Postcards, eight historical murals, by Charles Hoffbauer, in the home office building of century-old New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, at Copley Square, Boston, Mass.

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Insurance - General - Folder 1
Postcards, eight historical murals, by Charles Hoffbauer, in the home office building of century-old New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, at Copley Square, Boston, Mass.
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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Insurance
    - General
      - Insurance - General - Folder 1
        Greeting card for the Manufacturers' Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Ebenezer W. Stone, insurance agent, office 242 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for James J. Goodrich, fire and marine insurance, 20 Central Street, Boston, Mass., 1880
        Trade card for the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 555 Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 555 Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., January 1, 1888
        Advertisement for The Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd. of The Employers' Group, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for the Boston Marine Insurance Co., Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, life and accident insurance, Hartford, Connecticut, 1868
        Trade card for the Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Quincy, Mass., 1885
        Promissory note for the Mechanics' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., dated June 13, 1861
        Trade card for the United States Benefit Association of Boston, Mass., Snow Building, 160 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for The United States Mutual Accident Association, 320 & 322 Broadway, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for The New York Fire Insurance Company, 72 Wall Street, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card The Granite State Fire Insurance Company of Portsmouth, N.H., Portsmouth, New Hampshire, undated
        Trade card for the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Cambridge, Mass., 1886
        Advertisement for the Continental Insurance Co., corner Cout & Montague Streets, Brooklyn, New York, June 1882
        New England Mutual Life, insurance, Boston, Mass., 1885
        New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1882
        Trade card for The Granite State Fire Insurance Company of Portsmouth, N.H., Portsmouth, New Hampshire, undated
        Letterhead for J.W. Munger & Co., fire, life and marine insurance agents, 166 Fore Street, Portland, Maine, dated January 16, 1880
        Trade cards for the Hartford Accident Insurance Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1875
        Trade card for unidentified fire insurance company, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for the Phoenix Insurance Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1878
        Trade card for Winfield M. Brown & Co., insurance, 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass. and 80 Maiden Lane, New York, New York
        Trade card, Charles W. Mitchell, insurance, all kinds, 60 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
        Back Bay since 2500 B.C., New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass.
        Postcards, eight historical murals, by Charles Hoffbauer, in the home office building of century-old New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, at Copley Square, Boston, Mass. (current record)
        To our visitors, envelope of literature, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, 501 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.
        Nine mural paintings by Charles Hoffbauer in the home office of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Copley Square, Boston, Mass.
        Advertisement, things a man can trust, New York Life Insurance Company, 51 Madison Avenue, New York, New York
        Trade card, Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 555 Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass.
        Growing Old Gracefully pamphlet, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1955
        Leaflet, Superb Investment: A Few Scraps from the Current History of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, circa 1886
        Booklet, The New Columbian Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1849
        Premium payment receipt, National Loan Fund Life Assurance Policy, Boston, Mass., March 17th, 1848
        Premium payment receipt, National Loan Fund Life Assurance Policy, Boston, Mass., April 7th, 1849
        Promissory note for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, dated Sept. 20, 1856
        Circular letter, Tremont Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., May 1st, 1844
        Circular letter, Neptune Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., October 1st, 1844
        Letterhead for Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Concord, Mass., June 28th, 1848
        Promissory note for the Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Holyoke, Mass., dated March 28, 1844

Description

The postcards are: 1)Samoset bids the Pilgrims welcome at Plymouth, 1621. 2)Governor Winthrop arrives at Salem on the "Arbella," 1630. 3)Governor Shirley's expedition against Louisburg, 1745. 4)Tense "Old South" meeting leads to Boston Tea Party, 1773. 5)Paul Revere gives the alarm to the countryside, 1775. 6)General Washington takes command at Cambridge, 1775. 7)The Declaration of Independence is hailed in Boston, 1776. 8)The Frigate "Constitution" is launched at Boston, 1797.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
insurance
mural paintings (visual works)
governors
envelopes

Physical Descrption

1 envelope, 8 postcards : color illustrations ; 3 3/4 x 7 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.065.01.01.027

Image Dimensions

3 3/4 x 7 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Susan Ward, 2015.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Plymouth (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

New England Mutual Life Insurance Company (Publisher)
Hoffbauer, Charles, 1875-1957 (Artist)

Material Type

envelopes

Other People

Samoset, Indian chief, active 1622-1630
Winthrop, John, 1588-1649
Shirley, William, 1694-1771
Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
Washington, George, 1732-1799

Subjects

Boylston Street (Boston, Mass.)
Clarendon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Copley Square (Boston, Mass.)
Pilgrims
Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783
Constitution (Frigate)

Description Level

Item

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