Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s lapel pin for the Boston-based "Big Brother Club" radio show on WEEI hosted by Bob Emery. Emery had been "Big Brother" on WGI, but was wooed by WEEI, a new and...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1970's Dallas Times Herald 5 year service pin in 10K gold and employee photo ID card. The pin is in the shape of a paper news folded in half with an embossed center embellishment that...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s celluloid contestant badge for the Boston Globe WBZ-TV Family Fly Fishing Contest. WBZ-TV is still a Boston, Massachusetts television station. The large blue...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950's twenty-five years of service pin for the Boston Globe newspaper. The pin is gold-filled and is by Robbins Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts. The pin shows the...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool 1952 newspaper or paper carrier badge from Alabama. It is in red celluloid and is numbered on the front. It was made by Green Duck Company of Chicago and has a few union...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950's twenty-five years of service pin for the Boston Globe newspaper. The pin was made by Robbins Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts and has the winged diamond...