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Firemen's Insurance Co. of the city of New York – Historic Reproduction

Firemen's Insurance Co. of the city of New York, N.Y. : L.H. Biglow & Co., c1866. — antique lithograph
Firemen's Insurance Co. of the city of New York, N.Y. : L.H. Biglow & Co., c1866.. Antique lithograph from the Fire Engines collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Firemen's Insurance Co. of the city of New York comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few insurers of the 1860s were so openly tied to the fire service as the Firemen's Insurance Company, whose name alone announced its connection to New York's volunteer fire companies. This c1866 lithograph was produced by L.H. Biglow & Co. as an advertisement, and the company held its copyright. Before paid municipal departments became the norm, volunteer companies fought fires with hand-pumped engines, and insurers often relied on those firefighters' reputations to win business. The piece is a useful window into how New York companies marketed fire protection after the Civil War.

Created / publishedN.Y. : L.H. Biglow & Co., c1866.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreAdvertisements 1860-1870.Lithographs 1860-1870.
NotesCopyright by the Firemen's Insurance Company.
SubjectsFiremen's Insurance Co.--1860-1870. Insurance companies--New York (State)--New York--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,125 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166865

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