Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1963 Freehold Racing Association press badge for the Freehold Raceway in Freehold, New Jersey. The raceway has been running since 1853 and has both thoroughbred and harness racing. The badge shows a horse's head beneath a red...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1951 employee badge for the North American Conversion Company, an outfit that handled natural gas conversion. The badge shows the black and white photo of an employee named Giaimo. VINTAGE: Circa 1951. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a great and rare 1930's Philgas Company worker identification badge. PhilGas was a bottled natural gas distributed by Phillips, of "Phillips 66" fame. It is numbered 110, and the company name is in a nice Art Deco script...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s or 1940s 5-10 years of service pin for an employee of Lone Star Gas, a Texas utility company established in 190The pin is in enameled sterling silver and shows blue flames flanking the blue star at center. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s inspector badge from the Lowell Gas Light Company of Lowell, Massachusetts. The company was established in 1849, and the brick building built as its headquarters in 1859 has recently been refurbished as office space. The...

ARTIFACT: This is an early twentieth century employee hat badge for the Arlington Gas Light Company (A. G. L. Co.) of Arlington, Massachusetts. The badge was made by Spencer Manufacturing of Boston and has a maker mark on reverse. The building which once...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1880s-1890s inspector badge for the Lowell Gaslight Company of Lowell, Massachusetts. The badge is oval and is numbered 73 at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1880s-1890s. SIZE: Approximately 1-11/16" in height and 2-9/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s meter reader badge for the Roxbury Gas Light Company of Roxbury, Massachusetts. The badge is small and oval and has a B at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 1-5/16" in height and 1-15/16" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous old Utility Gas and Mining Company bronze seal. The seal is round and shows a bearded man busy at a forge. VINTAGE: Circa possibly 1850s-1870s. SIZE: Approximately 2" in diameter and 1/4" in thickness. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: Fun 1960's - 1970's PSNH Public Service of New Hampshire Reddy Kilowatt promotional poster suggesting to customers to BUY BIG, BUY NO-FROST" (presumably freezers). Probably from an election year, as Reddy is portrayed as a campaigner holding a...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool circa early 1960s or 1970s pin for "Reddy Kilowatt Safety Club". Reddy was the premier American mascot of electricity since 1926, and was created by Ashton B. Collins, Sr. He was featured in different media, including a movie and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1958 promotional pin for Operation Upturn, a campaign put on by General Electric. Operation Upturn was the company's motivational answer to a bleak outlook on the economy in an election year. VINTAGE: Circa 1958...