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Fire Mark Collection

1891-current

3.3 linear feet and 85 fire marks

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Fire Mark Collection, 1891-current

Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library

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Table of Contents

Abstract 3

Source 4

Access 4

Preferred Citation 4

Copyright 4

Historical Note 4

Scope and Content 5

Subject Terms 5

Organization 5

Series Description 5

Container List

Series 1 – The Fire Mark Circle 6

Series 2 – Fire Mark Circle of the Americas 7

Series 3 – History of Fire Marks 7

Series 4 – Collections 9

Series 5 – Collecting 10

Series 6 – Fire Marks at Auction and For Sale 11

Series 7 – Correspondence 11

Series 8 – Fire Mark Inventory 12



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Abstract

Fire Mark Collection,

1891-current.

3.3 linear feet and 85 fire marks

Fire marks, invented in London in 1680, were used by fire insurance companies to

distinguish the properties they insured from the properties insured by others. They

were metal plates posted on the outside of buildings and were popular until the

late 19th century when municipal fire departments replaced most private fire

brigades. Today, fire marks are valuable collectors’ items with clubs such as the

Fire Mark Circle (FMC) and the Fire Mark Circle of the Americas (FMCA)

devoted to the hobby. This collection consists of fire mark specimens and related

materials, such as books, pamphlets, and clippings on fire mark history and

collecting, and materials from the FMC and FMCA.

Subjects: Fire insurance marks; Fire insurance—History.; Fire Mark Circle (Great

Britain); Fire Mark Circle of the Americas; Fire insurance marks – collectors and

collecting; Fire Mark Collection (Davis Library); Bulau, Alwin



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Access

An appointment is necessary to use this collection. Please review the library’s access and

membership policies. Access to certain materials may be restricted at the discretion of the library

due to preservation concerns.

Preferred Citation

Fire Mark Collection. Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library, St. John’s University.

Copyright

Materials may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to

request permission from the copyright holder for further reproduction.

Historical Note

It was in 1666 that the Great Fire of London inspired Dr. Nicholas Barbon to establish the first

modern fire insurance company, which he called the Fire Office. Soon after the Fire Office was

established, they also formed a brigade of firemen that was responsible for protecting the

property that the Fire Office insured. During this time, countless other fire insurance companies

were established and created their own brigades. In order for the Fire Office to be able to

distinguish the properties they insured from the properties insured by others, they developed fire

marks, which were lead plates marked with a phoenix. The mark was posted in a prominent spot

on each property insured by the Fire Office, so that it would be seen when the fire brigade

arrived. Following suit, other insurance companies created their own fire marks, each with a

unique design.1

Despite catching on quickly in England, fire marks did not come into use in America until 1752.

It was then that the Philadelphia Contribution for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire,

founded under the guidance of Benjamin Franklin, began using fire marks in Philadelphia. As in

England, other companies soon formed and created their own fire marks.2

Fire marks generally fell out of use in the late nineteenth century with the organization of

municipal fire departments, although some insurance companies continued to produce them as a

form of advertising.3 People began collecting fire marks in the early twentieth century. The Fire

Mark Circle was founded in 1934 in England and is the largest and most active fire mark

collector’s club, and the Fire Mark Circle of America was founded as an offshoot in 1973.

1 The Insurance Company of North America, American Fire Marks (Philadelphia, 1933), 5-6.

2 Ibid., 8-9.

3 Ibid., 10.



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Scope and Content

This collection consists of books, pamphlets, and clippings related to the history of fire marks

and the hobby of collecting of fire marks. It also includes materials from the Fire Mark Circle

and Fire Mark Circle of the Americas, such as newsletters and membership directories. In

addition, the collection includes 84 fire marks from over ten different countries, although the

majority are from the United States and England.

Subject Terms

Fire insurance marks

Fire insurance—History.

Fire Mark Circle (Great Britain)

Fire Mark Circle of the Americas

Fire insurance marks – collectors and collecting

Fire Mark Collection (Davis Library)

Bulau, Alwin

Organization

The Fire Mark Collection is arranged into ten series:

Series 1 – The Fire Mark Circle

Series 2 – Fire Mark Circle of the Americas

Series 3 – History of Fire Marks

Series 4 – Collections

Series 5 – Collecting

Series 6 – Fire Marks at Auction and For Sale

Series 7 – Correspondence

Series 8 – Fire Mark Inventory



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Series Description

Series 1 consists of materials published by or for the Fire Mark Circle. It includes newsletters,

membership directories and other publications.

Series 2 consists of materials published by or for the Fire Mark Circle of the Americas. It

includes newsletters and other publications.

