Manufacturing, Mining, & Union Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a guest badge for the 1910 National Association of Cotton Manufacturers' (NACM) convention. A Massachusetts-based group, NACM was known initially in 1854 as the National Textile Association and then as the New England Cotton...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1890s "Reward of Genius" medal made by C. G. Braxmar of New York. It was presented by an unscrupulous Washington, D.C. patent attorney, John Wedderburn & Company. A medallion with a scalloped border hangs from a...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful and rare WWI Era worker photo ID badge for E.A. Laboratories in Brooklyn, New York. Emanuel Aufiero, born in 1882 traveled to America from Italy in the early 1900's. He invented the first motor driven car horn with his brother at E. A...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 enameled stick pin for the National Retail Hardware Association (NRHA). The head of the stick pin is in the shape of a padlock. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in width and 2-3/4" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1940s magnetic display tool for an Otis Elevators salesman. The tool opens to reveal a selection of symbol and phrase magnets on one half and a blank magnetic board on the other. The blank side has an easel backing and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s Allis-Chalmers Tractors advertising watch fob for Dickson Equipment Corporation of Framingham, Massachusetts. The fob is in the shape of a man riding a tractor. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a worker badge for Vermont Machine Company that dates to the 1930s or World War II era. Vermont Machine Company of Bellows Falls, Vermont, got its start in 1868 under the name Hartford Sorghum Machine Company, and changed to its newer...

ARTIFACT: This is a worker badge for Vermont Machine Company that dates to the 1930s or World War II era. Vermont Machine Company of Bellows Falls, Vermont, got its start in 1868 under the name Hartford Sorghum Machine Company, and changed to its newer...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1930s "Wilt-Less" fresh flower cutter made by the Ullman Company of Northhampton, Massachusetts. The cutter comes with its original instructional pamhlet, which bears the slogan "Flowers Cut Right – Keep...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty 1920s worker badge (numbered 33) for Amawalk Nurseries of Yorktown, New York. The first live National Christmas Tree planted in Washington, D.C. was provided by Amawalk in 192The first tree had had been presented to President...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s or 1920s International Harvester watch fob. International Harvester has been manufacturing agricultural, construction and other equipment since 1902 and is now called Navistar. The distributor's name is enameled on the...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1910s worker badge with a low number (9) for Amawalk Nurseries of Yorktown, New York. The first live National Christmas Tree planted in Washington, D.C. was provided by Amawalk in 192The first tree ever had been presented to...