Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful early 20th century reporter/fire lines badge from The Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal-Sentinel (the name changed from the original Sentinel) is the largest Wisconsin newspaper and was once...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s celluloid member pin for the Lindbergh Club from Boston American Newspaper, a tabloid affiliated with the Hearst chain. The pin is by Whitehead & Hoag. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1910s Press reporter badge from the New York City Evening Sun newspaper. The New York Sun hit the streets in 1833, becoming a wildly popular newspaper almost overnight. The paper had many incarnations, one of which was the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Boston Electric Light Company employee badge #103. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 1-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel and brass. ATTACHMENT: Vertical one piece safety type pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II GE Police Department for Plant Protection patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 3-3/16" in width by 2-5/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...

ARTIFACT: This is an early utilities badge from Buckley & Scott Utilities Inc. VINTAGE: Circa late 1920's to early 1930's. SIZE: About 2" in length x 1-3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver with black painted detail...

ARTIFACT: This great old celluloid badge is for an Air Raid Precautions Warden or Air Raid Warden working for the NE Tel. & Tel. Co. It is quite large and reads around the outer edge: NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Inside this is a large...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Quincy, Massachusetts wire inspector badge. The badge shows a hand at center grasping electricity and reads INSP. OF WIRES QUINCY. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 2-3/8" height and 1-5/8" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 14 karat gold pin for forty years of service with the D. S. T. Company. The octagonal pin reads 40 DST CO TELEPHONE PIONEERS OF AMERICA and shows a bell reading BELL COMPANY within a triangle. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: 1/2"...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s Quincy, Massachusetts wire inspector badge. The badge shows a hand at center grasping electricity and reads INSPECTOR CITY OF QUINCY WIRE DEPT. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: 2-1/8" height and 1-1/4" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1930s advertising sign for Clicquot Club brand ginger ale. The sign is in brightly painted, flexible tin and features the company's mascot, "Klee-Ko" the Eskimo, at its center. Founded in 1885 in Millis, Massachusetts,...

ARTIFACT: This is a celluloid badge for the Lynn, Massachusetts General Electric plant from the 1940 New York World's Fair. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Paper, celluloid and tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight...