Movie Television Radio & Music Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a sewing kit by the American Theatre Wing War Service Inc. The creator of the Tony Award, the group was a part of the World War II Allied Relief Fund which encouraged theatrical education but also supported servicemen and families of...

ARTIFACT: Great 1880's cabinet photo of midget couple Count & Countess Magri. Count Primo Magri married Lavinia Warren Bump, the former Mrs. Tom Thumb. Born in Massachusetts, Lavinia enjoyed widespread notoriety in the 1860's as Tom Thumb's wife -...

ARTIFACT: This is a novelty political pin for the 1972 presidential election. The pin's slogan suggests that Archie Bunker, star character of the hit television show, "All in the Family" be a candidate. VINTAGE: Circa 1972...

ARTIFACT: Cool vintage 1967 "TV SQUARES" Square Dance television game show contestant badge. The badge is shaped like a television and depicts a young couple square dancing and reads: "TV SQUARES", below it looks as if the television...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1956 KPAR TV sterling lapel pin in the form of an early television camera. KPAR, now KTXS-TV is located in Abilene, Texas and is an ABC Affiliate. It was originally a CBS affiliate located in Sweetwater, but by the 1970's had...

ARTIFACT: Cool vintage 1950's Motorola tube radio Type 56B1A with chassis HS – 512 and it works! The brown and cream colored radio reads: "MOTOROLA" across the top with the company's logo below. There are two dials, one reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s Special Investigator badge from the radio show "Junior G-Men". Beginning in 1936, the show was hosted by ex-FBI man and successful pursuer of John Dillinger, Melvin Purvis. "Junior G-Men" clubs...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1947 "Captain Midnight" radio show Secret Squadron decoder whistle. Originally broadcast locally in Kansas City, Captain Midnight began entertaining national audiences from 1940 for about two decades. He was an...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1936 Melvin Purvis Junior G-Man Corps radio program premium from Post Cereal. Great adjustable brass ring set in a smaller size showing just enough wear to know that it was loved for a brief while in the days prior to WWII. Beginning...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce Radio Orphan Annie identification bracelet showing the initial "A". The bracelets were a promotional item distributed by Ovaltine for the radio show's November 20, 1940 broadcast. The initial on front corresponded to...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1939 Radio Orphan Annie Secret Society Decoder Badge "Mysto Matic". First introduced as a comic strip character in 1924, Little Orphan Annie went on to score her own radio show as soon as 1930, and her Secret Society...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1939 Howie Wing wing badge distributed by Kellogg's. Howie Wing was a children's radio show written by a World War I flying reservist that debuted in 193The success of the show was propagated by the multitude of gimmicks and...