Manufacturing, Mining, & Union Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a cool circa 1930s Frigidaire factory worker (or visitor) badge. Frigidaire has been making appliances, primarily refrigerators, since 191The badge is in an Art Deco design with the Frigidaire crown symbol at the top. It was made by...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s pin in enameled 14 karat gold for twenty-five 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,...

ARTIFACT: Mid-late 1920's AETNA Steel Products Corporation worker ID badge from Chicago, Illinois. The badge, made by Whitehead & Hoag Co. in New Jersey is oval shaped and reads: "AETNA STEEL PROD. CORP" and shows the number "31" in...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous early 1930's Sandusky Cement Co. Safety Committee Member badge in gold fill and enamel. The cement company was located in Erie County, Ohio along the Sandusky Bay. It was originally named the Sandusky Portland Cement Company,...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old Bucyrus Company of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, steam shovel watch fob. Bucyrus is still in business today as Bucyrus International, Inc., and is a manufacturer of Draglines, Drills and Shovels for the surface mining...

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: 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...