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Niagara Fire Insurance Company

Description: Image of an advertisement for Niagara Fire Insurance Company of New York City; image of a rainbow arcing over Niagara Falls waterfall in oval frame at center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1873-1888
Call number: priJLC_FIN_002586
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

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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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Niagara Brand

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Image of Niagara Falls in a stylized oval frame; Stewart Fruit Co. blue flag logo in front of falls.

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Harmony Fire and Marine Insurance Co

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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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First National Fire Insurance Company

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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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Hanover Fire Insurance Company

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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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Niagara Falls Fire Department. State of New York. To all whom these presents shall come, ... do hereby appoint Walter C. Hulett a fireman in Fire Company No. 2

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Image of a certificate from the trustees of the Village of Niagara Falls New York, made out in manuscript to Walter C. Hulett and dated June 9, 1852, that appoints Hulett a fireman in Niagara Falls Fire Department Fire Company No. 2, with a central image of the seal of New York labeled “Excelsior” with the goddesses Liberty and Justice standing on either side of a shield and an American eagle on the banks of the Niagara River with Niagara Falls, ships, and town rooftops in the background; certificate has ornate patterned border.

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Niagara Falls Fire Department. State of New York. To all whom these presents shall come, ... do hereby appoint Walter C. Hulett a fireman in Fire Company No. 2