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Aetna Insurance Co
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Aetna Insurance Co of Hartford Conn. 1887
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Image of a calendar for 1887 advertising Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut; fire engine pulled by two horses racing down a city street at center with firefighters extinguishing a fire in a building at left; image of Mount Aetna volcano erupting and sailboats along the coast of Sicily, Italy, inset at right.
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Aetna Dynamite
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Image of a male worker with a red flag raised over his shoulder and an upraised hand; large dynamite blast visible behind him; the poster advertises the dynamite of the Aetna Powder Company of Chicago, Illinois.
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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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Norwich Fire Insurance Co
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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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Thames Fire Insurance Co
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Image of an advertisement for Thames Fire Insurance Company of Norwich, Connecticut; elevated view of the city of Norwich and its harbor at center with three smaller views of Yantic Falls, Norwich from the Thames River, and the Cove below; elaborate scrolling decorative border with foliage framing the names of the company directors and officers.
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Aetna Insurance Co of Hartford Conn. 1887
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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.
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