crown Jewels is proud to present, in both the May and June centerfolds, color
pictures of some world class insulators.
CD 151 insulators are classic in shape, representing a transition between
early day threaded insulators and turn-of-the-century styles. The curve of the
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| | The Annual Chesapeake Bay Insulator Club Show
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| | By Claude Wambold
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On Saturday morning, March 1, 2003, 3:50 a.m. Steve Bobb pulls in our
driveway and we quickly load his boxes of insulators, (I loaded mine the day
before) We are on the road by 4:00 a.m. and headed South on Rt. 100 to Rt. 23.
As we turn onto Rt. 23 we see the first snow flake and saw many, many more in
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | By Curtis Erickson
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Finding the Russian CD 570.2
Several unique insulators have recently been discovered in Russia. Before
1991 very few Russian insulators had been found, due to the "iron
curtain" . One insulator that has recently been found is the CD 570.2. It
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," May 2003
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the May 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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| | 2003 CHICO SHOW (AND TELL)
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| | By Howard Banks
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The annual bottle show in Chico, California has been a favorite of insulator
collectors for decades. I remember attending in the late 1960's and being amazed
at the great western insulators that turned up at Chico. This year was no
exception, although the best insulators came for "show and tell",
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| | Kids Korner
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WE HAVE A WINNER! 14 entries were received in our contest for kids. Crown
Jewels invited youngsters to design a logo for a regular column dedicated to
beginning collectors. After all the entries came in, we emailed them to members
of the Jefferson State Insulator Club for a vote. Only the logos were sent. Club
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| | Making a Magazine
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| | By Howard Banks
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Stop the presses! But not for long. We've still got 1,500 magazines to print,
fold, staple, trim, address, sort, and mail.
What does it take to create a month's issue of Crown Jewels of the Wire
magazine? My wife and co-editor, Linda, thought some of our readers would be
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| | Insulator Hunting in Cambodia
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| | By Howard Banks
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Kris and Mary Ann Young are missionaries who have been working with the
people of Cambodia for more than a decade now.
On one of their return trips back
to the states, Kris and Mary Ann visited our home in Merlin, Oregon. It's rather
hard not to notice insulators when you stop by our place. We discussed the hobby
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