Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: Nice, circa 1900's - 1910's advertising watch fob for Mergenthaler Linotype Co. in die-struck brass by The Green Duck Co in Chicago. The center of the watch fob features an elaborate, high-relief detailed image of a linotype machine. The...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified C.F.D. Fire Lines badge, possibly from Cleveland (Fire Department), the city in which it was found. The badge dates to between 1900 and 1920. It is unclear whether the "CITY COUNCIL" on the badge denoted their approval...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified lapel wing in sterling silver that reads WIP AC on a shield at the wing's center. WIP was an early Philadelphia radio station, so the pin could be for a WIP Aviation Club or the like. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified pin by Balfour that reads GANNETTS HIGH SKIES. The pin is aviation-related, with a winged propeller at its center, and seemingly also newspaper-related as there is what looks to be the front page of a newspaper behind...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified badge reading ECA and showing a lightning bolt. It is possibly for some sort of electrical association. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified promotional power company lightbulb decanter. The bulb has an unknown "G" logo on the front. The bulb is made of glass with a light green tint and has a brass topper. There is a "Recycled Glass Hand Made in Spain"...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II English-made correspondent patch for the "Stars and Stripes" wartime newspaper. The patch is arched and reads THE STARS AND STRIPES U.S. ARMY. VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: 1-3/4" height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a postal hat badge of unknown vintage and possibly French origin. It is a wreath of laurels with the letters PTT at center, which probably stand for Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones (Postal, Telegraph and Telephone), a French...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-World War I uniform button for the Belgian Ministry of Railway, Post and Telegraph (CHEMINS DE FER POSTES-TELEGRAPHES). A lion is at the center of the button along with the motto "L'Union Fait la Force". VINTAGE: Circa...