Old Bottle Magazines

1975 / 01. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. January 1975:Insulator By-Lines by Joe Maurath - Pages 42-45 Armstrong and Kerr Embossed Insulators Elanor Towne of Coopersville, MI question on an OB "Hogs liver" suspension New colors of CD 134 Diamond-P insulators (Cornflower blue & sea green) CD 240.2 unembossed Whitall Tatum power insulator Some foreign CD's including a purple milk glass CD 128 from Portugal New discovery of the CD 267.5 straight side N.E.G.M.Co. insulators! Report on the 1994 Yankee Polecat Insulator Club meeting in Westboro, MA  more information

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1972 / 01. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. January 1972:Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 30-37 Picture of Isabella Miller of Rapid City, MI display at the Northern Michigan - Traverse Area Bottle and Insulator Show. Included is a mint CD 138.9 twin pin! Picture of George Dubuc's display of general glass including a number of thereadless display at the 1971 Reno Bottle Show A copy of an envelope from 1881 with a return address of Bushwick Glass Works, 45 Cliff St, New York / William Brookfield showing an association with that name. David Videll of Jamestown, NY reports a CD 287.2 Brookfield Jeffery Joseph of Vernon, NY reports an MLOD skirt embossed Brookfield/New York CD 102 Odell Keane of Pikeville, KY reports the full set of four Chambers insulators CD 124.5, CD 132.4, CD 317, and CD 317.5 Mickey and Ellie Dutcher of Cortland, NY report the rare CD 141.9 Emmingers as well as a CD 204 Locke cross top. Frank Jones of Cottontown, TN reports a set of 14 different composition and metal feeder wire insulators as well as a picture of his glass insulator collection. Dielene Colman reports glass table leg insulators marked W & B Mfg. Co. N.Y. and provided a picture of two of these. more information

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1972 / 02. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. February 1972:Full color insulator hunting picture of Elwin Trump of Wymore, NE - Front cover Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 34-40 Harold Downing of Grant City, MO reports a CD 145 H.G.Co Petticoat (K over H.G.Co.) in deep sapphire blue - Terrill thinks the picture looks closer to cobalt or peacock. could this be the same piece as shown at: insulators.info? Also reported is an unusual amber dish-like insulator marked WARE BATTERY INSULATOR, PATENTED 1900. Also pictured is a Brookfield/New York CD 102 in light purple Mention is made of Larry Veneziano's No. 2 Columbia reproductions to alert collectors to their existence. Robin Hanson of Bedford, MA reports finding an old New England Tel. & Tel. dump and finding CD 104s, CD 190/191 A.T.& T., and pieces of CD 110.5 with the straight New Eng. Tel. & Tel. marking. Reed Kosmal of Verona, PA reports a CD 185 Star mine insulator. Discussion on the CD 145 marked E.D.R. and the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia railway. Pictured are three different horizontal ridged CD 143 Withycombs. Charles Mosier of Kearney, NE reports some johnny balls marked A. J. & M. Anderson Mfg. Co. - It does not state glass or porcelain. There is a book review of Jack Tod's book "Porcelain Insulators Guidebook for Collectors" Thomas Wolfe of Auburn, NE reports miniature Brookfield insulators marked WESTERN ELECTRIC/BROOKFIELD STANDARD. He acquired six of these. Ray Cole of Williamson, West Virginia reports a CD 196 H.G.Co. No. 51 in light purple. more information

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1974 / 02. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. February 1974:Insulator By-Lines - Pages 45 & 46 A show report on the Mid Ohio show in London, OH by Dick Bowman - Marion Milholland was at the show which had about 35 tables and many porcelain insulators. more information

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1974 / 07. Magazine. Good. GOOD - May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. Humphreys' Homeopathic Specifics, Japanese Embossed Medicines, Diamond "P",C. E.L. Co. and Pettingell insulators more information

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1972 / 10. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. October 1972:Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 40-44 Mr. Rhines reports a ceramic glazed block insulator and bracket found near Lake Tahoe. Bill Hungate of Klamath Falls, OR reports what is probably a CD 100.5 Pyrex. Insulator photo page showing Bill Hungate's display and the museum owned display in the Favell Museum of Western Arts and Artifacts in Klamath Falls, OR. The following CD's are also shown 321, 333, 303/310, 331, 133.2, 251, 262, and 264. Porcelain insulators shown are U-937, U-202, U-974, U-184 and U-1542 more information

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1974 / 11. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. November 1974:Insulator By-Lines by Joe Maurath - Pages 40-42 The Standard Glass Insulator Company - History and known styles Howard J. Dean of Westernville, NY reports a miniature Brookfield beehive only 1 3/16 inches tall. He also reports CD 140 unembossed Jumbo in light yellow green. O.R. Boll of Appleton, WI reports an insulator shaped paperweight marked ST. CLAIR. Andy Lookenbill or York, PA reports several insulators including CD 143.4 and A CD 134 marked No. 36. He also reports a CD 252 B.G.M.Co. in SCA and a CD 267 in deep olive green.  more information

