Treasures Past: SOLD!!! Items

ARTIFACT: This is a great old newsboy badge from Boston, Massachusetts. The pin is oval and reads 1942 LICENSED NEWSBOY NO. 46 BOSTON. VINTAGE: Circa 1942. SIZE: 2-3/4" height and 2" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with a plastic...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s celluloid member pin for the Lindbergh Club from Boston American Newspaper, a tabloid affiliated with the Hearst chain. The pin is by Whitehead & Hoag. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice example of a 1920s-1930s New York City Newspaper Reporters/Fire Lines badge for a reporter from the New York American. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: 2-3/4" wide by 2-3/4" high. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1910s Press reporter badge from the New York City Evening Sun newspaper. The New York Sun hit the streets in 1833, becoming a wildly popular newspaper almost overnight. The paper had many incarnations, one of which was the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Boston Electric Light Company employee badge #103. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 1-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel and brass. ATTACHMENT: Vertical one piece safety type pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II GE Police Department for Plant Protection patch. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 3-3/16" in width by 2-5/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cotton embroidery thread on cotton. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...

ARTIFACT: This is an early utilities badge from Buckley & Scott Utilities Inc. VINTAGE: Circa late 1920's to early 1930's. SIZE: About 2" in length x 1-3/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silver with black painted detail...

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 1930s Quincy, Massachusetts wire inspector badge. The badge shows a hand at center grasping electricity and reads INSP. OF WIRES QUINCY. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 2-3/8" height and 1-5/8" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 14 karat gold pin for forty years of service with the D. S. T. Company. The octagonal pin reads 40 DST CO TELEPHONE PIONEERS OF AMERICA and shows a bell reading BELL COMPANY within a triangle. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: 1/2"...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s Quincy, Massachusetts wire inspector badge. The badge shows a hand at center grasping electricity and reads INSPECTOR CITY OF QUINCY WIRE DEPT. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: 2-1/8" height and 1-1/4" width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Coast Guard officer visor hat belonging to S.L. Loyer. The hat has a beautiful and rare eagle badge in bullion at front center and a patent leather strap and visor. Inside is an original manufacturer's label...