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ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s pin in enameled 14 karat gold for thirty years of service with the Hoover Vacuum Company. This company, whose brand name became a household synonym for the act of vacuuming itself, was started in North Canton, Ohio in...

ARTIFACT: This is an old Contractors Service Pass badge for a person working for the Heywood-Wakefield furniture company. VINTAGE: 1930s-40s. SIZE: 1-3/4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid, paper, steel. ATTACHMENT: Single post with...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Era worker photo identification badge for the Farrington Manufacturing Company of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Farrington made such pieces as jewelry boxes, eyeglass cases and early credit cards. This badge originally...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s pin for five years of service with Esmond Mills, a producer of woolen goods in Esmond, Rhode Island. The pin has the company's "Bunny Esmond" logo enameled at its center. The pin is by Whitehead & Hoag ...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool circa 1930s Frigidaire factory worker (or visitor) badge. Frigidaire has been making appliances, primarily refrigerators, since 191The badge is in an Art Deco design with the Frigidaire crown symbol at the top. It was made by...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1930's Yale Lock Co. 20 Year Service pin in 10K gold by Whitehead & Hoag. The center of the pin depicts an hourglass with wings and just above it a blue enamel bar reads: "YALE". The outer edge red enameled ring reads: "20...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s pin in enameled 10 karat gold for twenty-five years of service with the Hoover Vacuum Company. This company, whose brand name became a household synonym for the act of vacuuming itself, was started in North Canton,...

ARTIFACT: Mid-late 1920's AETNA Steel Products Corporation worker ID badge from Chicago, Illinois. The badge, made by Whitehead & Hoag Co. in New Jersey is oval shaped and reads: "AETNA STEEL PROD. CORP" and shows the number "31" in...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous early 1930's Sandusky Cement Co. Safety Committee Member badge in gold fill and enamel. The cement company was located in Erie County, Ohio along the Sandusky Bay. It was originally named the Sandusky Portland Cement Company,...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1890s "Reward of Genius" medal made by C. G. Braxmar of New York. It was presented by an unscrupulous Washington, D.C. patent attorney, John Wedderburn & Company. A medallion with a scalloped border hangs from a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1940s magnetic display tool for an Otis Elevators salesman. The tool opens to reveal a selection of symbol and phrase magnets on one half and a blank magnetic board on the other. The blank side has an easel backing and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 25 years of service pin for Hood Rubber Company of Watertown, Massachusetts. The pin is in 14 karat gold and named on reverse to Margaret C. Carmody. The pin weighs 2.51 grams. The reverse of the pin reads:MARGARET C...