TODAY'S ITEM FOR AUCTION IS: AS SHOWN:  ca PRE- 1906 SUNSET TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. LOS ANGELES, DUEL EMPLOYEE BADGE ID SOLD AS IS, AS SHOWN. INCLUDES THE BADGE, A SWITCH TOKEN FOR THE COMPANY AND 2 POSTCARDS THAT HAVE THE LOCATION IN LOS ANGELES CA LOCATION. THE BADGE IS NICKEL. THE TYPE OF BANNER ON THE BADGE DATES TO PRE-1906. THE BADGE IS NICKEL. FRONT OF THE BADGE HAS THE EMPLOYEE'S SPECIFIC ID NUMBER. FRONT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE BACK SHOWS SOME DISCOLORATION. THE CLASP ATTACHMENT WORKS GREAT. A CUT BRASS OR BRONZE PLATE WAS INSERTED INTO THE BACK TO BE USED BY THE EMPLOYEE AS AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF IDENTIFICATION OF THE EMPLOYEE. WHOSE NAME IS I.J. ESHLIMAN, 142 HYPERION AVE. PHONE TEMPLE 788. IT IS IN FINE CONDITION. I. J. ESHLIMAN CAME TO LOS ANGELES FROM GLENWOOD, IA. HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOW HE ARRIVED IN 1903 AND GOT A JOB WITH A LOCAL TELEPHONE CO.(SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO.) HIS HOME ON HYPERION AVE serves as one of the primary historical and geographic boundaries defining the northwest side of the vibrant Silver Lake neighborhood in Los Angeles.IN 1907 THE SUNSET TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO WAS ABSORBED IN PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH. THEREBY ELIMINATING ANY FURTHER BADGES FROM BEING ISSUED. AND THE FACT THAT THECOMPANY WAS OPERATING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FROM THE LATE 1880'S AGAIN NARROWS DOWN THE AMOUNT OF BADGES ISSUED IN LOS ANGELES. MOST BADGES WERE TURNED IN. WE BELIEVE ESHLIMAN MAY HAVE GONE ON TO WORK WITH PACIFIC TELEPHONE. HIS TELEPHONE NUMBER ON THE INSERT ON THE BACK, TEMPLE 888, SUGGESTS THE INSERT WAS ADDED AROUND 1910 WHEN THE TEMPLE EXCHANGE GREW IN PROMINENCE AS L.A. EXPANDED WESTWARD IN THE LATE 1900'S AND 1910'S.