Manufacturing Related Artifacts & Collectibles

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...

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 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 1955 Zippo lighter advertising for Onan Electric Plants. Onan was started in 1920 by David Warren Onan in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been based there since. Onan is still in business owned by Cummins Indiana (Cummins Onan)...

ARTIFACT: Unknown WWI era shipbuilding corporation employee badge. The nickel plated brass badge reads: "G.R.S.B. 5499 CORP'N"…the letter 'G' has a curious look and could also be a "C", the letters show remnants of black painted...

ARTIFACT: Early 1940's Diehl Manufacturing Co. worker photo identification badge from Finderne, New Jersey. Philip Diehl started out as a machine designer for the Singer Manufacturing Co. until 1885 when he started his own company which became known as...