Badge, Identification
Badge, Identification
Badge, Identification

Badge, Identification

Object number2007.108.1
Manufacturer
Datec. 1930
OriginCincinnati, OH
MediumMetal; Paint
Credit LineGift of Myrna Trautvetter
DescriptionGold metal upside down triangular badge; slightly curved in middle. Front painted blue and white in engraved picture of gridded globe. Organizational and identification text banner around perimeter. Backside: metal peg in middle with circular backing.Dimensions0.5 x 1.875 x 2 in. (1.3 x 4.8 x 5.1 cm)
InscriptionsWords on banner, clockwise from top "POSTAL TELEGRAPH / ALL AMERICA CABLES / COMMERCIAL CABLES".
MarksBackside has engraved text at bottom, "9382 B"; at top, small embossed label with text "FOX COMPANY / CINCINNATI.U.S.A."
Historical NotesBadge from Pittsburgh branch of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company. According to donor Myrna Trautvetter, her father, Albert Wintersgill, wore this badge (possibly on his hat?) as he delivered messages. Both Clara Zang Wintersgill (1913-2005), originally from Spring Hill, and Albert Wintersgill (1913-1998), originally from the North Side, worked for the Pittsburgh branch of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company. Clara was a Teletype/telegraph operator and Albert was first a bike messenger, who later became a branch manager. They met at their workplace and were married on May 20, 1936, choosing to reside on Spring Hill. In 1938, Albert took a job with the B.F. Goodrich Company in West Virginia and he remained there until 1952; that year, he and the family returned to Pittsburgh and settled in Whitehall.
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