Manufacturing Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a great WWI Era Maryland Ship Building Company Guard hat badge. The copper badge features a nicely detailed eagle perched at the top of the badge. The center of the badge depicts an embossed, nicely detailed ship sailing with smoke...

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...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s pin for five years of service with Esmond Mills, a producer of woolen goods in Esmond, Rhode Island. The pin has the company's "Bunny Esmond" logo enameled at its center. The pin is by Whitehead & Hoag ...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s worker badge for Elisco (Elyria Iron & Steel Company) in Cleveland, Ohio. Elisco manufactured steel tubing for both automobile and railroad applications, and was making their product at least as early as 191The badge is...

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...