Insulator

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Collection Type

Tools and equipment

Date

1900-1950

GUSN

GUSN-10668

Description

Aqua-colored glass insulator for telephone pole wiring.

Details

Descriptive Terms

insulators
glass (material)
mortise-and-tenon joints
joining
Glass
Mortise & Tenon
INSULATOR

Inscription

Molded into glass around the base: BROOKFIELD NEW YORK

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

NY, USA; Brookfield, USA

Dimensions

4 x 3 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.560

Places

New York state (United States)

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