Editor's Note: Vernon Fellows emailed the pictures on the following two pages. Is the Brookfield insulator opposite some kind of CREB, or just the result of ghost embossing? Vernon writes...

"The Lighthouse is supposed to be a birdhouse, only I plugged the hole with a prism glass for a window. It was made by a cousin of mine. The insulator makes a nice "light" on top with a lit bulb in it! I made the roof, and used a Coleman Lantern glass for the Lighthouse's finishing touch!"

I am Vernon Fellows in North Bend, Oregon (NIA #7581) I and was reading My February copy of Crown Jewels when I thought maybe I could get some help on one of my insulators that I've had for 40 years or so! I do not know any CD# 's for it, so cannot tell you that, other, than it is a W BROOKFIELD - NEW YORK.

I noticed that when this particular one is held up to the light just right, you can see the embossed or raised letters of "J E L" on the slope of the dome! I think that it may have been etched into the Mold when this insulator was made! Question!: Are there any more of these that were produced with the "J E L" initials on them; and, who is or was, the person that these Initials refer to? They are "raised" up about the same height as the "relief" faces on our U.S. Coins! ie, the Nickel, Quarter, Half, etc!

Editor's Note: Our guess is that the embossed letters are "IEL" from the name Brookfield. Often when an insulator was removed from a mold it would be bumped against the part of the mold with the embossing, and the letters would be transferred to the still soft glass elsewhere on the insulator. It's called "ghost embossing" and is fairly common. Anyone else have a different suggestion?