Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1920's – 1930's Candlestick Telephone Candy Container in glass, wood, white metal, and steel. Original candy still inside! The telephone body is shaped out of glass, the voice receiver is white metal, the ear piece is...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1958 Providence, Rhode Island Newsboy badge #3The center of the round badge shows the number "37" and surrounding it reads: "NEWSBOY PERMIT 37 PROV.R.I. EXPIRES JULY 1, 1959" VINTAGE: Circa 1958 SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified 1950's – 60's (?) B.M.R. Enterprises courier badge. The center shows a raised five-point star and surrounding reads: "B.M.R. ENTERPRISES" with an eagle at the top holding a banner in its beak that reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of the World War I The Second Army Air Service Book". This book was originally owned by well-known Philadelphia newspaper personality Edith M. Marble, acquired while in France during WWI doing American Red Cross...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver lapel pin for the 1947 Diamond Belt Boxing Championship held by the Philadelphia Inquirer, the nation's third longest-running newspaper. The pin reads PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER 1947 DIAMOND BELT CHAMPIONSHIP and shows two...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s badge for the Union Pacific Railroad Superintendent of Telegraph. Union Pacific, now the largest railroad in the United States, has been around in one form or another since 1862. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960's Buffalo, New York postal employee badge. The badge is in bronzed white metal and is numbered 4398. VINTAGE: Circa 1960's. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16" in height and 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronzed...

ARTIFACT: This is an Italian Post and Telegraph Militia (Milizia Postelegrafonica) enlisted man shoulder board from the 1930's into World War II. Formed in 1925, this group had anti-fraud duties during peacetime, as well as its wartime functions such as...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s-1930s French newspaper reporter's badge from L'Intransigeant (Uncompromising). The newspaper first came of the presses in 1880 and continued in print until the Vichy takeover. During its four decades the newspaper's stance...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s employee badge for the Baltimore, Maryland Water Department. The badge displays the number 1738. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 1-7/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with painted...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950 truck driver cap badge for the Columbia Gas System. Established in 1906 in West Virginia as Columbia Gas Corporation, the company changed its name to Columbia Gas System in 1948 after suffering through an antitrust suit...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s Holyoke, MA Gas & Electric Department Meter Inspector badge #59. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with painted lettering...