| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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The Marlborough National show was very exciting for porcelain collectors. A
lot of interesting porcelain could be found scattered around and a number of
rare insulators, too. Naturally it was close to Fred Locke country and several
different styles could be found on dealer’s tables such as several brown U-925’s,
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| | The Hidden Value of Insulator Reference Material
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| | by Mark Lauckner
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Until taking on this book project, I never really understood or appreciated
the huge amount of work that is involved in providing reference material for the
hobby.
In early 1991 I started working on a visual reference for the many kinds
of Canadian railway insulators. This was to be for my own personal use, as I had
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| | Bea Lines
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| | by H.G. "Bea" Hyve
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Last time “Bea Lines” went to Washington, so let’s go clear across the
country this time, to Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, to interview Claude
Wambold. Usually I choose collectors I know well, which isn’t the case with
Claude, but from all accounts, he is a nice guy and a dedicated insulator buff.
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| | The Finding of a Classic
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| | by Bernard L. Warren
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P. WALTERS
& CO
LONDON
Imagine stumbling around in brush and high grass along an abandoned railroad
grade and almost tripping over an undiscovered style of an 1870’s to 1880’s
classic porcelain insulator in mint condition. Nice! Imagine that insulator
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| | The Great CD 123 E.C.& M. Discovery!
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| | by Dwayne Anthony
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It was the summer of ’94, in Northern California, that an astonishing
discovery occurred. Construction workers, excavating in an area that was once a
late 1800’s refuse dump, unearthed one of the most incredible finds in the
history of insulator collecting. Buried several feet below the surface for 100
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