Visual Materials

First National Fire Insurance Company

Description: Image of an advertisement for First National Fire Insurance Company of Worcester, Massachusetts; eye-level view of the First National Fire Insurance Co. building on a commercial street with Ware, Pratt & Co. dry goods store on the first floor; pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles in front along street.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1873-1888
Call number: priJLC_FIN_002596
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.

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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Philadelphia Fire & Life Insurance Company

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Philadelphia Fire & Life Insurance Company; street-level view of a row of commercial buildings on Chestnut Street between Fifth and Fourth Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, above advertising text with directors names listed.

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Columbia Fire Insurance Co

Visual Materials

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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The Western Marine and Fire Insurance Company

Visual Materials

Image of a fire insurance certificate from the Western Marine and Fire Insurance Company of New Orleans, Louisiana; image of the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans with fire fighters and a fire truck working to put out a fire on the roof; printed and handwritten manuscript text of insurance policy below and on verso.

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Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company

Visual Materials

Image of a single-fold insurance policy certificate issued by the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company; two bust-length portraits of Benjamin Franklin (at left) and William Penn (at right), a crest with horses and an eagle, and two views of a building on fire at top center with policy text below.

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Hanover Fire Insurance Company

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for the Hanover Fire Insurance Company of New York City; allegorical women representing Freedom and Justice sit on either side of a large Hanover coat of arms crest with American eagle and Union shield perched above; glow and smoke from a fire in background.

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