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Aetna Insurance Co

Description: Image of an eye-level view of a smoking Mount Aetna with buildings and sailboats along the coast of Sicily, Italy, in the foreground at the center of an advertisement for Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut; elaborate decorative frame and border highlighting cash capital and losses paid.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1884
Call number: priJLC_FIN_002599
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

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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Aetna Dynamite

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Image of a male worker with a red flag raised over his shoulder and an upraised hand; large dynamite blast visible behind him; the poster advertises the dynamite of the Aetna Powder Company of Chicago, Illinois.

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Norwich Fire Insurance Co

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Image of an advertisement for Norwich Fire Insurance Company of Norwich, Connecticut; firefighters and fire engines rush through city streets towards a fire in the distance; elaborate oval frame with directors and officers of the company listed.

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Norwich Fire Insurance Co

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for the Norwich Fire Insurance Company of Norwich, Connecticut; elevated view of the city Norwich with horse-drawn vehicles in the streets, a railroad train near the waterfront, and ships in the harbor; elaborate frame with directors and officers of the company listed; flags of the world and an American eagle border the top and bottom of the image.

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Thames Fire Insurance Co

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Image of an advertisement for Thames Fire Insurance Company of Norwich, Connecticut; elevated view of the city of Norwich and its harbor at center with three smaller views of Yantic Falls, Norwich from the Thames River, and the Cove below; elaborate scrolling decorative border with foliage framing the names of the company directors and officers.

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The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn

Visual Materials

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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