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Trade card for the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, life and accident insurance, Hartford, Connecticut, 1868

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1868

GUSN

GUSN-255401

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Description

The card lists the states with their electoral votes and has a blank space to fill in for Democrats and Republicans. The card verso lists the presidential vote from 1824 to 1864. C.G.C. Plummer is the general agent at 89 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
insurance
insurance agents
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.065.01.01.008

Image Dimensions

2 3/4 x 4 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Jackson Homestead, January 1987.

Places

Hartford (Hartford county, Connecticut)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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