Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

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...

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...