Manufacturing, Mining, & Union Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1960's Police badge for Winthrop Labs of Rensselaer, New York. Winthrop was the pharmaceutical company responsible for creating the famous anabolic steroid known as Winstrol. The badge is numbered 10 and has the Seal of...

ARTIFACT: Early WWII era San Francisco, California Special Police badge from Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation (Bethlehem Steel Company). The large, convex six point star shaped badge shows the number: "95" in the center and surrounding it reads: "SAN...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s employee lapel pin for ten years of service with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), an entity created during the Civil War. The pin shows a small eagle at the top and has enameled details. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s or 1940s employee lapel pin for ten years of service with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), an entity created during the Civil War. The pin shows an old-fashioned plow and sheaves of wheat on the front...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930's United States Department of Agriculture Hat Badge. The badge reads UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE and shows an eagle at top. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: 1-1/2" in height x 2-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II US Merchant Marine Union pin. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 5/8" in width by 7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold plated brass with enamel accents. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post. MARKINGS: Makers mark: I...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s lapel pin for thirty years of membership with the United Transportation Union (UTU). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the UTU formed on the first day of 1969, consolidating four large pre-existing unions. A member's longevity...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s member lapel pin for the United Transportation Union (UTU). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the UTU formed on the first day of 1969, consolidating four large pre-existing unions. The union includes members working in the railway...

ARTIFACT: This is a lapel pin for the Air Lines Pilot Association, which formed in 1931 to represent the interests of both Canadian and American airlines. The pin is a petite wing with a globe at its center reading ALPA. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940's...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II Port of New York International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) photo identification badge. The ILA, a labor union representing longshoremen working the Eastern U.S. coast, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes and Puerto...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1949 dues card for the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union Local 13This union was an AFL (American Federation of Labor) affiliate. Inside is the signature of Minnie Blopland, the card-carrying union member, and some...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1930's - 1940's "VOTE INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM" celluloid badge promoting the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) over the AFL as both union federations were in competition of members between the 1930's and 1956 during their...