| | Rewarding Experience
| | | by Alan Rodgers
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Encouraging new collectors to display their collections at shows is
almost as difficult as persuading more experienced collectors to compete in the
like. Sure, a display involves a great deal of effort, expense, and time. For
the average collector, are the rewards of a display worth the trouble? As far as
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| | | "Patent Pages"
| | | by Ray Klingensmith
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Although the following items aren't exactly "screw-top
Bostons", I thought collectors might be interested in the four patents
covered this month.
Below is the patent issued to John Garity of East
Birmingham, Pennsylvania. I know of one of these insulators in existence. It is
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| | | The Rim Embossed PAT'D
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(The following article was sent in by Tom G. Moulton, Ballston Lake, New York)
Shown in this display are the only three C.D.'s in which this embossing is now
known to exist. Two of the pieces, while not common, have been seen before,
while the third is being displayed here for the first time. Let's examine each
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| | | "Threadless Corner" -- Wood Cast Iron Insulator
| | | by Ray Klingensmith
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How about a cast iron
threadless? It sounds like a flop of an invention, considering the insulating
factors, or, should I say, lack of them. But after a closer look at this strange
"jewel", one can see some positive points on this invention.
If the
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| | | Porcelain Insulator News
| | | by Jack H. Tod, NIA #13
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Dear Jack:
The cover of the October "Crown
Jewels" with the "Insulators Around the World" photo prompted me
to write to you. My associate at work, Mr. Nathan Iyer, who knows of my
insulator collecting, returned from a trip to India and presented me with 2
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