Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage early 1960's operator service brooch for Pacific Northwest Bell. The brooch is by Tanner Company, and is for ten years of service with the company. VINTAGE: Circa early 1960s SIZE: About 1-1/8" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a New England Telephone & Telegraph Company "Bell System" operator's service brooch. The brooch is by Balfour, and is gold-filled with a green stone at center beneath a bell in relief. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s or 1940s...

ARTIFACT: This is an old New England Telephone and Telegraph Company "Bell System" Operator service brooch for ten years of service with the company. At center is a bell in relief with two stars beneath. The badge is by Balfour, and is...

ARTIFACT: This is an early New England Telephone & Telegraph Company operator's brooch for long service with the company. The brooch is by Balfour in gold-fill, and has a pink stone under a bell in relief. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s or 1940s. SIZE: About...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s-1930s celluloid badge for the Telephone Pioneers of America, also known now as Pioneers, A Volunteer Network and Telephone Pioneers. Established in Boston in 1911, the group's first card-carrying member was Alexander...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s New England Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Systems employee badge. The badge is enameled in cobalt blue and is numbered 1412. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an early, circa 1890s Bell Systems telephone worker hat insignia. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: About 1" in width by 1-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt brass. ATTACHMENT: Bendable prongs. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s-1930s American District Telegraph Company messenger badge numbered 293 along with eighteen uniform buttons. ADT is now solely a security company. The badge has the seal of the State of Michigan at its center. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a Union Telegraph Lines Officer #4 badge from Cleveland, Ohio.. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated nickel with black painted lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a Los Angeles District Telegraph Company badge number 2. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-7/8" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated nickel; there may have once been black paint in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool vintage (circa 1960) Zenith Dial-Lite AM/FM "cone-top" tabletop radio. The radio is in working order and is excellent condition! The speaker is round and projects out from the top of the radio and around a plastic cone...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s Radio League of America lapel pin. The pin is enameled vividly in blue, white and orange and shows a radio tower at center. Founded in 1915 by Hugo Gersnback, The Radio League of America aimed to promote the art of amateur...