Series 3 consists of articles, pamphlets, and books on the history of fire marks. The articles come

from a variety of sources, such as newspapers and journals.

Series 4 consists of articles, pamphlets, and books on specific collections, belonging to

organizations or individuals. The articles come from newspapers and journals.

Series 5 includes articles on collecting fire marks, also known as signeviery. The articles come

from newspapers and journals and discuss the history and value of signeviery.

Series 6 contains materials related to fire marks either at auction or for sale. This series includes

a clipping on a fire mark auction, and advertisements for fire marks from an insurance journal.

Series 7 consists of correspondence and personal papers of Alwin Bulau and Linden T. Harris.

Bulau is the author of Footprints of Assurance, and Harris worked for the Mutual Assurance

Company.

Series 8 consists of the fire mark inventory. Inventory includes information on fire marks in the

collection regarding the identification number, company name, country of origin, text on the fire

mark, and a description of the fire mark.



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Container List

Series 1 - The Fire Mark Circle

Box 1

Folder Description Dates

1 Fire Mark Circle Bulletin:

No. 11 March 1965

No. 13 Spring 1966

No. 15 Spring 1967

No. 16 Autumn 1967

No. 17 Spring 1968

No. 18 Autumn1968

No. 19 Spring 1969

2 Fire Mark Circle: Successful First All-Day

Meeting

(The Post Magazine) 1974

3 Journal/Bulletin of the Fire Mark Circle,

No. 2

1990

4 The Rarity Guide:

2nd Edition By H.A. Smith 1990

3rd Edition By H.A. Smith 2001

5 FMC News:

No. 21 Autumn 2008

No. 22 Spring 2009

No. 23 Autumn 2009

No. 24 Spring 2010

No. 26 Spring 2011

No. 28 Spring 2012

No. 29 Autumn 2012

No. 30 Spring 2013

6 Membership Directory:

Membership Directory 2009

Membership Directory 2012

7 Catalogue of Fire Marks and Fire

Memorabilia Illustrating the History of Fire

Insurance and Fire Brigades to be sold by

auction at the Fire Mark Circle Autumn

Meeting

2012

8 Catalogue of Fire Marks and Fire

Memorabilia Illustrating the History of Fire

Insurance and Fire Brigades to be sold by

auction after the General Meeting at the Fire

Mark Circle Spring Meeting

2013



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Series 2 - Fire Mark Circle of the Americas


9 The Fire Mark Circle of the Americas

Journal

No. 8

1991

10 FMCA News

No. 1 – “American Fire Marks-A

Good Story”

By Robert M. Shea 1999

Series 3 – History of Fire Marks


11 Articles:

Fire Insurance Companies and Their

Emblems

By J. Griswold (The

Chronicle Company)

December

1891

House-Marks: Emblems of Insurance

are New Relics Sought by Collectors

(The Hartford Agent) October 1915

Links in the Fire Insurance Chain (Licenses and General

Insurance Company

Quarterly Review,

Vol. II, No. 4)

December

1926

Fire Insurance House Plates By S.H. Whipple

(Retail Credit

Company Inspection

News)

December

1926

The Old Home House Mark (News from Home) July/August

1931

Fire Insurance Marks By Bertram Williams

(unknown)

c.1935

Fire Marks - Tradition of the

Insurance Business

By George Nelson

Constable (Rough

Notes)

March 1950

The Origin and Use of the Fire Mark (Retail Credit

Company Inspection

News)

November

1952

Fire Mark Circle, 1721-1760 (The Insurance Index) May 1952

Vestiges of Valor By Elinor Mild Kinley

(The Spectator)

May 1974

Fire Marks: Symbols of a Proud

Tradition

By Sam Schiff

(Insurance Review)

March/April

1985



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12 Pamphlets:

Fire-Marks: Their Origin and Use,

with Special Reference to the Mark

of the "Hand-in-Hand."

(Philadelphia

Contributionship for

the Insurance of

Houses From Loss by

Fire)

1914

Notes on Fire Insurance Plates in

Charleston

Laura M. Bragg, ed.

(The Charleston

Museum Quarterly,

Vol. 1, No. 1; pp. 15-

20)

1923

Additional Notes on Fire Insurance

Plates and Insurance Companies in

Charleston

Laura M. Bragg, ed.

(The Charleston

Museum Quarterly,

Vol. 1, No. 2; pp. 9-

16)

1925

The Story of Fire Marks : Their

Origin and Use Including

Reproductions of Fire Marks of the

North British & Mercantile Insurance

Company, Ltd.