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1973 / 11. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. November 1973:Insulator By-Lines - Pages 37-41 Discussion of a Wall Street journal article on August 7th, 1973 that put insulator collecting in a bad light due to insulator thefts from live lines. Three and a half pages of hand drawn threadless insulators with their estimated values. more information

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1974 / 12. Magazine. Good. GOOD - May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. December 1974: Insulator By-Lines by Joe Maurath - Pages 18-22 Whitall Tatum Insulators - History, styles, colors, and embossings for Whitall Tatum insulators. Yankee Polecat Insulator Club Show Report. The show was held at Windsor Locks, CT on Sept 22. William Brookfield display of Brookfield insulators won the OBX award. Les Lidtke and Greg Gallager won poeples choice for their display of Jumbos and CD 267 and 267.5s. Don Betz of Remsen, NY reports a U-38 porcelain pony marked GLEN on the dome A book review of Millholland's 3rd Revision "Most About Glass Insulators". Whitall Tatum Insulators, Madonnas of the bottle worlds, more information

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1973 / 01. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. January 1973:Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 38-40 Al Rickert of Green Bay, WI reports a CD 102 pony marked BURRO and ROW on the back. Forrest Jones of New Castle, OH reports a milk glass CE 168 Hemingray D-510 from the Hemingray dump. Karen and Jarl ??? report two goodyear rubber ramshorns, a CD 139 Combination Safety, A CD 144.5, a CD 105 American, and a 102.4 New England Tel. and Tel. Co. Article by William McLaughlin on the McLaughlin Glass Co. - Pages 41-45 Yankee Polecat Insulator Club Show Report - Page 45 more information

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1972 / 07. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. July 1972:Bottle Identification, Athen's Bottle Collector, Kentucty Glass Works, Bank Bottles, more information

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1971 / 11. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 34-39 Ken Pollard reports a number of British porcelain insulators sent from Warwick, England including several dry spot styles. Bob Cranes of Elizabeth, ME reports a CD 731 Brookfield threadless marked with the Cauvet Patent. A picture of James O. Dennis (Pete) display shown at the Dalles-Wasco County Library John Woodward of Sedonia, AZ reports an unembossed cobalt CD 102 pony - I recall a report that similar pieces were identified as imitations with very poor threading. Paul Dombrowski of Schenectady, NY reports a CD 110.6 large National corkscrew. A small note on N.R. Woodward. Picture of insulator collectors at "This Old House" in Garibaldi, OR. more information

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1972 / 05. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. light water stain. May 1972:The World's Most Unpopular Bottles, Prospecting the pole palaces, more information

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1973 / 03. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. Thomas Gunn's Dump, Hair it is!, Fruit Jar more information

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1973 / 10. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. October 1973:Heinz 57 varieties, Early american pottery flasks, Book bottles, and other containers, more information

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1973 / 02. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 45-51 A report by Forrest Jones of New Carlisle, NY of the CD 141.4 "Slim pin" insulators that were found in a Lake Erie, OH dump. Glenn Drummond of Cincinnati, OH reports an unusual CD 121 toll marked AM.TEL.TEL.Co. Jack Phelps of Williamsburg, IN reports CD 252 Hemingray-62 and CD 280 Hemingray-71 in carnival glass. Both came from the Hemingray dump. Church Barnes of Elmira, NY reports a no inner skirt signal marked around the pin hole shoulder "PAT OCT 15 1872" - Not sure of the CD on this one. Gerald Brown of Two Buttes, CO reports the U-395 porcelain Mickey Mouse in both blue and brown. as well as reporting the small M-2335 gutter top! Henry Longill reports a cobalt blue CD 724 base embossed CHESTER, NY  more information

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1973 / 04. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. April 1973:Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 45-51 A report of a white ink-stamped Fred Locke insulator Reports of the embossing found on the CD 100 Surge insulators as well as information on the side arm surge pins. A list of the CD number changes to eliminate the 400 series to be replaced with decimal additions to the lower CD numbers. An announcement that William McLaughlin is in the process of making some CD 162 style commemorative insulators, he is not yet sure of the price. A full page of hand drawings of "Blue Porcelain Insulators" An article on porcelain insulators titled "Porcelain Potpourri"  more information

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1974 / 06. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. June 1974:Ask any mermaid, Relative of early Detroit bottler interviewed, Shot glasses, The totem pole and klondike bottles more information

