1999 National Show Displays

 

Southern Porcelain

Display by: Doug MacGillvary, Manchester, CT

"The Southern Porcelain Company"

This Company was established in 1856 and produced insulators for the Confederate Telegraph Co. during the Civil War. The display was awarded the Dr. Fredrick L. Griffin Award for best use of threadless!

 

Foreign Glass.

Display by: Marilyn Albers, Houston, TX

"Treasured Glass Insulators from Outside North America"

This display shows some super rare and beautiful pieces including the only known English CD 630 insulator embossed Bright's insulator Reid 1858,  and won the  NIA Award for Foreign Insulators!

 

Hemingray CD 106

 

Display by: John McDougald, St. Charles, IL

"The CD 106 Hemingray No. 9 Story"

This display shows the incredible range of colors and embossings that the Hemingray CD 106 insulators were made!

 

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