(North British &

Mercantile Insurance

Company, Ltd.)

c.1935

Romance of the Insurance Business

as Disclosed Through Ancient Fire

Marks: Address Delivered to Meeting

of Fire Underwriters Association of

The Pacific

By Elmer W. Bonstin February 5,

1936

13 Pamphlets:

History of Fire Fighting with 143

Illustrations

By Alice B. Lewis 1940

14 Pamphlets:

The London Assurance Fire Marks:

A Survey

By Bernard Drew 1950

Fire Insurance Company Buttons By Fergus Bain &

Brian Wright

1985

Fire-marks By John Vince (Shire

Publications Ltd.)

1989

Fire Marks of the United Firemen's

Insurance Company of Philadelphia:

Prepared as a Guide for Members of

the Fire Mark Circle of the Americas

By Albert E. Wills,

Thomas J. Tye and

Robert M. Shea

n.d.

-- Books:

Early Fire Protection, Fire Insurance

Companies and the Use of Fire

Marks: Address Before the Society of

Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania, 1904

By George Cuthbert

Gillespie (Society of

Colonial Wars in the

Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania)

1905



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British Fire-Marks From 1680 By George A.

Fothergill (Edinburgh:

William Green &

Sons)

1911

Fire-Marks of American Fire

Insurance Companies

By Harrold E.

Gillingham

1914

Fire Marks and Insurance Office Fire

Brigades

By Bertram Williams

(London: Charles and

Edwin Layton)

1927

American Fire Marks (Philadelphia:

Insurance Company of

North America)

1933

Specimens of British Fire Marks By Bertram Williams

(C. & E. Layton Ltd.)

1934

Footprints of Assurance By Alwin E. Bulau

(New York: The

Macmillan Company)

1953

Addendum to Footprints of

Assurance, Volume I

(Fire Mark Circle of

the Americas)

1975


Assurance, Volume II


the Americas)

1977


Assurance, Volume III


the Americas)

1987

The British Fire Mark, 1680-1879 By Brian Wright

(Woodhead-Faulkner

Ltd.)

1982

Series 4 - Collections


15 Articles:

Old Fire Marks in Rare Exhibit (The Underwriters

Review)

May 10, 1928

The Lowly Fire Mark Has Become a

Rare Antique

(The United States

Review)

February 2,

1929

Notable Firemarks in Philadelphia

Collections

(The United States

Review)

March 16,

1929

Walls Reflect Nearly Two Centuries

of Insurance History (photograph)

(United States

Review)

September 16,

1933

Fireman's Fund House Mark Found

After Years of Search

(The Eastern

Underwriter)

July 7, 1933

Genealogical Group of Fire Marks as

Arranged in a Panel in the Office of

the Treasurer of the Baltimore

Equitable Society, Baltimore, MD

(unknown) c.1936



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Fire Marks Are His Hobby By George Nelson

Constable (The Local

Agent)

October 1949

Marks Recall Era When Firemen

Often Just Watched Fires, and X

Marked Spot Firemen of Old Fought

Blazes

By Ray Simmons

(Chicago Daily

Tribune)

November 26,

1953

Chicagoan Finds Foreign Fire Marks

Add Color and Interest to His

Collection

(The National

Underwriter)

February 7,

1964

Would You Know a Fire Mark? By John Mason

(Yankee)

March 1971

Scottish Fire Marks: A Collector

Describes His "Haul"

By Russell R. Murray

(Reinsurance)

May 1975

16 Pamphlets:

American Fire Marks : the Insurance

Company of North America

Collection

(Insurance Company

of North America)

1933

The Chartered Insurance Institute

Museum Catalogue

(Chartered Insurance

Institute)

1937

-- Books:

Fire Marks: Exhibited at the Offices

of the American Reserve Insurance

Company

(American Reserve

Insurance Company)

1938

Series 5 - Collecting


17 Articles:

Fire Companies’ Plaques (The Times) April 28, 1926

Increased Interest in Old Fire Marks By Linden T. Harris

(United States

Review)

July 4, 1931

Collecting Fire Marks in America By Alwin E. Bulau

(Licenses and General

Insurance Company

Quarterly Review,

Vol. V, No. 9)

December

1937

Fire Mark Circle: A Fire Insurance

Truncheon Mystery

By H.A.L. Cockerell

(The Insurance Index)

June 1952

Fire Mark Circle: Irish Marks and

Plates

(The Insurance Index) March 1953

Signeviery (definition) (Insurance Society of

New York Library)

c.1954



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Fire Marks By Oudeis (The

Policy-Holder)

