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Continental Fire Insurance Co. of New York

Description: Image of a group of Native American Indians near tipis gesturing towards bison and horses nearby in an advertisement for Continental Fire Insurance Company of New York.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1886-1906
Call number: priJLC_FIN_002600
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.

Esto perpetua : Continental Fire Insurance Company

Visual Materials

Image of Native American Indians hunting bison with bows and arrows on horseback in an advertisement for Continental Fire Insurance Company of New York; two men stand next to a tipi in foreground at center; buildings and bridges along river and railroad trains traveling "San Francisco to New York" in background at right.

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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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Phenix Insurance Co. of Brooklyn, New York

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Phenix Insurance Co. of Brooklyn, New York; Phenix steamboat at top center between a pair of capsized ships (one on fire) and some survivors and wreckage; team of horses near a boat with railroad train in background at bottom left; steamship sailing at bottom right; officers of the company at bottom center.

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Albany City Fire Insurance Co

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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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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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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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Continental Fire Insurance Co. of New York

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