This has to be the (you choose the adjective) gnarliest, groadiest, yuckiest insulator I've ever seen! The attached description says it all.

Both are Hemingray No. 2 Cables from a local Ottawa, Ill. Cement plant less than 40 miles from the show. One was cleaned while the other was left alone. Now which one would you want?

This was part of three Insulator displays by Richard Case on this table. First display was the Miley's Inc. Telephone Pioneers Association Commemoratives, 2nd. was "The Dirty Insulator " with handouts for tips on cleaning the Insulators, and 3rd., The Insul - Bug..