July 18, 1957

Principles of Insurance: Fire marks --

The Footprints of Assurance

(unknown) c.1964

Vanishing Fire Marks By R.R. Willis (The

Post Magazine)

October 17,

1968

On Your Marks By Brian Henham

(Policy Holder

Insurance Journal)

March 16,

1979

Fire Marks Create An Explosive

Following

By Thomas M. Maher

(The National

Underwriter)

April 10, 1981

A Natural Conversation Piece By Joel Chineson

(Professional Agent)

July 1983

Celebrating the Firemark (Insurance Week) April 27, 1984

Marks of Civilisation By Alan Everson (Post

Magazine & Insurance

Monitor)

July 17, 1986

Series 6 - Fire Marks at Auction and For Sale


18 Articles and clippings:

What Fire Insurance Marks Bring at

Auction

(The Eastern

Underwriter)

November 29,

1946

Advertisement from The Western

Underwriter

(The Western

Underwriter)

January 1948

Fire Mark Auction Slated for August (The National

Underwriter)

July 27, 1979

Treasures of Yesteryear Draw High

Bids in Fire Mark Auction

By Doris Fenske

(Best's Insurance

Management Reports)

April 28, 1980

Series 7 - Correspondence


19 Alwin E. Bulau:

Correspondence between Alwin E.

Bulau and Insurance Society of New

York regarding identifying a fire

mark

1937

Dealers in original fire marks

addresses (including Alwin E. Bulau)

August 26,

1958



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Bulau Galleries catalog page (?) and

order form

October 29,

1958

Signeviery definition (Insurance Society of

New York Library)

n.d.

20 Correspondence between Linden T. Harris

(Mutual Asurance Company), Edward R.

Hardy, and George W. Mitchell regarding

sale of fire marks

1928

Series 8 – Fire Mark Inventory

ID Company Name

Country of

Origin

Text on Fire

Mark

Description of Image on

Fire Mark

FM01 County Fire Office England COUNTY

Figure of Britannia facing

front and "County" in panel

below all raised. Woman is

holding spear in one hand,

shield in the other

FM02 Royal Exchange England -

Raised image of a building,

crown at the top of the plaque.

FM03

Sun Insurance

Office, Limited England - Circle with raised sun

FM04

Sun Insurance

Office, Limited England

SUN

LONDON

1710

Raised sun with sixteen rays,

alternting straight and wavy.

"Sun - London - 1710" raised

on band.

FM05

Liverpool and

London and Globe

Insurance

Company, Limited England

LIVERPOOL

& LONDON

& GLOBE

Raised globe encircled with

band bearing company name

gold and black on red

background. Raised

"Liverpool & London &

Globe" gold on black.

Borders raised.

FM06

Norwich Union Fire

Insurance Society,

Limited. England

NORWICH

UNION

Seated figure of Justice facing

right holding scales. Pair of

clasped hands in oval, gold on

red background. "Norwich

Union" gold on black

background. Design, border

and lettering raised.

FM07

Reliance Marine

Insurance

Company, Limited England RELIANCE

Border, design and "Reliance"

raised. Anchor and name

gold. Border and anchor

chain cream colored.

Background dark green (or



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black?).

FM08

The London

Assurance England

LONDON

ASSURANCE

INCORPORA

TED A.D.

1720

Raised "London Assurance

Incorporated - A.D. 1720"

gold on black background.

Seated figure of Britannia,

raised, in gold, white, red and

black on red circular center,

convexed.

FM09

Guardian Assurance

Company, Limited England GUARDIAN

Red border, erect figure of

Athene in gold, silver and red

and gold "Guardian" below all

raised. Background black.

FM10

Guardian Assurance

Company, Limited England GUARDIAN

Red border, erect figure of

Athene in gold, silver and red

and gold "Guardian" below all

raised. Background black.

FM11

Guardian Eastern

Insurance


GUARDIAN

EASTERN

Border, "Guardian Eastern"

and design raised. Man riding

camel raised.

FM12

Royal Insurance

Company, Limited. England ROYAL

Ornate shield with border,

design and lettering raised.

Crown and liver bird."Royal"

gold (looks green) on red.

FM13

National Union

Society, Limited England

NATIONAL

UNION FIRE

OFFICE

BEDFORD,

ENGLAND

Border, center design and

"National Union Fire Office -

Bedford, England" raised.

Red with yellow writing.

Yellow crest in center.

FM14

Pearl Assurance


PEARL

ASSURANCE

Raised border and "Pearl

Assurance."

