Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s member lapel pin for the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers' Union. This lapel pin has a great candlestick telephone at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a large circa 1910s or 1920s employee badge for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. The company was incorporated in the State of California in 190The badge is enameled in cobalt blue and was made by C.G. Braxmar Company of New...

ARTIFACT: This is a large, beautiful circa 1910s worker identification badge for the Michigan State Telephone Company. Started in 1904, Michigan State was part of American Telegraph and Telephone Company for years. The badge is enameled in blue and white...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1910s numbered employee badge for the Northern New York Telephone Corporation, established 190The badge is numbered 109 and shows an old-fashioned candlestick phone and telephone wires flanking the number. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1910's ??? 20's large, Hemingray Insulator, two-piece #CD 304/310, also known as the "Coolie Hat". The top piece (CD 304) of the insulator reads: "HEMINGRAY PATENT MAY 2, 1883". The sleeve, CD 310 is unembossed...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII period Western Union Messenger badge. The oval yellow, layered celluloid badge reads: "WESTERN UNION" in black and the reverse features an alligator type clip. VINTAGE: Circa WWII Era SIZE: Approximately 2-1/2" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Signal Corps Type J-38 telegraph key with two wooden-base sounders. The J-38 was a Morse Code training key made for the Army by several companies. This particular one was manufactured by Signal Electric...

ARTIFACT: Great old 1920's Western Union Telegraph Forms oak and celluloid countertop display. The black and gold sign on the holder advises you: DON'T WRITE - TELEGRAPH! The holder has a vertical groove running down the center of the interior of each...

ARTIFACT: This is a Western Union agent hat badge (number 4) from the 1920s-1930s. The badge is in a geometric shape painted in yellow and blue and is slightly concave. Western Union was born in 1856, although it had been operating for five years already...

ARTIFACT: This is an old Postal Telegraph Company messenger hat badge by Robbins Company. The badge is shield-shaped and reads POSTAL TELEGRAPH 10. The Postal Telegraph Company began in the 1880s and merged with one of its competitors, Western Union, in...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa 1890's Western Union Telegraph Company brass padlock with a lovely patina! Western Union was born in 1856, although it had been operating for five years already under the name New York and Mississippi Valley Printing...

ARTIFACT: This is a small circa 1890s messenger uniform button for the Postal Telegraph Company. The outfit began in the 1880s and merged with one of its competitors, Western Union, in the 1940s. The button is by the S. Eisner Company of New Jersey...