Manufacturing, Mining, & Union Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1914 United States Senate document entitled "Agricultural Cooperation and Rural Credit in Europe". It is a booklet detailing the Part 1 Observation Report by The American Commission on Agricultural Cooperation in...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful and rare circa 1910 National Motor Vehicle Co. enameled lapel pin. National Motor Vehicle Co. was established in the early 1900's and National's first model was an electric runabout called the Style A in 1900. By 1905, gas-powered...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa early to mid-1960s Continental Airlines ground crew cap with an attached period IAM (International Association of Machinists) Union celluloid badge and a nice boldly patterned eagle logo on the front. This cap may have...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare circa early 1950s Eniwetok Proving ground three years of service employee lapel pin for a private construction contractor, Holmes & Narver, Inc. Located in the Marshall Islands, the Eniwetok atoll bore witness to...

ARTIFACT: Early circa 1943 Boeing B-29 Super Fortress lapel pin in gilt and enameled sterling silver. The example is dated early 1943 as indicated by the aircraft marking. Earlier markings included a red circle within the star, this example shows the red...

ARTIFACT: 1940's – 1950's Koppers Corporation 15 Year Safety award in 10 karat gold. Koppers manufactures chemicals and materials in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the corporation in separated into three units: Carbon and Chemicals, Railroad Products and...

ARTIFACT: Vintage Hargrave 6" wood clamp, with wooden handles and steel bars. "HARGRAVE THE CINCINNATI TOOL COMPANY U.S.A." and the numbers "706" are stamped into either side of the clamp. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1912 100th anniversary advertising paperweight for the Waterbury Button Company of Waterbury, Connecticut. The company's website boasts that at the meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox Courthouse,...

ARTIFACT: This is a third prize ribbon for the Boston Stationers' Association Outing on June 28, 191It was awarded to The Carter's Inks (TCI) Company for a now unknown event. The ribbon hangs from a celluloid button badge by Boston Badge Company...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 worker badge for Schrafft's, a Charlestown, Massachusetts chocolate manufacturer. Schrafft's was started the same year as the Civil War began. The shield-shaped badge is by Bastian Brothers of Rochester, New York. It is...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1912 mug from the Boston, Massachusetts Stewards’ Association annual supper, which was held at the American House on May 27th of that year. The reverse of the mug presents some debatable wisdom: HERE’S TO MARRIAGE:- AN...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous 1940’s Chance Vought Aircraft Corp. 5 Years of Service lapel pin by Balfour. Founded in 1917 under the name, The Lewis and Vought Corporation the name soon changed to Chance Vought Corporation in 1922 upon Lewis’ retirement. Chance...