The First insurance office in Boston ... opened in 1724 by Joseph Marion – Vintage Wall Art
![The First insurance office in Boston ... opened in 1724 by Joseph Marion, [1939] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9d/9d9cf762fd00-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with The First insurance office in Boston ... opened in 1724 by Joseph Marion, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The First insurance office in Boston ... opened in 1724 by Joseph Marion
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Imagined rather than documented, this color print reconstructs the first insurance office in Boston, which its title credits to Joseph Marion, who opened it in 1724. It appeared on a December 1939 calendar blotter, a desk pad that businesses gave to customers, and here it advertises the First National Bank of Boston. The pairing shows how a bank could borrow a colonial origin story to present itself as part of the city's long commercial past. For a researcher, the scene itself is less informative than what it reveals about how Boston's history was packaged for the public in 1939.
| Created / published | [1939] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : col. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1930-1940.Calendars 1930-1940.Conjectural works 1930-1940.Photomechanical prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | In calendar blotter for December 1939 used as advertisement for the First National Bank of Boston. |
| Subjects | Insurance companies--Massachusetts--Boston--1720-1730. Firsts--Massachusetts--Boston--1720-1730. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,074 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170474 |
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