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1971 / 04. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill- Pages 38-43 A short review of Gerald Brown's book "Collectible Porcelain Insulators". Joe Maurath of E. Weymouth, MA reports observations that insulators fall the City Fire Alarm and Fall River Police Signal have come from Fall River, MA and are rare. He talks about the Standard Glass Insulator Co. and feels that they were from around 1894 and possibly involved Samuel Oakman. He also discusses the possible commonality between the CD 134 Diamond-P insulators, the C.E.L., and the PETTINGILL ANDREWS versions. There are three pictures of birds on insulators including one of a nest in a large Pyrex piece. There is a picture of a portion of Edward L. Mead's collection in Nice, CA. Included is a picture of the CD 208 Castle. Joe Maurath provided the following pictures: CD 134 Diamond-P in cobalt, CD 113 Westinghouse No. 4 in clear, CD 134 Fall River police Signal, CD 157.5 Standard Glass Insulator Co. in clear, CD 145.6, CD 158.2, and CD 158 Boston Bottle Works, CD 145 Standard Glass Insulator Co., CD 157.5 Standard Glass Insulator Co. in aqua, CD 138.2 Nat. Insul. Co., two CD 110.5 corkscrews, CD 133 City Fire Alarm, CD 200 Star, CD 134 B.G.M.Co. in purple, CD 134 Pettengill Andrews and CD 134 C.E.L.Co. A reminder for the up-comming National swap meet in Colorado Springs, CO. Greg Everett of Abilene, TX reports that he has a K.G.G.W. also marked FAIRMOUNT. Stuart and Isabella Miller of Rapid City, MI report the CD 138.9 twin pin! It was found in a dump along a rail road grade in N. Michigan along with fragments of other insulators. Bob Pierce of Ludlowville, NY reports seven styles of Hawley Insulators. Picture of Sandy Reid "World's youngest insulator collector". Included is a reprint of a newspaper article on Robert Pierce, Ludlowville, NY. more information

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1970 / 10. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. Small split at bottom of cover along spine. Vivian Jones insulator display at the Iowa Bottle show - Page 9 Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 29-34 Frank Jones of Cottontown, TN provided a picture of 14 glass block insulators in different colors. There is also general information on glass blocks. A new Boston CD is pictured in a drawing (CD 158.1 wavy groove) Broce Davison of Heniker, NH reports a CD 268.5 Standard Glass Insulator Co. cable. Norman Ellis of Winterhaven, FL reports a CD 128 Hemingray E-14B in opalescent. Edward Milner of Columbia, SC reports an unusual S.B.T,&T,Co. spool with a large base. Francis Terrill reports a CD 737 Leffert's threadless. Jim Darby of Manchester, CT reports a CD 245 T-H 9200. James Xiggores reports a CD 211 Brookfield No Leak D. A show report by Dennis Donovan on the First National Insulator Swap Meet held in New Castle, IN. more information

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1971 / 12. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. December 1971:Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 38-41 Dorothy Nelson of Reno, NV reports having part of a light purple CD 123 E.C.& M.Co. James Dennis of The Dalles, OR reports a sting of purple Cochrane bells. Lewis Garmen of Orland, IN reports an unusual item marked Pat. 11-29-10. Bob Townsend of Jessup, GA reports a CD 126 RD 149959 in green milk glass. Rudy Jones of Durant, MS reports a CD 135 base embossed Chicago Insulating Co. Picture of the display "Insulators" by Mr. & Mrs Bob Pierce of Ludlowville, NY shown at the Finger Lakes Bottle Collector's Association of NY. - Page 48  Merwin Appell of Branford, CT insulator table at the So. Connecticut American Bottle Collector's Association show. - Page 49 Tom Wolfe's sales table at the Minnesota Show. - Page 51  more information

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1971 / 01. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. A picture of Marlin Glasgow of Holly Hill, FL with his insulator display at the Pioneer Bottle Club's fires annual show in Fairhope, AL. - Page 17 Larry Rogers and Dale Austin of Bangor, ME show a picture of their display "Insulators - Colored Glass of the Wire" shown at the Dirigo Bottle Collector's first show. Insulator By-Lines by Frances Terrill - Pages 34-38 Paul Iverson of Spring Valley, CA who is a lineman for Pacific AT&T has some good recommendations for finding insulators along telephone lines. Jesse Moreland of Colorado Springs, CO announces that the second Annual National Show will be held July 10 & 11 in the city auditorium at Colorado Springs, CO. Jack Kesling of Des Moines, IA reports a CD 158.9 Boston Bottle Works screw top in dark blue. He also reports he had a yellow green one as well. It is noted that a lineman remembers a wooden cap being screwed on the glass peg? Marion Milholland reports that they just released a supplement to his last book. In addition he reports the CD 164 BC DRIP insulator. Hank Wenkel of Pekin, IL reports a CD 132 marked S.T. PAISLEY. Bill Kuhar of Bethlehem, PA provides a detailed report on how the R-5088 glass bushing insulators were used. Dave Butler of Denver, CO who wrote "Identification For Glass Insulators" has put out a pricing guide to go with the book. " Fry Glass Insulators " article by Dennis Rogers showing the currently known insulators made by Fry at Rochester, PA. The styles shown are CD 164.4, CD 299.2 and CD 301.2 more information

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1973 / 12. Good. May have cover damage from stickers or shipping label being remove, May have stickers or shipping label on cover, check photo. December 1973:Insulator By-Lines - Pages 48-52 Article "Tepee of Glass Insulators" by Grover Brinkman of Okawville, IL on Floyd Barnes of DeBorgia, MT who has made a giant pyramid shaped outdoor insulator display. A Gerald Brown of Two Buttes, CO article "Hemingray Made Insulators For 97 Years" including a picture of the Muncie, IN factory Announcement that the fifth Annual NIA National Show will be in Hershey. PA Three pages of hand drawn pictures of unusual insulators with estimated values. more information

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