Telegraph & Messaging 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 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...