FM15

Patriotic Assurance

Company, Limited Ireland PATRIOTIC

Circular. "Patriotic" raised on

scroll across face of sun.

Lettering and underside of

scroll red. Sun is gold. Raised

border.

FM16

Patriotic Assurance

Company, Limited Ireland PATRIOTIC

Circular. "Patriotic" raised on

scroll across face of sun.

Lettering and underside of

scroll red. Sun is gold. Raised

border.



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FM17

Sun Insurance

Office, Limited England

PATRIOTIC

ASSCE. CO.

LTD.

GUARANTEE

D BY SUN OF

LONDON

FOUNDED

1710

Circular. "Patriotic Assce. Co.

Ltd." written around the

outside, raised, red. Raised

sun in the center, yellow.

Small green writing

"Guaranteed by Sun of

London Founded 1710" above

and below the sun, green.

Green background.

FM18

Legal Insurance


LEGAL

INSURANCE

CoLd

INCORPORA

TED IN

GREAT

BRITAIN

Shield shape. Red border,

heraldic emblems in blue,

gold, red, white and black,

and gold "Legal Insurance Co.

Ld. Of London" on dark blue

background all raised.

FM19

The Planet

Assurance


THE PLANET

ASSURANCE

COMPANY

LIMITED -

LONDRES

Circular. Border and "The

Planet Assurance Company

Limited - Londres" written

around outside, gold, raised.

Planet in center, gold, rasied.

Background has red circle.

FM20

L'Union Compagnie

D'Assurances

Contre L'Incendie,

Les Accidents et

Risques Divers France

1828

L'UNION DE

PARIS

Raised "1828 L'Union de

Paris", border, and angels

above.

FM21

Landschaftliche

Brandkasse

Hannover

Offentliche

Feuerversicherungs

anstalt Germany

Landschaftlich

e Brandkasse

HANNOVER

Red background with white

border. "Landschaftliche

Brandkasse" written across

top in white and "Hannover"

written across bottom in

white. White horse in center.

FM22

Preussische Feuer

Versicherungs

Aktien-Gesselschaft

(?) Germany

FEUER

VERSICHER

UNGS

VEREIN A.G.

SCHNEVERD

INGEN gegr.

1883

Yellow/orange background

with brown writing/picture.

Horseshoe with "Feuer

Versicherungs Verein"

written in it, and "a." and "g."

on the ends of the horseshoe.

"Schneverdingen" on ribbon

across the bottom. Picture of a

little house in the center, with

"gegr. 1883" written

underneath.



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FM23

Companhia de

Seguros Fidelidade Portugal

FIDELIDADE

1835

Navy background.

"Fidelidade 1835" written

across the top, raised, gold.

Image of dog, raised, gold.

FM24

General Insurance

of Cyprus, Ltd. Cyprus

THE

GENERAL

INSURANCE

Coy OF

CYPRUS LTD

and writing in

Greek

Circular. Writing raised, gold,

around border with red

background. Center is blue

background with raised, gold

image of Man in sea holding a

trident and a fish with two

horses.

FM25

The General

Insurance Office

Ltd. Israel/Palestine

(Hebrew

across the top)

MENORAH

POLICIES AT

LLOYD'S

THE

GENERAL

INSURANCE

OFFICE LTD.

TEL-AVIV

White with dark gray

writing/image. Hebrew

writing across top. Menorah

in center. "Menorah" written

in English and Hebrew in the

center, and "Policies at

Lloyd's." "The General

Insurance Office Ltd. Tel-

Aviv." written across bottom.

FM26

Mutua General de

Seguros Spain

Mutua General

de Seguros

INCENDIOS

Gold border, black

background. Raised red

lettering "Mutual General de

Seguros" across top, and

"Incendios" across bottom.

Gold and black medallion

painted in center.

FM27

Zion the Palestine

National Insurance

Company Limited Israel/Palestine

(Hebrew

writing) ZION

THE

PALESTINE

NATIONAL

INSURANCE

CO LTD.

Raised round emblem and

raised lettering barely legible.

FM28

Assicurazioni

Generali Societa

Anonima Italy

(Hebrew

across the top)

1831

ASSICURAZI

ONI

GENERALI

THE

GENERAL

INSURANCE

CO LTD.

Raised border and lettering,

all color is gone.1831 large in

the center.



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FM29

Western Assurance

Company Canada

WESTERN

A.D. 1851

Arrowhead shape. Border and

lettering raised. Color is gone

except for some red around

border.

