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• World-Wide Insulator Collecting and ID Guide
• by collect_em( 852)
• This guide is designed to give you a basic introduction into collecting glass and porcelain insulators. Specifically I will assist you in how to identify them, determine their age, value, rarity and condition... 

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  Insulator | Telegraph | Telephone | Insulators | Radio

• 230 of 240 people found this guide helpful

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• Vintage Bicycle Painting; How Accurate Can You Be?
• by cyclartist( 2119)
• You are considering buying an old bicycle on Ebay and wondering Should I restore it? That's a DAILY QUESTION around CyclArt. A guy will call up saying something like, "I've just bought an old bike, like the... 

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  bicycle painting | bicycle collecting | vintage bicycle | bicycle restoration | bicycle refinish

• 48 of 56 people found this guide helpful

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• COLLECTING ZEPPELIN COVERS
• by wrw1943( 5001)
• INTRODUCTION; The carraige of mail by airship began almost immediately with the earliest flights after the turn of the 20th century. The Zeppelin company soon realized that carrying mail, which appealed... 

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  zeppelin | airship | postal history | flown | mail

• 44 of 47 people found this guide helpful

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• International Silver Hotel/RR Date & Pattern Codes
• by eocostello( 1742)
• In the course of collecting railroad silver, I have kept up with the various auctions on eBay that sell silver plated items made by International Silver. There's some occasional confusion regarding the dating... 

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  railroad silver | hotel silver | International Silver | dining car

• 32 of 34 people found this guide helpful

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• Illinois License Plates (History)
• by mrpainter40( 101)
• Illinois began registering cars and bicycles in 1907. Owners were required to purchase a dashboard disc from the state and supply their own license plates. These plates were made from about anything. Leather,... 

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  license plate | automobile | transportation

• 20 of 20 people found this guide helpful

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