Visual Materials

National of Hartford

Description: Image of an advertisement for National of Hartford with Columbia standing next to an American bald eagle and holding an American flag and a shield with a stag; large decorative circular border with American flags; instructional text and diagrams for installing "decalcomanie 'good-ad' signs manufactured by Palm, Fechteler & Co." in windows on verso.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: after 1886
Call number: priJLC_FIN_002566
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.

To all whom it may concern: know ye, that William Lair

Visual Materials

Image of a discharge certificate form with an American bald eagle emblem with wings displayed standing on a Union shield with American flags and an olive branch below the title; blank "Oath of Identity" form on verso.

priJLC_MIL_001223

The flags of the union

Visual Materials

Image of an assortment of American flags and pennants (with captions), including many related to the United States military; American bald eagle with "E pluribus unum!" banner standing on the Union shield at top center; olive branches in background.

priJLC_MIL_001289

Continental Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Continental Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut; American eagle standing on a Union shield atop a large globe flanked by a Native American Indian man and a colonial American militia soldier; heraldry shield with Latin motto and company officers listed below.

priJLC_FIN_002595

Military register : 1st New York Independent Veteran Battery

Visual Materials

Image of a military register with a list of military personnel framed by images of an American bald eagle with Union shield, flags, battle scene with charging cavalry soldiers on horseback, soldiers in camp, women waiting at home, and family scenes.

priJLC_MIL_000853

Nicholas Selkirk

Visual Materials

Image of a military certificate honoring Nicholas Selkirk recording his tour of duty with the 6th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry regiment during the American Civil War; account of his duty handwritten in ink at the center of a shield decorated by patriotic and military emblems and medals; American bald eagle on Union shield, American flags, laurel and oak branches surround shield.

priJLC_MIL_000827

Family record

Visual Materials

Image of a family affirmation of American allegiance featuring portraits of United States President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln along with 11 Union Civil War officers encircling an American bald eagle with Union shield, flags, arrows and an olive branch; sentiments from Washington and Lincoln at left and right; affirmation of allegiance statement at bottom center.

priJLC_PRG_000816

National of Hartford

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