Manuscripts
Phoenix Insurance Co. insurance policy for Jackass Hill
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The Jay T. Last collection of finance prints and ephemera contains approximately 1,075 printed items from the United States dating from 1794 to 1926, with the bulk of the content dating from 1840 to 1900. Items are related to the creation, distribution, and management of money as well as the conduct or transaction of money matters, including the protection or sale of personal and real property by agents, brokers, dealers, or land developers. This category covers accounting, auctions, banking, collection agencies, credits and loans, insurance, investment, and real estate along with the equipment, supplies, and structures associated with these businesses such as cash registers, checks, insurance policies, paper currency, and financial buildings. Most items are lithographs, but engravings and woodcuts are also included. The collection includes 54 large-size items comprised mainly of advertising prints and insurance agreements. Small-size items number approximately 1,020 and contain a variety of materials, including trade cards, checks, leaflets, currency, imitation currency, and printed billheads and letterheads (with and without manuscript text). The collection provides a look at the evolution of advertising strategies and contractual language in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The images on the insurance-related materials often include depictions of fires and natural disasters, providing a resource for studying the history of emergency response and firefighting during this era. As graphic materials, the collection highlights developing techniques and trends in printmaking while documenting the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.
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The Firemen's Insurance Co. N. York. By this policy of insurance
Visual Materials
Image of a single-fold insurance policy certificate issued by the Firemen's Insurance Company of New York City; fire engine with ladder, hat, and other firefighting equipment at top center with policy text below.
priJLC_FIN_002570
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Abstract and Title Insurance Co. ledger of deeds and legal documents all related to property in San Gabriel, California
Manuscripts
This volume contains deeds, tax assessment and some legal documents all related to land in San Gabriel, California (Los Angeles County) starting in 1876 and continuing to 1890. Also included is the Articles of Incorporation of the San Gabriel Valley Land and Water Company. Participants include: Isaias W. Hellman, Catherine Howard, John P. Sanborn and Wells, Van Dyke & Lee. Land in Pasadena (the San Pasqual Rancho) and Santa Anita Rancho are also discussed.
mssHM 72612
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Album of designs of the Phoenix Bridge Company successors to Clarke, Reeves & Co
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761933
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Gilligan vs Phoenix Insurance Co. 9 items
Manuscripts
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The California Mutual Life Insurance Co. ... San Francisco : Incorporated November 16, 1867
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