Protection Insurance Company. Agent of the Protection Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn

Protection Insurance Company. Agent of the Protection Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn | Collections | The Huntington

Description: The Jay T. Last collection of finance prints and ephemera contains approximately 1,075 printed items from the United States dating from 1794 to 1926, with the bulk of the content dating from 1840 to 1900. Items are related to the creation, distribution, and management of money as well as the conduct or transaction of money matters, including the protection or sale of personal and real property by agents, brokers, dealers, or land developers. This category covers accounting, auctions, banking, collection agencies, credits and loans, insurance, investment, and real estate along with the equipment, supplies, and structures associated with these businesses such as cash registers, checks, insurance policies, paper currency, and financial buildings. Most items are lithographs, but engravings and woodcuts are also included. The collection includes 54 large-size items comprised mainly of advertising prints and insurance agreements. Small-size items number approximately 1,020 and contain a variety of materials, including trade cards, checks, leaflets, currency, imitation currency, and printed billheads and letterheads (with and without manuscript text). The collection provides a look at the evolution of advertising strategies and contractual language in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The images on the insurance-related materials often include depictions of fires and natural disasters, providing a resource for studying the history of emergency response and firefighting during this era. As graphic materials, the collection highlights developing techniques and trends in printmaking while documenting the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1852-1854
Call number: priJLC_FIN_004456
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.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Anderson, Alexander, (1775-1870.); Bailey, Francis, (1735?-1815.); Baker, Geo. H. (1827-1906.); Barker, J. J. (approximately 1828-1872 or 1873.); Bigot, Alphonse, (1810-1870.); Bufford, John Henry, (1790-1860.); Croome, William, (active 1870-1880.); Hart, Chas. (active 1829-1834.); Hobson, R. H., (1834-); Hoffmann, V., (1956-); Knickerbocker, C. (1800-1869.); Lane, Nathan, (approximately 1805-1881.); Mason, William G. (1814-approximately 1880.); Nissly, Samuel.; Packard, Herbert S.; Robertson, Wm. C.; Rogers, Isaiah,; Shearman, J. A.; Sinclair, Thomas S.,; Thoubboron, J.; Warner, C. L.; Whitechurch, Robert,
Associated organizations: Beach & Barnard.; Clay & Cosack.; Defender Print.; E. P. & L. Restein Lith.; E.B. Clayton & Sons.; Errett & Anderson.; H. T. Darlington & Co.; Hatch & Co.; Hatch Lith. Co.; Henry T. Darlington & Co.; Horton's Print.; J. & E. Norton's Print.; J. Ottmann Lithographic Company.; King & Baird.; Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.; New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin Office.; P.R. Freas & Co.; Palm & Fechteler (New York, N.Y.); Ritchie & Dunnavant.; Shearman & Hart.; Strobridge Lithographing Company.; Wheeler & Williams.
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