Telegraph & Messaging Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an old New England Telephone and Telegraph Company "Bell System" Operator service brooch for ten years of service with the company. At center is a bell in relief with two stars beneath. The badge is by Balfour, and is...

ARTIFACT: This is an early New England Telephone & Telegraph Company operator's brooch for long service with the company. The brooch is by Balfour in gold-fill, and has a pink stone under a bell in relief. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s or 1940s. SIZE: About...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s New England Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Systems employee badge. The badge is enameled in cobalt blue and is numbered 1412. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s-1930s American District Telegraph Company messenger badge numbered 293 along with eighteen uniform buttons. ADT is now solely a security company. The badge has the seal of the State of Michigan at its center. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a Union Telegraph Lines Officer #4 badge from Cleveland, Ohio.. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated nickel with black painted lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a Los Angeles District Telegraph Company badge number 2. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-7/8" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel plated nickel; there may have once been black paint in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1870s Lynn, Massachusetts Notification Company badge (an early messenger service). The badge shows an eagle at top and a striped crest at center and reads KLYNN NOTIFICATION CO. LYNN 10. VINTAGE: Circa 1870s. SIZE: 2-5/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is an 1890s ??? early 1900s Western Union hat badge. Western Union was born in 1856, although it had been operating for five years already under the name New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company. The badge has a textured...