Display by: Carver Mead and Barbara Smith, of Woodside, CA
"The Kern-1 Line - 1907"
This fantastic display showed insulators found on a powerline built in Kern County in 1907 including the rare M-4800 in grey! This display won the following awards:
National Insulator Association Best of Porcelain Award
Milholland Education Award
People's Choice Award for Most Outstanding Display
Power Line Explorer Journal Award
Best Presentation of Educational Material in a Porcelain Display (Jack H. Tod Memorial Award)
Best First Time Display at a NIA National (Central Florida Insulator Club)
Best use of Power Insulators (Greater Chicago Insulator Club)
Display by: Doug Williams, of Ocean Isle, NC
"Can You Dig It?"
This display shows some amazing colored threadless insulators and related items. It received the following awards:
National Insulator Association Award for Best of Threadless. (Fredrick L. Griffin Memorial Award)
Best Use of Eastern Glass (Capital Region Antique Bottle & Insulator Club)
Best Use of Railroad Embossed Insulators (Chesapeake Bay Insulator Club)
Display by: Mike Green, of Lakewood, CO
"Insulator Colors"
This colorful display shows the great variety of shapes and colors that insulators come in. It received the following awards:
National Insulator Association Award for Best of Color
Dixie Jewels Insulator Club Award for Best Use of CDs (Jim Overstreet Memorial Award)
Return
to the 2003 National page