Crown Jewels of the Wire 65028 Granger Rd., Lostine, OR 97857


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Linda Banks, Layout Designer linbanks@budget.net


Insulator Art


Cobalt Cal Elec Works No, this isn’t a newly discovered CD 130.1 Cal Elec Works in near-mint condition. It’s actually a drawing... a very good drawing.


The artist is a non-collector who drew it at the request of a collector. Both parties wish to remain anonymous, but we felt the quality of the work was well worth 


Insulator Hound


Shown below is a pencil sketch drawn by 12-year-old Nicole Culver.


me last spring while I was recovering from heart surgery.


She drew this for Howard


The reason I drew the picture is because I wanted Howard and Linda to know how much I appreciated them. I collect mini commemorative insulators and Linda sold me several very nice mini transposition Wenzel Cobb TW’s to me from her collection. I really liked them because they were colors I didn’t have in my collection.


This drawing is of a imaginary Wolf Dog that lives nearby them. Howard and Linda live in a very mountainous area called Eagle Cap Wilderness. I imagine there would be wolves living there and I named this one Aristowolf.


Nicole Culver


Crown Jewels of the Wire (ISSN 0884-7983) is published monthly by the Banks, 65028 Granger Rd., Lostine, OR 97857. Periodicals Postage Paid at Lostine, OR,


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