Utilities: Electric Electricity Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1955 Zippo lighter advertising for Onan Electric Plants. Onan was started in 1920 by David Warren Onan in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been based there since. Onan is still in business owned by Cummins Indiana (Cummins Onan)...

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: This is a circa World War II "E" (for Excellence) Award for production of war materiel awarded by the United States Army and Navy to Sylvania Electric Products Inc. of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The folder contains the details and program of...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice circa World War II worker photo identification badge for the General Electric Company River Works location in Lynn, Massachusetts. River Works is where the first United States-produced jet engine was born in 194The badge is by...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce July 1967 pre-print of the 1968 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) National Electrical Code. This is a soft cover handbook, printed by the NFPA of Boston, Massachusetts. It has a table of contents, all the NFPA...

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...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful circa 1952 Connecticut Light & Power Co. 35 years of service lapel pin by the Whitehead & Hoag Co. in Newark, New Jersey. The center of the gold filled pin features a raised, enameled light bulb that reads: "CLPCo" and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early to mid-1950s pin for ten years of service with Westinghouse Electric Company. George Westinghouse, made famous by power, had already patented revolutionary life-saving equipment for the railroad industry and opened Union...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early to mid-1950s pin for twenty years of service with Westinghouse Electric Company. George Westinghouse, made famous by power, had already patented revolutionary life-saving equipment for the railroad industry and opened...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s pin for twenty-five years of service with Westinghouse Electric Company. George Westinghouse, made famous by power, had already patented revolutionary life-saving equipment for the railroad industry and opened Union...