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Foreign Insulators

   by Marilyn Albers

   

Artistas de Vidrio - Uruquaya 

If you have insulators in your collection from Uruguay, you are indeed fortunate! Not only are they beautiful, but extremely hard to come by. Only a handful have found their way to this country, due to the very strict Uruguayan postal regulations in regard to ...                    [more]



   

"Patent Pages"

   by Ray Klingensmith

   

The October 15, 1872, Oakman Patent

The name Samuel Oakman probably brings to mind a longer and more interesting insulator involvement than does any other name to the insulator collector. Oakman was probably involved with the production and invention of insulators longer than any other person in the ...                    [more]



   

Treasures From The Sea

   by Doug MacGillvary

   

The following article appeared in The Hartford Courant Monday morning, January 12, 1874, on page 3 in the "By Telegraph" column under the sub heading THE SOUTH:                                             

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