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...

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...

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...

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...

ARTIFACT: Great 1890's New England Telephone & Telegraph Company Inspector Badge in enameled, nickel-plated brass. The oval badge reads: "NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. INSPECTOR...

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"...

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...

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...