FM30

L'Union Belge

Societe Anonyme

D'Assurances

Contre L'Incendie

Les Explosions &

Le Chomage Belgium

VEREENIGIN

G UNION

Oval. Raised border and

letter. "Vereeniging" across

the top and "Union" across

the bottom. Raised image of

clasped hands in front of 6

arrows in center. All color

gone

FM31

Associated

Firemen's Insurance

Company

Baltimore,

Maryland FIRE


raised image of man blowing

a horn. Man wearing black

top hat, red coat, blue pants.

Carrying something red in his

hand.

FM32

Insurance Company

of North America

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania I.N.A. 1792

Oval. Gold raised border,

letters, and image. Image is

of an eagle. Letters "I.N.A."

across the top and "1792"

across the bottom.

FM33

State Farm

Insurance United States

STATE FARM

Fire and

Casualty Co.

Oval. Raised border, lettering,

and image. "State Farm"

written across the top and

"Fire and Casualty Co."

written across the bottom.

Center has red fire engine

with State Farm Insurance

plaque on side of the truck.

FM34

State Farm

Insurance United States

STATE FARM

Fire and

Casualty Co.

Oval. Raised border, lettering,

and image. "State Farm"

written across the top and

"Fire and Casualty Co."

written across the bottom.

Center has red fire engine

with State Farm Insurance

plaque on side of the truck.

FM35

Farmer's Fire &

Life (?) -

FIRE & LIFE

FARMERS

Shield shape. "Fire & Life"

written across the top, raised.

"Farmers" written across the

bottom, raised. Image of a

bundle of wheat raised in the

center.



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FM36

Laclede Mutual Fire

and Marine

Insurance Company

Saint Louis,

Missouri

LACLEDE

MUTUAL

Oval. Border, pair of clasped

hands and "Laclede Mutual"

raised.

FM37

Union Fire

Company

Blackwood

Terrace, New

Jersey

UNION F C

No. 1

BLACKWOO

D TERRACE,

N.J. 1935

Gold border that splits in half

down the center. Left side has

emblem with Union FC No. 1.

Right side has "Blackwood

Terrac, N.J. 1935." Border

and writing gold, background

red

FM38

Farmers Fire

Insurance Company

York,

Pennsylvania

FARMERS

YORK, PA.

Rectangular. Border and

"Farmers - York, Pa." black

on gold backround.

FM39

Aetna Insurance

Company

Hartford,

Connecticut

Insure with the

FIRE &

INLAND

AETNA 1819

Incorporated.

Hartford Conn.

Paddle shape, horizontal.

Silver writing.

FM40

The Pennsylvania

Fire Insurance

Company

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Fire Insurance

Company of

Philadelphia,

PA organized

A.D. 1825

Paddle shape horizontal. Gold

writing. On left side

"Pennsylvania Fire" crossed

with "Organized A.D. 1825."

Image center right is difficult

to see. On right side,

"Insurance Company of

Philadelphia, PA."

FM41

St. Joseph Fire and

Marine Insurance

Company

Saint Joseph,

Missouri

INSURE

WITH ST.

JOSEPH INS.

CO. $500.000

MISSOURI


Gold writing. In center, oval

with "Insure with St. Joseph

Ins. Co." On left, "$500.000."

On right, "Missouri."

FM42

Northwestern

National Insurance

Company

Milwaukee,

Wisconsin

NORTHWEST

ERN

NATIONAL

INSURANCE

CO. OF

WILWAUKEE

, WIS.

Rectangular. Gold with dark

gold and black writing. Black

and gold border.

FM43

Andes Insurance

Company

Cincinnati,

Ohio

Insure With the

ANDES


Gold writing.



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FM44

The Widow and

Orphan Fund Life

Insurance Co.

Nashville,

Tennessee

THE WIDOW

AND

ORPHAN

FUND Life

Insurance Co.

NASHVILLE.

A Mutual

Company Has

peculiar

advantages see

Rates

Paddle shape, vertical. Gold

writing.

FM45

The Excelsior Life

Insurance Company New York

THE

EXCELSIOR

Life Insurance

Company. 63

WILLIAM ST.

NEW YORK.


Gold writing on green metal.

Small image of logo on the

left. Writing on the right.

FM46

South St. Louis

Mutual Fire and

Marine Insurance

Company

St. Louis,

Missouri

SOUTH ST.

LOUIS

MUTUAL

Oval. Border and "South St.

Louis Mutual" raised.

FM47

De Soto Rural Fire

Protection

Association

De Soto,

Missouri

EXP. JULY 1,

1974 DE

SOTO

RURAL FIRE

PROTECTION

ASS'N. 24

YEARS OF

SERVICE DE

SOTO, MO.

