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Hanover Fire Insurance Company

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1873-1888
Call number: priJLC_FIN_002583
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.

Hanover Fire Insurance Co

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for 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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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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Springfield, Mass. Fire & Marine Insurance Co

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Springfield, Massachusetts, Fire & Marine Insurance Company; Columbia seated at center holding a draped American flag and a Union shield aloft an a sword and laurel crown in her other hand; globe, books, and American eagle flank her; burning city and ships at sea in background.

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View of the ruins after the great fire in New-York, Decr. 16th. & 17th. 1835. As seen from Exchange Place

Visual Materials

Image of a street view of the ruins of buildings amid rubble, smoldering flames, and smoke on Exchange Place in New York City following the Great New York Fire of December 16-17, 1835, with firefighters, including some carrying a ladder and throwing water on the fire, spectators, a horse-drawn wagon, and men moving boxes and belongings out from the damaged buildings including a mirror, chairs, and trunks that sit in the street.

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First National Fire Insurance Company

Visual Materials

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.

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