1986 National Seldom Seen Display - Case 5

The main highlight of the 1986 National was the ambitious seldom seen display.  The goal was to display rare and one-of-a-kind insulators in a group environment.  Five display cases were used along with table space for additional items.  Shown below is details of each display case and a description of the contents..

Case-5

CD

Description

Row-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Row-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Row-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Row-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Row-5

 

 

 

 

 

Row-6

 

 

 

 

724

736

788

765

729.1

718

739.5

731

725

724

731

729.4

736.1

740

162

135.5

737

740.4

118

158

731

728

738

158

133.4

435

263

162

139.6

155

656

688

641

228

405

263

508

579.5

678

695

494

690

No Name

ERW

No Name "Slash top"

Boston - Oakman's Pat. July 26, 1870

Mulford & Biddle, 83 John St. NY

No Name "Saratoga"

No Name

Tillotson

No Name "Wade"

No Name

No Name

Mulford & Biddle, 83 John St. NY

No Name 

No Name

H.G. Co.

ERW

No Name (MLOD) 

No Name

No Name

Boston - Pat. Oct. 1872

Tillotson (Sherman shipwreck ~1874)

Oakman - Pat. July 26, 1870

No Name

Boston - Pat. Oct. 1872

No Name

British Post Office insulator - circa 1870

Hemingray Columbia - Pat. May 12, 1891

Hemingray // No. 19

Corning Pyrex 660 Pat May 27, 1919

RYT

Folembray 298

Folembray No. 288

Isorex 221

Brookfield

Dry spot (French, found in Norway)

Columbia - Oakman Mfg. Co.

P & T Eritrea (Ethiopia)

Imperial crest logo (Russian)

Miva BT2

L'Electro Verre

Isorex 1030

L'Electro Verre (French, found in Viet Nam)

Note the following items were also displayed on the tables, we do not yet have pictures:

Glass Porcelain Other

CD 141.5     No Name "slim pin"

CD 247.5     Imperial Mark #2

CD 248/311 Hemingray Stacker

CD 283        Knowles Prism in lime green

CD 284        Floy

CD 303/310 Hemingray Muncie 

CD 304/310 Hemingray Coolie

CD 723        Wade with Wood covering

CD 880        Sediver

 

U-3       Fred Locke, 6-3 ink stamp, white

U-3       Fred Locke, 0-5 ink stamp, white

U-11A  G, green

U-40     Fred Locke, brown 

U-76     No name, white

U-84     No Name, brown

U-90     Thomas, white

U-173   Pinco Patent applied for, brown

U-183   Ransom Patent Aug. 3, 1909, brown

U-184   Harloe's patents, white

U-186   Purkey Patent Aug. 11, 1914, brown

U-202   No Name, white

U-220A/B Fred Locke, brown

U-390   Locke R=oo, tan

U-395   Jun, 17, 1913 (Pittsburg), blue

U-610   Fred Locke, 6-3 ink stamp, white

U-701   No Name, white 

U-938   Imperial, brown

U-974  No Name, brown

U-980  No Name (Elliot), white

U-981  No Name (Elliot), white

U-1604 No Name, white with red stripe (Korea)

U-2017 SSGDGJD WGRG, white (England)

 

 

Hemingray metal pin gauge (factory item)

Hemingray miniature glass insulators

Russian lightning arrestor

Mount Washington ramshorn

Pond's wood insulator with zinc cap

 

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