Flea Market Find

[Greg H]

Here Is 1 of 7 insulators I picked up at a flea market here in Saskatoon SK, there were 7 in the bag none are mint but they were free, she said I could have them so she didn't have to take them home again. They have a light amber tint and say dominion on the side, about 4" tall, any idea how old they are anyone?

 

[Greg H]

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[SergioWilkins]

Hey there, Greg

Looks like you have Canada's classic telegraph style - the Dominion 42 CD-154. These were a Western Union telegraph standard for many years, and Dominion made millions of them for use along just about every rail line in Canada. The Dominion marked ones range in age from the late 1920s up to 1967, though they varied in general shape over that length of time. Yours would be towards the beginning of that spectrum - probably sometime around the late 1920s or early 1930s.