Visual Materials

A cuspide corona

Description: Image of a certificate presented by the State of California for service in the Spanish-American War; several vignettes showing various fighting soldiers, ships, marches, and battles frame the central image of the goddess Columbia in front of a large American flag with a spear and laurel wreath in her hands next to a columned monument with certificate text; state seal of California with motto "Eureka" and goddess Minerva (Athena) and a California grizzly bear at top of monument.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1899
Call number: priJLC_MIL_003328
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Equitable Life Assurance Society

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Image of an advertisement for Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York City; image of a marble statue of goddess Athena with a spear and upraised shield protecting a mother and her child.

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Equitable Life Assurance Society

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Image of a proof of an advertisement for Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York City; image of a marble statue of goddess Athena with a spear and upraised shield protecting a mother and her child.

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The Globe Mutual Life Insurance Company New York

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Image of an advertisement for the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York City; goddess Athena with a shield holds her arm over a seated woman and her children in a gesture of protection atop a large globe with clouds in background.

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State of California

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Image of an American flag, cannons and ammunition, bugle, drum, rifles with bayonets, a sword, a soldier's pack with bedroll, and a banner with "NG" for the National Guard creating a border with oak branches and acorns for a National Guard of California-issued certificate; California seal with Minerva (Athena) and the California grizzly bear at bottom center.

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To all whom it may concern know ye, that William Raikes

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Image of a certificate recognizing William Raikes' tour of duty as a private of Company "G" in the "75th Regiment Ohio Volunteers Infantry" during the American Civil War handwritten in ink and framed by a design for a national monument dedicated to the "Grand Army of the Republic and Kindred Societies" featuring statues of soldiers, women representing the goddess Columbia and History, American bald eagles, and scenes depicting a soldier's goodbye, fighting on the field, women's work on the home front, and lessons in patriotism.

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[Grand Army of the Republic blank military certificate]

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Image of a Grand Army of the Republic blank military certificate decorated with several vignettes depicting army and navy battle scenes, soldiers and sailors, and a pair of deathbed scenes; goddess Columbia with American eagle, Union shield, American flag, and laurel wreath at top center; G.A.R. badge with flag and wreath at bottom center.

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A cuspide corona

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