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Thames Fire Insurance Co

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1839-1872
Call number: priJLC_FIN_002593
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.

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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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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Harmony Fire and Marine Insurance Co

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for the Harmony Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New York City; a boy stands at center with a lion, lamp, cat, and pair of doves in an oval floral frame; three women among palm trees, foliage, and flowers make a larger rectangular frame; American flag banners at top right and left; seascape of ships sailing near coastlines at bottom center.

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Albany City Fire Insurance Co

Visual Materials

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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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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Image of an advertisement for The Paying Guest by George Gissing featuring a woman's face above a large heart amid scrolling foliage and flowers.

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