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July 1, 1998 - December 31, 1998

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December 29, 1998

• An incredible historical book is now available online at this site. Modern Practice Of The Electric Telegraph - A Handbook For Electricians And Operators, by Frank L. Pope, 1871. Complete with all engravings and full text. The whole book is fantastic, but insulator collectors will especially appreciate Chapter V - Insulation. A special thanks to Charles Keith for contributing this work to www.insulators.com.
• Read about the history of many insulator companies in the new article "Kissin Cousins" - A History of Insulator and Fruit Jar Manufacturers.

December 16, 1998

• Read about this creative use of insulators - "The Insulator Tree".
• Webmasters, join the ICON Web Ring! Other people, take a look at the insulator sites in the ring!

December 9, 1998

• Take a look at this great go-with! An L'Electro Verre glass ashtray.
• Check the current bids for The Collectors' Color Catalog of Desirable Insulators.

December 4, 1998

• Preview Dwayne Anthony's The Collectors' Color Catalog of Desirable Insulators.
• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for December 1998.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar.

November 22, 1998

• CD 740 Canadian Commemorative Insulators for sale.
• New and updated Insulator Collectors Pages.

November 4, 1998

• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for November 1998.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar.
• New and updated Insulator Collectors Pages.

October 13, 1998

• Lots of new photographs of radio strain insulators and lightning arresters.
• The National Insulator Association web site has moved! Visit the new site at www.nia.org
• The "What's New?" listings for January 1, 1998 - June 30, 1998 have been archived.

October 8, 1998

• Enchantment Insulator Club Show Report
• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for October 1998.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar.

September 29, 1998

• Several new insulator photographs added.
• A new article about the Dominion Glass Company.
• The Hemingray Blue Jay sells out - see the list of sponsors!

September 1, 1998

• Help support ICON and these web pages, and get this great print of "The Hemingray Blue Jay".
• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for September 1998.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar.

August 11, 1998

• The Hemingray Glass Company - A Most Colorful History; a great new book to add to your reference library!
• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for August 1998.
• Updated Bottle Show Calendar.
• Updated Insulator Collector's Pages.

July 22, 1998

• Updated Insulator Show Calendar.
• Updated Insulator For Sale lists.

July 15, 1998

• Ordering information about the new 1998 Price Guide for Canadian Railway Communications Insulators.
• New Insulators Chat Room!

July 8, 1998

• The world's last pin maker to shutdown. Read about it in the Insulator News!
• "The End of the Line" - a National Show update.
• New and updated Collectors' Pages.
• Updated Insulator Show Calendar and Bottle Show Calendar.
• Crown Jewels of the Wire photographs for July 1998.

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