| | Lehigh Days - Memories of a Railroad Lineman 1922-1932
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| | by JOHN H. BUCHHOLZ 1903-1994
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Part one
At age 90, my late uncle wrote his life's memories (over 32,000 words) on a
portable typewriter.
In his manuscript, he recounts his days during the 1920's and 1930's as a young lineman for the Lehigh Valley Railroad in New York and
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| | A Day at the Smithsonian
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| | by Kevin Lawless and Doug MacGillvary
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Last summer we had the good fortune to spend a day at the Museum of American
History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Kevin had made an
appointment prior to our leaving for the Williamsburg, Virginia National, with
Nance Briscoe, the Specialist in charge of the Museum's technology exhibits,
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| | COVER
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The electronic artistry of GUS STAFFORD produced this wonderful fantasy
Valentine. Gus relates, "The old saying is true, 'Behind every good
insulator collector is a good spouse!' I made this drawing for by wife, Deb, for
Valentine's Day last year. I told her that I'd found an insulator that she would
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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THREE NEW INSULATOR FINDS
FROM AUSTRALIA
Insulator collectors Peter and Jenny Cash of Cootamundra, New South Wales,
Australia, wrote to me about the discovery of three unusual porcelain pieces
they found in their neighboring state of Victoria. The first insulator is shown
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