Rectangular. Raised border

and writing. Red background

with white writing.

FM48

De Soto Rural Fire

Protection

Association

De Soto,

Missouri

EXP. JULY 1,

1977 DE

SOTO

RURAL FIRE

PROTECTION

ASS'N. 27

YEARS OF

SERVICE DE

SOTO, MO.


and writing. Yellow(?)

background with black

writing.

FM49

De Soto Rural Fire

Protection

Association

De Soto,

Missouri

EXP. JULY 1,

1978 DE

SOTO

RURAL FIRE

PROTECTION

ASS'N. 28

YEARS OF


and writing. White


writing.



20

SERVICE DE

SOTO, MO.

FM50

De Soto Rural Fire

Protection

Association

De Soto,

Missouri

EXP. JULY 1,

1979 DE

SOTO

RURAL FIRE

PROTECTION

ASS'N. 29

YEARS OF

SERVICE DE

SOTO, MO.


and writing. Navy background

with white writing.

FM51

De Soto Rural Fire

Protection

Association

De Soto,

Missouri

EXP. JULY 1,

1980 DE

SOTO

RURAL FIRE

PROTECTION

ASS'N. 30TH

ANNIVERSA

RY DE SOTO,

MO.


and writing. Pink background

with black writing.

FM52

De Soto Rural Fire

Protection

Association

De Soto,

Missouri

EXP. JULY 1,

1981 DE

SOTO

RURAL FIRE

PROTECTION

ASS'N. 31

YEARS OF

SERVICE DE

SOTO, MO.


and writing. Green

background with white

writing.

FM53

De Soto Rural Fire

Protection

Association

De Soto,

Missouri

EXP. JULY 1,

1982 DE

SOTO

RURAL FIRE

PROTECTION

ASS'N. 32

YEARS OF

SERVICE DE

SOTO, MO.


and writing. Orange


writing.

FM54

Firemen's Insurance

Company

Baltimore,

Maryland F. I. CO

Circular. Old double-decker

hand pump and "F. I. Co." in

high relief. Wheels have six

spokes. Loop at top is fluted.

Red and gold on black

background.



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FM55

The Mutual

Assurance

Company for

Insuring Houses

from Loss by Fire

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania -

Shield shape. Tree of cast lead

mounted on wood.

FM56

Fire Association of

Philadelphia

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania F A

Oval, but mounted on shield-

shaped wood. Raised "F A"

and fire hydrant. Gold letters

and hydrant on green grass.

Black background.

FM57

Protector Fire

Insurance Company England PROTECTOR

Border, scene of burning

building with waterman

directing nozzle and

"Protector" in panel below all

raised.

FM58

The London

Assurance England

LONDON

ASSURANCE

INCORPORA

TED A.D.

1720

Mounted on wood. Raised

"London Assurance

Incorporated - A.D. 1720"

gold on black background.

Seated figure of Britannia,

raised, in black and gold on

red circular center, convexed.

FM59

The Philadelphia


the Insurance of

Houses from Loss

by Fire

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania No 906

Shield shape. Four clasped

hands, raised, gold. Writing

"No 906" underneath, raised,

gold. Black background.

FM60

The Mutual

Assurance

Company for

Insuring Houses

from Loss by Fire

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania -

Squatty oval. Raised tree and

flat back.

FM61

Fire Association of

Philadelphia

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania F A

Oval. Raised "F A" and fire

hydrant. Raised letters and

hydrant design.

FM62

Lumbermen's

Insurance Company

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

ILCO

(interlocked)

Diamond shape, mounted on

wood. Border represents four

logs overlapping at ends.

Monograph, "L. I. Co.," in

center.

FM63

Fire Association of

Philadelphia

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania F A



hydrant design. Letters are

gold, hydrant is red with black

hose, on green grass and black

background.



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FM64

Associated

Firemen's Insurance

Company

Baltimore,

Maryland FIRE






left hand. Right hand is

holding horn. Banner coming

out of horn that reads "FIRE."

FM65

United Firemen's

Insurance Company

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania U F

Oval. Raised U F in gold.

Raised old model steam fire

engine in high relief, red and

gold. Wheels have eight

spokes.

FM66

Insurance Company

of North America

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

EAGLE HOSE

NO. 2

Oval. "Eagle Hose" across top

and "No. 2" across bottom,

raised, gold. Image of an

eagle, raised, gold, in center.

Black background.

FM67

Firemen's Insurance

Company

Baltimore,

Maryland F. I. CO

Circular. Old double-decker

hand pump and "F. I. Co." in

high relief. Wheels have six

spokes. Loop at top is fluted.

