| | Like Rattlesnakes, Gold Nuggets and Large Trout, Good Insulators Are Where You Find Them
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| | by Fred Padgett
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I received a call from Jon Green, an old friend of mine, one Friday evening
in the not too distant past, and by the unbridled excitement in Jon's voice, I
could tell immediately that something big was up.
Jon and I first met in the
summer of 1971 when I went to work for him as a printing press operator in a
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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You have probably already noticed Bill Rohde's beautiful photograph on the
cover. Maybe you haven't noticed the concentric rings under the top skirts. Both
insulators are M-4415 made by Thomas around 1905 to 1912. We know Thomas made
them during this time period because they have the characteristic Thomas
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| | Letters
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Early Morning Danish!
The photos were taken in the town of Ejby, west of the city of Odense,
Denmark, on the island of Fyn. One photo was taken next to Kanalvejen ("way to, or by, the canal"); the other is taken near the town
square. Today, Ejby is a town of about 10,000 inhabitants.
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| | Insulators in the Air
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Several years ago I found a round of 25 oak sidepins (originally purchased in
1911 by Walsenberg Utility) and recently came upon some pristine Hemingray 10s,
l2s and 9s.
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| | Mountain Mud Multis
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| | by Howard Banks
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Seven members of the Jefferson State Insulator Club spent a Saturday in July
last summer hiking steep mountain terrain searching for insulator treasures.
Club members were pursuing tales of an abandoned power line that towered
straight up mountain bluffs, with glass insulators rumored to still be on the
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| | A Trip Back in Time
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| | by Lisa McHugh
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I recently had the honor of becoming reacquainted with someone from my
childhood. I remembered having admired this person for the interesting life she
led, and as I introduced my daughter, Livia, to her, I came to know here in a
new light.
My "friend" wasn't physically present when Livia met her,
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| | Mac's Believe It or Not!
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| | by John McDougald
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OF NATIONAL IMPORT
The editor and I have had the opportunity to visit hundreds of collectors and
collections over the past 30 years in addition to attending hundreds of
insulator shows. I have often said that I have never visited a collector or a
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| | Jewels of the Great War
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The year was 1916. An angry war raged in Europe and above the small town of
San Pedro in California, construction crews were busy building massive gun emplacements
to protect the Los Angeles Harbor below. Battery Osgood-Farley at
Fort MacArthur was one of many "Coastal Defense Sites" built during
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