Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Portsmouth Gas Company shovel holder, which is meant for mounting upon a wall and has a curved cradle at the bottom for holding a shovel. The holder is in orange and black and advertises the company as the manufacturers of...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1933 General Electric workers identification badge. The badge is by Whitehead & Hoag and is numbered 1529. VINTAGE: Circa 1933. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver with yellow and...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1900s employee badge for the Salem, Massachusetts Electric Lighting Company. The badge displays the number 3A small crest at the top reads LIGHT AND POWER ANYWHERE IN SALEM and there is a light bulb in relief at the bottom...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified circa 1930s C.S.E. Telephone employee badge numbered 12C.S.E. may possibly stand for Central States Electric. The badge is by Whitehead & Hoag Co. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: About 1-1/4" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s General Telephone promotional celluloid badge featuring the "Li'l General". The badge is by LA Stamp & Stationery. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Paper,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s Bell Telephone Laboratories lapel pin for 15 yeas of service. The pin is in 10 karat gold. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: About 1/2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10K gold with sterling silver screw post and...

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 /...