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Here are some full color photographs of pictures that appear in issues of Crown Jewels of the Wire. Sorry, but you have to read the magazine for the associated story that goes with each of these photos. But, hey, aren't the color pictures great?


April 2003

The Iron Horse and The Talking Wire. The insulator of the month - "Sapphire Pattern".


March 2003

CD 260 Shades of Greatness and CD 152 - One of a Kind.


February 2003

Insulator auction and a color insert showcasing porcelain insulators.


January 2003

A threadless Buzby? Identifying EC&M mold styles.


Changing of the editor... By now, you know that  Howard BanksView Icon Profile has taken over the production of Crown Jewels of the Wire. Your Webmaster (Bill MeierView Icon Profile) extends a personal "Thanks!" to him and we will able to continue to provide high quality photographs of some of the colorful pictures that have appeared in Crown Jewels of the Wire. Who is counting, but we are now in our eighth year being able to provide these photos! (Your Webmaster is ;-)


December 2002

Historic date in Crown Jewels of the Wire; some neat information about the New Lexington Insulator Company.


November 2002

Some great Go-With's and a milky CD 162 Brookfield.


October 2002

JSIC, some early insulators in service; unusual multiparts.


September 2002

A nice CD 718 threadless and some early porcelain cutter insulators.


August 2002

Fort Collins 2002 National Show.


July 2002

The "Mounds of Muncie" and PIN on porcelain wall tubes.


June 2002

Great new finds from the US and around the world.


May 2002

This month features a new style of Fred Locke power insulator CD 247.3


April 2002

Some Kinda "Daffoldil"!


March 2002

A new CD 207.5 assignment, and some interesting porcelain insulator finds.


February 2002

A Valentines wish, and a great "walk-in" at the Mid-Ohio show..


January 2002

A Chambers "Fruit Jar" and some rare porcelain finds.


Continuing with our tradition we are now in our seventh year of providing high quality photographs of some of the colorful pictures that have appeared in Crown Jewels of the Wire!


December 2001

A new CD 124.1; hunting in Mallorca and Mississippi.


November 2001

Amber blobtops, odd CD 241, CD variants, and PIN photos!


October 2001

CD 148 unearthed at the Smithsonian Institution!


September 2001

The 2001 Atlanta National Report - Two spectacular show-stoppers that look better "side" by "side".


August 2001

CD145 H.G.CO. Petticoat beehives, McLaughlin products and more!


July 2001

Read about the NIA Western Regional show, and some new porcelain insulator finds in PIN.


June 2001

A Cal. Elect. Works and some New Foreign CDs


May 2001

Walk-in's at the Yankee Pole Cat Insulator Show


April 2001

"Bavarian Bob" from Germany shares some photos, and a Cutter in a tree trunk from the Yuma, AZ show.


March 2001

The CD 106 Hemingray No. 9 Story.


February 2001

"Virginia" bullets, Collecting for Fun, and porcelain "Prenzel" patent insulators.


January 2001

Witness the nice displays by three junior collectors at the fall Albuquerque, New Mexico show.


Here we are in the true "new millennium", now in our sixth year of providing high quality photographs of some of the colorful pictures that have appeared in Crown Jewels of the Wire!


December 2000

Visit the home of Craig and Michael Harder, and a really neat porcelain "baby" from France.


November 2000

Some new finds -- glass and porcelain!


October 2000

Read about the smallest "Ginger" in Foreign Insulators.


September 2000

The September issue features the colorful Y2K National Show Report, Bloomington, Minnesota, July 28-30, and some interesting porcelain photos.


August 2000

Read what was found in a Canadian swamp in Letters to the Editor.


July 2000

CD 103 and some great blue porcelain!


June 2000

Historic Port Jervis.


May 2000

"Glass Junk" from Harrisburg and some new Fred Locke finds.


April 2000

Arizona Swap Meet, a tribute to Vi & Andy Brown, and looking for classic multiparts.


March 2000

Ken Willick, NIA Eastern Region Vice President, attending a backyard show.


February 2000

New gingerbread family members and A Handbook for the Recognition & Identification of Fake, Altered and Repaired Insulators.


January 2000

Odd insulators, a postcard, and some unique porcelain insulators.


Who is counting? We are now in our fifth year of providing high quality photographs of some of the colorful pictures that have appeared in Crown Jewels of the Wire. Once again, my hat goes off to editor Carol McDougaldView Icon Profile !


December 1999

New CD 570 in amber from Russia.


November 1999

Hugh Barbour shares his insulator finds from the Kootenay Power Company; also, some unusual porcelain insulators.


October 1999

Read about the auction at the Muncie factory of the Hemingray Glass Company.


September 1999

Read Kerry Lavendowsk's story "They Aren't Supposed to be Clear!" "It was a time when money was scarce, but not insulators."