Red and gold on black

background.

FM68

Royal Insurance

Company, Limited. England ROYAL

Ornate shield with border,

design and lettering raised.

Crown and liver bird."Royal"

gold on red. Black

background.

FM69

The Philadelphia


the Insurance of

Houses from Loss

by Fire

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania No 906

Shield shape. Four clasped

hands, raised, gold. Writing

"No 906" underneath, raised,

gold. Black background.

FM70

Associated

Firemen's Insurance

Company

Baltimore,

Maryland FIRE






left hand. Right hand is

holding horn. Banner coming

out of horn that reads "FIRE."

FM71

Fire Association of

Philadelphia

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania F A



hydrant design. Letters are

gold, hydrant is red with black



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hose, on green grass and black

background.

FM72

The British Oak

Insurance Co. Ltd. England

The British

Oak Insurance

Co. Ltd.

FESTINA

LENTE

Agency

Rectangular. Silver

background. "The British Oak

Insurance Co. Ltd." written in

gold at the top. Image in

center, of two dogs (?)

holding up the crest with a

key and a tree, in black, red,

gold, and green. Ribbon

below with "Festina Lente."

"Agency" written across the

bottom in black.

FM73

Wurttembergische

Feuerversicherung

Aktiengesellschaft

in Stuttgart Germany

GEGR. 1828

Wurttem:

bergische

FEUERVERSI

CHERUNG

AG. IN

STUTTGART

Rectangular, slightly

convexed. Dark blue

background with orange

lettering and blue, orange and

white emblem.

FM74

Panellinios

Asphalistiki Heteria Greece

written in

Greek

Rectangular. Raised blue

lettering on white

background. Blue ornamental

border. Raised white outer

border.

FM75

Prvni Ceska

Vzajemna

Pojistovna Czechoslovakia

PRVNI

CESKA

VZAJMNA

POJISTOVNA

ZALR 1827

Rectangular. Blue

background, white writing.

Red and white dragon (?) seal.

FM76

Filipinas Compania

de Seguros

Philippine

Islands

FILIPINAS

COMPANIA

DE SEGUROS

MANILA P.I.

Circular. Red background.

White and red lettering.

Woman's portrait in center,

writing around outside.

FM77

Stockholms Stads

Brandforsakringsko

ntor Sweden -

Sort of a shield shape. Gold

design in relief of phoenix (?)

in front of fire, with crown at

the top.

FM78

Stockholms Stads

Brandforsakringsko

ntor Sweden -

Sort of a shield shape. Design

in relief. Gold and red crown.

Green trees (?), blue sky, gold

phoenix and fire.

FM79

Stockholms Stads

Brandforsakringsko

ntor Sweden -

Sort of a shield shape. Gold

design in relief of phoenix (?)

in front of fire, with crown at

the top.



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FM80

Caledonian

Insurance Company Scotland

CALEDONIA

N

Thistle raised on circular

section of mark; "Caledonian"

raised on scrolled ribbon

beneath. Borders raised.

Maroon background with gold

lettering/design.

FM81

Deutscher

Bauerndienst

Allgemeine

Versicherungs-

Aktiengesellschaft

Lebensversicherung

s-Gesellschaft A.G.

Berlin Germany

Dersichert -

Deutscher

Bauerndienst

Rectangular. Yellow

background. Black across the

top with yellow writing

"Dersichert-." Underneath,

black writing "Deutscher

Bauerndienst" and black

border.

FM82

Societa Cattolica di

Assicurazione Italy

SOCIETA

CATTOLICA

DI

ASSICURAZI

ONE

Blue with raised, white

lettering, border, and logo.

Logo in upper left corner.

FM83

Allianz Und

Stuttgarter Verein

Versicherungs

Aktien Gesellschaft Germany

Allianz und

Stuttgarter

Verein

Versicherungs

- Aktien -

Gesellschaft

Slightly raised lettering,

design and raised border. Blue

with white letters, border, and

design. Logo at top.

FM84

Migdal Insurance

Company, Limited Palestine/Israel

MIGDAL

written in

Hebrew and

English

Rectangular. Black with white

border, letters, and image.

Image of a three story brick

building.

FM85

Nationwide Mutual

Fire Insurance

Company Ohio

NATIONWID

E MUTUAL

FIRE INS. CO.

1934

Oval. Nationwide Mutual Fire

Ins. Co. written around

border. Black border with

gold writing. White center,

with black eagle over blue ‘N’

and gold 1934.

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