Communications & Utilities Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Rare 1920's - 1930's Western Union Telegraph Agent/Messenger Hat Badge.  VINTAGE: 1920s - 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/2" in height x 3-1/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Blue & White Painted Brass with most of the...

ARTIFACT: This is a Great 1930's US War Department Inspector Badge # 32 from the Aircraft Radio Laboratory at Wright Field Dayton Ohio. VINTAGE: 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated nickel with painted...

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful Southern California Telephone Company Employee Badge #1987 by Irvine & Jachens. VINTAGE: 1987 SIZE: Approximately 2-5/16" in height x 2-1/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Enameled, nickel-plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a Great Old circa 1900's Chicago Union Station Railroad Mail Handler Badge #1885 by Meyer & Wenthe. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with black painted...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Boston globe newspaper reporter badge, and was possibly a "Fire Lines" badge, which functioned as a press pass at fire scenes. The badge is numbered 92 and shows the City Seal at center. VINTAGE: Circa 1900...

ARTIFACT: This is a great early 1900s badge for the Claremont (Street) Railway & (Electric) Lighting Company in Claremont, New Hampshire. The railway's passenger service ended around 1932 and freight service continued until sometime in the 1950s. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920's -1930's United States Post Office hat badge from Providence, Rhode Island. The badge was made by N. C. Walter & Sons of New York and has a raised number 571 at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1920's - 1930's...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare 1920s Los Angeles Examiner member wing for the Eddie Rickenbacker Club. Rickenbacker was the leading United States ace of World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient, serving with the 94th Aero Squadron air combat unit...

ARTIFACT: This is a great 1954 dated Zippo lighter featuring a factory-engraved "Reddy Kilowatt" for Bangor, Maine's E. M. Graham hydro-electric station dedication. Reddy was the premier American mascot of electricity since 1926, and was created by...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1910's ??? 1920's New England Telephone & Telegraph Company numbered employee badge in enameled, nickel-plated brass. The round badge features a blue enameled bell in the center that reads "BELL SYSTEM" and surrounding it...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa 1900 press room or reporter badge for the Chicago Examiner of Chicago, Illinois, which was published from 1907 until 1918 only. The badge is on the smaller side and is shaped like a six-pointed star. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: 1880's Fort Wayne, Indiana Sanborn's Dray Coal and Wood wagon driver's hat badge. The stamped copper plated badge reads: "SANBORN'S DRAY COAL & WOOD" in nice detail. The reverse reads: "e;NORTHWESTERN STAMP WORKS ST. PAUL, MINN...