Utilities: Electric Electricity Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950's Bell Labs Western Electric Nike Zeus Missile Project ID Badges of Warren C. Rouse.Nike Zeus was an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system developed by the United States Army during the late 1950s and early 1960s that was designed...

ARTIFACT: This is a Wonderful 1906 Detroit Public Lighting Commission 14K Gold (Tested) Badge Originally Worn by Industrialist Willam R. Kales. VINTAGE: 1906 SIZE: Approximately 1-5/8" in height x 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 14K...

ARTIFACT: This is a Cool 1910's Portland Maine Androscoggin Electric Co Meter Reader #1 Badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1910's SIZE: Approximately 2-1/2" x 1-3/8" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome plated brass and painted lettering. ATTACHMENT: Vertical...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Westinghouse Electric police badge. The badge would have been worn at Los Alamos during Westinghouse's involvement with the Manhattan Project, codename for the combined effort of the United States Army Corps of Engineers,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s badge for the Rescue Squad of Northern New York Utilities. The badge is numbered 3. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: Approximately 2-5/16" in height and 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass with...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s promotional pin for "Reddy Kilowatt", the premier American mascot of electricity since 192Reddy was created by Ashton B. Collins, Sr. and was featured in different media, including a movie and a comic strip. The pin...

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 celluloid badge for the Lynn, Massachusetts General Electric plant from the 1940 New York World's Fair. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Paper, celluloid and tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified badge reading ECA and showing a lightning bolt. It is possibly for some sort of electrical association. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Nickel-plated brass...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified promotional power company lightbulb decanter. The bulb has an unknown "G" logo on the front. The bulb is made of glass with a light green tint and has a brass topper. There is a "Recycled Glass Hand Made in Spain"...

ARTIFACT: This is a great early 1900s badge for the Claremont (Street) Railway & (Electric) Lighting Company in Claremont, New Hampshire. The railway's passenger service ended around 1932 and freight service continued until sometime in the 1950s. The...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s or 1930s employee or attendant badge for Green Mountain Lake Farms Inc. in Pawling, New York, a railway community. Green Mountain Lake Farms was the name given to the property purchased by Consolidated Edison of New York...