Telegraph & Messaging Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s CD 145 glass insulator in green glass. The insulator has an embossed star mark near the bottom and its original cloth-wrapped telegraph wire. VINTAGE: Circa 1890's. SIZE: Approximately 3" in diameter (at bottom) x 4-3/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce late 19th century Type CD 132 glass insulator in green glass. The insulator is by Hemingray Glass Company. VINTAGE: Circa late 19th century. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/4" in diameter (at bottom) and 4" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is an uncommon circa 1900 Type CD 121 glass insulator for the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, a communications company formed in 187The insulator is in green glass and was made by Brookfield. VINTAGE: Circa 1900...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s Type CD 104 glass insulator for the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, a communications company formed in 187It was made by Brookfield in green glass. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: This is an early Telephone Company Pioneers of America convention guest ribbon for esteemed guest Newcomb Carlton. Carlton was the President of Western Union from 1914 to 1933. VINTAGE: Circa 1913. SIZE: About 1-5/8" in width by 5-3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII period Western Union Messenger badge. The oval yellow, layered celluloid badge reads: "WESTERN UNION" in black and the reverse features an alligator type clip. VINTAGE: Circa WWII Era SIZE: Approximately 2-1/2" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Army Signal Corps Type J-38 telegraph key with two wooden-base sounders. The J-38 was a Morse Code training key made for the Army by several companies. This particular one was manufactured by Signal Electric...

ARTIFACT: Great old 1920's Western Union Telegraph Forms oak and celluloid countertop display. The black and gold sign on the holder advises you: DON'T WRITE - TELEGRAPH! The holder has a vertical groove running down the center of the interior of each...

ARTIFACT: This is a Western Union agent hat badge (number 4) from the 1920s-1930s. The badge is in a geometric shape painted in yellow and blue and is slightly concave. Western Union was born in 1856, although it had been operating for five years already...

ARTIFACT: This is an old Postal Telegraph Company messenger hat badge by Robbins Company. The badge is shield-shaped and reads POSTAL TELEGRAPH 10. The Postal Telegraph Company began in the 1880s and merged with one of its competitors, Western Union, in...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old circa 1890's Western Union Telegraph Company brass padlock with a lovely patina! Western Union was born in 1856, although it had been operating for five years already under the name New York and Mississippi Valley Printing...

ARTIFACT: This is a small circa 1890s messenger uniform button for the Postal Telegraph Company. The outfit began in the 1880s and merged with one of its competitors, Western Union, in the 1940s. The button is by the S. Eisner Company of New Jersey...