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LogDog75

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20. Telephone pole insulators

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Jul 7, 2025, 12:05 AM

Jul 7

This was back in the early 70s. I knew a woman who worked for the telephone company and she collected "Mickey Mouse" insulators. These were made of glass and had two "wings" along the top of the insulator. To me, they looked like glass wing nuts. Whenever one of the linemen would go out to the back county, she ask them to bring her back any "Mickey Mouse" insulators they came across.

Here's a picture of what one looked like.

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my house Kali Jul 6 #17

I'll that OP tomorrow. debm55 Jul 6 #18

Telephone pole insulators LogDog75 Jul 7 #20