| | The Crowfoot Battery
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| | by Al Davies
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The prime interest of the insulator collector, quite naturally, is the
kind, name, size, color, shape and other facts of historical interest
in connection with the object. The name insulator describes its
purpose, but of what use would it have been along with wire,
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| | Questions Answered
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| | by N. R. Woodward
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1. Question from Sam Wright. "Do you have any information on
PETTICOAT PONY front side O.V.G. CO. back side, baby signal
aqua? I found one of these and know of no one else that has one."
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| | About Those Denvers
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| | by Warren L. Olson
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| | Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", January 1970, page 13
Insulators manufactured in the Denver area during the period 1895 to
1910 are among the most interesting and varied in the whole field
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| | Collecting Ceramic Insulators
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| | by Gerald Brown
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The ceramic (pottery) part of our insulator collection is really castoffs.
Although the first
of the collection was two pottery insulators, the collecting was primarily
concerned with
glass; the pottery ones were saved but sort of relegated to the background.
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| | African Insulator
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by Ira G. Groff
I have received a rather interesting insulator from Africa, and
thought the readers of "Crown Jewels" would enjoy hearing about
it. The insulator was sent from Accra, Ghana, and is made of fine
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| | Armchair Trip with the Armbrusts of Colorado
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| | by Jan Armbrust
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I thought you might be interested in a quickie trip that Earl and I
took just before Thanksgiving. We've decided that "it's the only
way to travel."
When Earl found it necessary to spend three days in Minneapolis
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