August 1999

 Highlights of the 1999 National Insulator Association Convention!


July 1999

You will be missing Shrines, Mini Poles and the Emminger Auction if you are not reading Crown Jewels of the Wire magazine.


June 1999

"Good Insulator Collecting is not Dead!"


May 1999

The Story of the National Insulator Association Glass Commemorative and some early porcelain suspension insulators.


April 1999

Read about two of the largest glass and porcelain insulators found to date in the double groove cable top and noser styles. See Foreign Insulators!


March 1999

Read about Paul Ziemer's "Find of a Lifetime" and digging at the Thomas dump.


February 1999

A neat 1919 postcard and several great photos from the Smithsonian Institution.


January 1999

Read about Canada's Men in Blue.


Can you believe it? We are now in our fourth year of providing high quality photographs of some of the colorful pictures that have appeared in Crown Jewels of the Wire. Your Webmaster(Bill MeierView Icon Profile) extends a personal "Thanks!" to the editor; Carol McDougaldView Icon Profile .


December 1998

Ed Sewall shows off three M-3725 Fred Lockes.


November 1998

General Electric Part II and a new multipart porcelain style, M-2617D.


October 1998

The Brewer's three beautiful H.G.Co. Petticoat beehives!


September 1998

The 1998 National Show Report, the conclusion of Gary Kline's article CD 162 H.G.CO. Embossing in Transition, and interesting new and rare finds in this months PIN.


August 1998

CD 162 H.G.CO. Embossing in Transition.


July 1998

Lt. William "Billy" Mitchell and the Louis Fort insulator.


June 1998

150 Years of Hemingrays 1948-1998 and more!


May 1998

CJ on the web, and some interesting items in this month's Porcelain Insulator News column.


April 1998

Robin Harrison shares his adventure "Walking the lines in Chile" . . . (or the great lost milk glass line)


March 1998

Read "Scratches from a Hacksaw" and "Digger Darin unearths new CD 271!"


February 1998

Read the story of the "Thames Glass Works Insulator -- Revisited" - a mystery now solved! �Defuisseaux Baudour� Foreign Porcelain Insulators, and more!


January 1998

Research trips to France have yielded wonderful new, rare and colorful "gingerbread mommas." Bernie Warren of Anchorage, Alaska shares his story.


Here we are, now in our third year of providing high quality photographs of some of the colorful pictures that have appeared in Crown Jewels of the Wire!


December 1997

Holiday Greetings from the staff of Crown Jewels of the Wire.


November 1997

Another Hemingray find, and some unusual porcelain insulators!


October 1997

Why is everyone smiling?


September 1997

The 1997 National Insulator Association Show and Sale


August 1997

The Southern Porcelain Company


July 1997

A "wooden-covered threaded strain dryspot" and some great Thomas porcelain insulators.


June 1997

This month's Foreign Insulator column features some "New Kids on the Block"


May 1997

Hemingray dump diggings and Porcelain Insulator News photos.


April 1997

The "Saluda Grade" and some interesting foreign insulators!


March 1997

An unusual telegraph submarine cable insulator, an article about the settling of the "Northwest Territory", and Porcelain Insulator News photos!


February 1997

Early porcelain threadless treasures - The mystery of Southern Porcelain Company unearthed.

And a special "Happy Valentine's Day!" postcard


January 1997

Ad from The Countryside Suburban Life, July 1917 and The Harold H. Brown patent featured in Porcelain Insulator News.


Can you believe it? We are now in our second year of providing high quality photographs of some of the colorful pictures that have appeared in Crown Jewels of the Wire. Your Webmaster(Bill MeierView Icon Profile) extends a personal "Thanks!" to the editor; Carol McDougaldView Icon Profile .


December 1996

N. R. Woodward and much more!


November 1996

A glass "UFI" lands at the Central Regional!


October 1996

A Tour of the Georgia Rural Telephone Museum.


September 1996

A beautiful porcelain sign and a colorful porcelain insulator.


August 1996

What do these four displays have in common?


July 1996

Read about the different wood covered Canadian Wade insulators and the recent dig of the historic CD 724.3 style.

Porcelain Insulator News features this M-4345.


June 1996

"W-Y-Z's of the 1-2-3's" - Don't miss updated information on the California E.C.&M.s by Dwayne Anthony.


May 1996

"Woody Go-Withs"


April 1996

"The mystery mound of aqua insulators ... and a contest!!!"


March 1996

"A beautiful piece of Fry glass and the great reunion story ... Butch Haltman, Eloise Haltman and Grant Salzman."


February 1996

Marilyn Albers defends authenticity ... in the Foreign Porcelain column.


January 1996

Take a look at "Hemingray Country"; highlights of some of the displays at the NIA Central Regional in London, Ohio.


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