Image of an advertisement for Continental Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut; American eagle standing on a Union shield atop a large globe flanked by a Native American Indian man and a colonial American militia soldier; heraldry shield with Latin motto and company officers listed below. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. was located at 71 Broadway from approximately 1867-1872. "The Major & Knapp Eng. Mf'g. & Lith. Co. 71 Broadway, N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "Qui Transtulit Sustinet."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 70.64 x 56.04 cm (27 13/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Advertising--Insurance Eagles--Pictorial works Globes--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Pictorial works Minutemen (Militia)--Pictorial works Shields--Pictorial works Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Finance Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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