Visual Materials

North Western Insurance Company Oswego, N.Y

Description: Image of an advertisement for North Western Insurance Company of Oswego, New York; Oswego River waterfront with ships and boats at center; shields with directors listed below.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1863-1867
Call number: priJLC_FIN_002587
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.

North-Western Insurance Company, Oswego, N.Y

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for North-Western Insurance Company of Oswego, New York; images of a building on fire with firefighters at work and a ship capsizing in a storm above advertising text listing directors, officers, and agent's names; decorative border with roses.

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Oswego, N.Y

Visual Materials

Image of an elevated city view of Oswego, New York, on the Oswego River where it joins Lake Ontario; boats and ships sail up the river and are docked along the waterfront; bridges connect the city over the river.

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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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Organized A.D. 1794. Insurance Company of North America Philadelphia

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Insurance Company of North America of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two men (a factory worker and a sailor) pictured next to an American eagle perched atop a large globe with an elevated view of an industrial waterfront in background, including factories, railroad train, lighthouse, ships, bridges, and buildings on fire; horse and eagle and man and woman clasping outreached hands inset at top left and right.

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Standard Life Insurance Co

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Standard Life Insurance Company of New York City; George Washington standing next to a saddled horse in foreground; building with large American flag flying above it at left with ships in a harbor in background; officers of company listed at bottom center; trustees of company on shields at bottom left and right.

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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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North Western Insurance Company Oswego, N.Y

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