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Aetna Insurance Co of Hartford Conn. 1887

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1887
Call number: priJLC_FIN_002575
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

Visual Materials

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.

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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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Columbia Fire Insurance Co

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Image of Columbia with a large American flag at the center of an advertisement for Columbia Fire Insurance Co. of New York City; images of storefronts on a commercial street on a normal day at left and with a fire engine and firefighters fighting flames 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

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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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Albany City Fire Insurance Co

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Image of an advertisement for Albany City Fire Insurance Company of Albany, New York; dozens of firefighters and several fire engines hurry around a corner in the commercial district of Albany towards a large fire blazing along the horizon at left; businesses include "Sprague Bookseller & Stationer," "L. Pruyn & Son Hardware," "Weed & Kingsley Law Office," "Hastings News Depot," "Morse Telegraph Office," "Frothingham's Druggists | Hatter," and "Albany City Fire Insurance Co." at the corner of State Street and Broadway; pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles dodge the firefighters or look on in the busy streets; elaborate frame decorative border with list of directors and officers.

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Norwich Fire Insurance Co

Visual Materials

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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Aetna Insurance Co of Hartford Conn. 1887

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