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  • The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn

    The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn

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    Image of an advertisement for the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut; large bridge spanning a waterway with ships and steamboats, including the "Granite State" and the "City of Hartford," in water and railroad train crossing the bridge.

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  • Aetna Insurance Co of Hartford Conn. 1887

    Aetna Insurance Co of Hartford Conn. 1887

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    Image of a calendar for 1887 advertising Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut; fire engine pulled by two horses racing down a city street at center with firefighters extinguishing a fire in a building at left; image of Mount Aetna volcano erupting and sailboats along the coast of Sicily, Italy, inset at right.

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  • This may certify that ... was admitted a member of the Firemen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hartford

    This may certify that ... was admitted a member of the Firemen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hartford

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    Image of a blank membership certificate from the Firemen's Benevolent Society of Hartford, Connecticut, with a central image of firefighters with hoses, ladders, and manual fire engines amassed on the street and tree-filled park before the Old State House in Hartford, Connecticut, to fight a fire burning in a nearby building labeled with the signs "Elihu Geer Job & Card Printer" and "Case Nevers & Co."; with surrounding buildings labeled "Eagle Tavern" "Exchange Office" and "Oswin Welles," and spectators and a displaced family with their household belongings standing on the street; with a small vignette of a fire hose carriage at bottom center; the image presumably depicts the August 9, 1839, fire in the Mitchell Building on State Street.

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  • Continental Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn

    Continental Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn

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    Image of an advertisement for Continental Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut; American eagle standing on a Union shield atop a large globe flanked by a Native American Indian man and a colonial American militia soldier; heraldry shield with Latin motto and company officers listed below.

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  • This may certify that C.A. Andrews was admitted a member  of the Firemen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hartford

    This may certify that C.A. Andrews was admitted a member of the Firemen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hartford

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    Image of a membership certificate from the Firemen's Benevolent Society of Hartford, Connecticut, made out in manuscript to C. A. Andrews and dated June 3, 1901, with a central image of firefighters with hoses, ladders, and manual fire engines amassed on the street and tree-filled park before the Old State House in Hartford, Connecticut, to fight a fire burning in a nearby building labeled with the signs "Elihu Geer Job & Card Printer" and "Case Nevers & Co."; with surrounding buildings labeled "Eagle Tavern" "Exchange Office" and "Oswin Welles," and spectators and a displaced family with their household belongings standing on the street; with a small vignette of a fire hose carriage at bottom center; the image presumably depicts the August 9, 1839, fire in the Mitchell Building on State Street.

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  • This may certify that Wm. H. Porter was admitted a member  of the Firemen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hartford

    This may certify that Wm. H. Porter was admitted a member of the Firemen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hartford

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    Image of a membership certificate from the Firemen's Benevolent Society of Hartford, Connecticut, made out in manuscript to William H. Porter and dated February 8, 1858, with a central image of firefighters with hoses, ladders, and manual fire engines amassed on the street and tree-filled park before the Old State House in Hartford, Connecticut, to fight a fire burning in a nearby building labeled with the signs "Elihu Geer Job & Card Printer" and "Case Nevers & Co."; with surrounding buildings labeled "Eagle Tavern" "Exchange Office" and "Oswin Welles," and spectators and a displaced family with their household belongings standing on the street; with a small vignette of a fire hose carriage at bottom center; the image presumably depicts the August 9, 1839, fire in the Mitchell Building on State Street.

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