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Allemannia Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. Jos. Abel, president. G.W. Hammer, secretary. [graphic] : Losses paid since organization over $2,000,000.
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Title
Allemannia Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. Jos. Abel, president. G.W. Hammer, secretary. [graphic] : Losses paid since organization over $2,000,000.
Publisher
[Pittsburgh]
Date
[ca. 1890]
Physical Description
1 print: photomechanical print; 13 x 24 cm.(4.75 x 9.5 in.)
Description
Advertising blotter containing a view of a fire company attending to a blaze at a large, possibly municipal, building. Shows firemen utilizing steam engines and hoses to pump water onto the flames, and ladders to scale the building. Scene bordered in lower left corner by horn and lantern details. Allemannia was chartered in 1868.
Notes
Printed below title: Insure with the Oldest Agency Company of Western Pennsylvania. Time Tried and Fire Tested. Insure Your Dwelling With This Company.
Stamped on recto: Guiles & Wensell, Agents, No. 103 N. 2d. Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject
Allemannia Fire Insurance Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Fires.
Firefighting.
Firefighting equipment.
Blotting papers.
Genre
Ephemera -- 1890-1900.
Advertisements -- 1890-1900.
Photomechanical prints -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.4]
Accession number
P.2011.10.4
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