1982 >> May  

Message to readers about contents for this month....

  

   

New Find

   by Paul Ickes

   

I am really excited to send you these two pictures. I received this beauty in the "flesh" from a collector in Millville, New Jersey. It is an unlisted, and previously unknown, Locke glass insulator. It is 2-1/2 inches tall and 4 inches wide. The embossing on the front is inverted and reads:

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the "California Connection"

   by Brent Burger

   

Well, after surviving the National in Sacramento this past July, I guess it's time to get back to business. I must say that it was quite a show. As usual, I starved myself to save what little money I had brought with me for any insulators that I might find for the collection -- which weren't too many, as there was a lot of ...                    [more]



   

Letters to the Editor

   

   

Dear Dora, 

Thought I'd share another interesting lightning rod insulator with you.

About the size of most common lightning rod insulators and found in the standard two hole bracket. Two were taken from a barn here in Connecticut, and both in deep SCA. A third is clear in color and located in a ...                    [more]



   

Porcelain Insulator News

   by Jack H. Tod, NIA #13

   

Dear Jack:

I thought you would be interested in learning that I was fortunate in obtaining another specimen of the "Henderson" insulator (reported in CJ 1975-1977 issues). A friend was lucky enough to find this at the Lachute, Que. flea market, and which is in the ...                    [more]



   

Foreign Insulators

   by Marilyn Albers

   

History of the Electrical Glass Industry in France

The following material was sent to Mr. N. R. Woodward (Houston, Texas) from Sediver International of France, in answer to his request for information about French insulators. Valuable it was, to be sure, but hardly ...                    [more]



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