Manufacturing, Mining, & Union Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1930s hat badge for the Beer Drivers' International Union from Local #67 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The octagonal badge is enameled in red and shows a horse-drawn wagon at its center loaded up with barrels of beer...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1900s or 1910s lapel badge for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The IWW was organized in 1905 and its members were nicknamed the "Wobblies". The organization still exists although arguably their heyday...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1900 early Musician's Labor Union member badge for the Musician's Mutual Benefit Association. The National League of Musicians joined with the Federation of Labor to form the American Federation of Musicians in the early 1900's. The...

ARTIFACT: Wonderfully historic club from the Lawrence Textile Strike commonly referred to as the "Bread and Roses" strike, which began on January 12, 1912 and lasted through a brutally cold winter ending March 12th of that same year. The strike...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice circa 1950s worker photo identification badge for Anderson-Polaroid. The clip-on style badge is for a "Photo-Badge Master". VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: 1940's – 1950's Allen "Authorized Operator" wing lapel pin by Balfour. The enameled pin shows a black shield-shaped center that reads: "AUTHORIZED ALLEN OPERATOR" in gilt detail against a black enamel background. The wings...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s pin in enameled 14 karat gold for thirty years of service with the Hoover Vacuum Company. This company, whose brand name became a household synonym for the act of vacuuming itself, was started in North Canton, Ohio in...