Manufacturing Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a worker lapel badge for an unknown manufacturing company (W.B. Manufacturing Company). The pin is numbered 323 in blue enamel on its front beneath a spinning wheel. It may perhaps be for a woolen or cotton mill, possibly in the...

ARTIFACT: 1920's – 1930's tool check fob for Bethlehem Steel's wholly owned railroad, the PB & NE RR. As the manufacturing market changed from iron to steel, Bethlehem Co. became the only company to survive the transition. As the market continued to...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa mid- to late 1960s Guard hat 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 17 and hasthe...

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: 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 an old Contractors Service Pass badge for a person working for the Heywood-Wakefield furniture company. VINTAGE: 1930s-40s. SIZE: 1-3/4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid, paper, steel. ATTACHMENT: Single post with...

ARTIFACT: This is a five years of service pin given out by the Continental Can Company in the 1940s. The pin is sterling silver and has red, white and blue enamel showing three concentric "C"s at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: 5/8"...

ARTIFACT: 1940's Hartford Special Machinery Co. 5 year service pin in sterling silver. The round pin features a center that depicts the company's letter logo: "HSM" and surrounding is a blue enameled ring that reads: "THE HARTFORD SPECIAL...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1920's - 1930's Brass Social Security Card of Harry Inden. The card shows an eagle soaring in the center of two large letters "S" and below it reads: "AS REGISTERED WITH THE U. S. GOVERNMENT SOCIAL SECURITY NO. 099-09-7719 HARRY...