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July 1, 1996 to December 31, 1996

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December 27, 1996

• 1996 NIA Eastern Regional show report
• 1996 NIA Eastern Regional display photographs (5 pictures)

December 22, 1996

• 1996 NIA Central Regional show report
• 1996 NIA Central Regional display photographs (9 pictures)

December 12, 1996

• A new section Insulator News has been added. Check it out for the latest up to date information, including
  • A new unreported marking on a CD 102
  • Bottles & Insulators - Together Again

December 8, 1996

• 13 new porcelain photographs!! A great selection of new multiparts, plus a couple of new uniparts are included.
• Updated Bottle Show Calendar.

December 3, 1996

• 6 new photographs added
• Some great Hemingray's for sale, including a "Peacock Mickey"!
• A nice selection of some foreign glass insulators for sale
• Read some of the material that will be coming in the November 15, 1996 issue and the December 15, 1996 issue of the Rainbow Riders' Trading Post

December 1, 1996

• Do you live in the land of the Peacock CD 151's? Take a look at the new Northwestern Insulator Club!
• Crown Jewels of the Wire Photographs for December 1996
• Updated insulator show listings.

November 25, 1996

• An exciting new section N. R. Woodward on the Web; a continuing series of short subjects of interest to the insulator community written by N. R. Woodward.

November 21, 1996

• A special limited time offer from Crown Jewels of the Wire magazine.
• Get a classy Cloisonné pin with a Purple CD 200!
• Think you are "goofy" for collecting insulators? See what Ron Norton thinks!

October 30, 1996

• Crown Jewels of the Wire Photographs for November 1996
• Have you seen whats coming in the October 15, 1996 issue of Rainbow Riders Trading Post?
• Read about the men behind the women who publish Crown Jewels of the Wire and Rainbow Riders' Trading Post; John McDougald and Ron Norton on their personal pages.
• Updated insulator show listings. These now include icons next to the shows that have been added to this listing in the last month.

October 16, 1996

• Updated Insulators for Sale with a list of inexpensive insulators for the new collector.
• If you live in western Washington, take a look at the Evergreen State Insulator Club that is forming out there.

October 13, 1996

• Take a look at the project this 10 year old collector did on Ashleigh Nychole Higgins' personal page. Let's here it for the young people in the hobby!!
• October's Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs allow you to take a tour of the Georgia Rural Telephone Museum

October 8, 1996

• The Demise of Pyrex Insulators in Corning, NY - A great story and photographs about CD 326 and CD 327 Pyrex pieces.

October 3, 1996

• 5 new "powerful" photographs
• See the real photo of the CD 145 "Grand Canyon" style.
• Updated bottle shows listing
• A reorganized Home Page; I hope your browser supports tables!
• The ICON Mailing List now includes if you are subscribed to the list in "digest mode" or "single message" mode.

October 1, 1996

• A new magazine all about Samuel Morse
• A number of personal page updates. Check out some of the photographs there too!
• A report of the NIA Eastern Regional held last weekend

September 26, 1996

• Read all about that great insulator show you missed in our new Insulator Show Reports page!

September 24, 1996

• Take a look at our Bottle Shows listing!
• 24 great new porcelain insulator photographs!

September 17, 1996

• Have you seen whats coming in the September 15, 1996 issue of Rainbow Riders Trading Post?
• Try out our new Search the Insulator pages tool! For those of you who remember the old one, I think you will like this one much better!
• Our new pages are now black text on a white background, but expect to see a little more color soon! Also, the images on the NIA Membership Handbook are fixed now. Why didn't someone point this out to me? :-)

September 8, 1996

• Understand more about the CD numbering system
• Read about Saturday's NIA Central Regional in Houston, TX
• More additions to the glossary (I know it is getting to be a large file to load... I'm working on breaking it up!)
• A few general changes, please let me know if there are any broken links or missing files!

September 2, 1996

• Crown Jewels of the Wire Photographs for September 1996
• Updated Insulator Shows listings
• Updated Club listings and contacts for 1997
• More photos added to the Insulator Personal Pages!
• New members joining the ICON Mailing List will be flagged with . Like all the other and icons, they reflect changes in the last month. And, if you are running Internet Explorer V3.0 or later, you can just place your mouse over these icons, and you will see the exact date the item was updated! (Sorry Netscape lovers, even Netscape V3.0 doesn't have this feature...)

August 26, 1996

• Some great Foreign Glass Insulators for sale
• The glossary is updated with almost 40 new terms related to Porcelain Insulators. Thanks to Bob Berry for these additions! The quick reference letter index now also works with Internet Explorer.
• Our Insulator Mailing List has moved! Be sure to see the new descriptions.
• Remember the grey space in front of the names on the Insulator Personal Pages? Well, take a look now and really see what some of us are like!
• A slightly new look on our home page

August 18, 1996

• Insulators for Sale and Trade updated. Want a CD 151 in Dark Peacock?
• Do you have your GIFONA?

August 12, 1996

• Have you seen whats coming in the August 15, 1996 issue of Rainbow Riders Trading Post?
• CD 718 Canadian Commemorative Insulators are available!
• The link to the Western Union Archives page is working again!
• Note the grey space in front of the names on the Insulator Personal Pages. No, it is not a bug... Watch that spot!

August 5, 1996

• 4 new glass photographs added with descriptions
• Viewing the photographs of the insulators that the Insulator Nicknames in the glossary refer to is improved
• Updated Insulator Shows listings

August 1, 1996

• Just published! A Price Guide to accompany Glass Insulators from Outside North America
• Some French Glass Insulators for sale
• Crown Jewels of the Wire Photographs for August 1996
• Experience part of the National on the Web! Read about Saturday's show (sorry the information is a little late, but we had a few more technical problems than expected... and less time!)
• At the NIA general meeting at the National is when new NIA board members and chairpersons terms start. Take a look at the updated Internet E-Mail Contacts table to see the new members (who have e-mail addresses of course). ICON is well represented, picking up three seats on the NIA board, and one seat on the NIA chairperson positions. But who is counting? :-)
• Updated information on Battery Rest Insulators

July 20, 1996

• Experience part of the National on the Web! Read about Friday's show

July 14, 1996

• Insulators for Sale and Trade updated
• Your Webmaster, his wife and their computer are traveling to the National Insulator Association annual convention! We will see you in two weeks and expect an update then!
• AOL users: Try upgrading your Web Browser to V3.0! Just "go to keyword upgrade" and the download is free! These pages will look so much better!

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