Telegraph & Messaging Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful Old 1910's Western Union Telegraph Call Box 4-B on Original Porcelain Base. VINTAGE: 1910's. SIZE: Approximately: 3-1/4" in height x 6-1/2" in length from top to bottom x 3-3/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a Wonderful circa 1890's Telegraph Operator Enameled Gilt Lapel Pin in Excellent Condition. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Enameled Gilt brass. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post...

ARTIFACT: This is a Rare World War II Era United State POST Office Washington D.C. Employee Photo ID. VINTAGE: World War II. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/16" in height x 1-9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid, photo, Steel pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1920s or 1930s Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT & SF RY) Superintendent of Fire Alarm & Telegraph badge. The Santa Fe line was charted in 1859 to join with the already existing Atchison & Topeka. This railway...

ARTIFACT: This great old celluloid badge is for an Air Raid Precautions Warden or Air Raid Warden working for the NE Tel. & Tel. Co. It is quite large and reads around the outer edge: NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Inside this is a large...

ARTIFACT: This is a postal hat badge of unknown vintage and possibly French origin. It is a wreath of laurels with the letters PTT at center, which probably stand for Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones (Postal, Telegraph and Telephone), a French...

ARTIFACT: This is a pre-World War I uniform button for the Belgian Ministry of Railway, Post and Telegraph (CHEMINS DE FER POSTES-TELEGRAPHES). A lion is at the center of the button along with the motto "L'Union Fait la Force". VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1910's ??? 1920's New England Telephone & Telegraph 10 years of service pin. The NE T&T Co., a communications company, was formed in 187The gold filled, enameled pin shows a blue enameled bell at the top that reads: "10" and...

ARTIFACT: This is a pin for ten years of service with the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company in 10 karat gold. The company was incorporated in the State of California in 190The pin shows a bell and two stars framed by laurel leaves. The bell has...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s diamond-shaped worker's jacket patch for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, or AT&T, which was founded in 188The company had been around for a decade previously before it assumed its now famous name as a venture...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s advertising first aid tin for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, or AT&T, which was founded in 188The company had been around for a decade previously before it assumed its now famous name as a venture under the...

ARTIFACT: 1880's -1890's pale aqua Brookfield CD 145 'Bullet' glass insulator. The insulator reads: "W. BROOKFIELD 45 CLIFF ST. N. Y." VINTAGE: Circa 1880's ??? 1890's SIZE: Approximately 4 ??" tall; 9 ??"...