Fire Insurance Plaques

Category: Insurance

1. Fire Marks – Philadelphia – Fireman’s Hall Museum

Dec 21, 2020 — American fire marks, also known as “badges” and “house plates,” are signs issued by insurance companies that were affixed to the front of a ⁽¹⁾…
Get the best deals on Collectible Firefighting & Rescue Signs & Plaques Vintage Cast Iron F.I. Co Engine Fire Mark Insurance Company of Baltimore Plaque.⁽²⁾…
Nov 22, 2020 – Explore Jen Nay’s board “Fire Insurance Marks”, Antique Cast Iron Fire Mark Insurance Association FA Plaque Wall Hangar Hose House ⁽³⁾…

Fire Insurance Mark (Plaque) – Philadelphia Museum of Art

Made for Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire, Philadelphia, founded 1752.⁽⁴⁾…
Made for The Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire, Philadelphia, 1784 – 1996.⁽⁵⁾…
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2. A Short History of Fire Marks, The World’s Hottest Insurance …

Aug 29, 2017 — Now, long after their heyday, these plaques, known as “fire marks,” have become collector’s items—every bit as fascinating and artful today ⁽⁷⁾…
Fire insurance plaques are embossed metal signs, which were placed on the front of buildings indicating they were insured against fire.⁽⁸⁾…

Sun Fire Insurance Plaque | Littlehampton Museum

This plaque is the fire mark of the Sun Insurance Co. They had their own fire insurance company, which employed a fire brigade and only dealt with fires ⁽⁹⁾…
As British insurance companies sprang up in response to the fire, each formed their own fire brigades. The brigades used fire marks, or plaques to determine ⁽¹⁰⁾…

United Firemen’s Insurance Company Fire Mark – National …

Beginning in the 1750s, some American insurance companies issued metal fire marks to policyholders to signify that their property was insured against fire ⁽¹¹⁾…
Find the perfect fire insurance mark stock photo. Fire insurance plaques / fire marks on a wall in Cheapside, in the City London, England, UK.⁽¹²⁾…
Jan 12, 2018 — Antique iron fire mark insurance company plaque. (Photo courtesy Affiliated Auctions). This is good stuff; too bad it isn’t true.⁽¹³⁾…

3. Fire Marks | NYCFM

The main reasons for displaying a fire mark were to signal that a property was insured and to advertise for the insurance company. Today, fire marks are ⁽¹⁴⁾…
Insurance companies used to use what is called a fire mark to indicate that a property was insured by their company. Insured’s would place these plaques ⁽¹⁵⁾…

Fire Insurance plaque in Elfreth’s Alley

This plaque signified that the original owners had this building insured against fire with the United Firemen’s Insurance Company of Philadelphia.⁽¹⁶⁾…
Plaques Shelves & Wall Ornaments. Fire Insurance Marker. A precursor to home insurance, fire markers like this one were once hung on the outside of homes to ⁽¹⁷⁾…
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Fire Marks – Chartered Insurance Institute

Before postal services and formal addresses were widespread, fire marks were displayed on buildings to identify properties that were insured.⁽¹⁹⁾…
by HM Johnson · 1972 · Cited by 8 — plaques which were attached by the fire insurers to buildings when the whole or fire mark in American fire insurance history and some of the differences ⁽²⁰⁾…

4. TPC History: Fire Marks – The Philadelphia Contributionship

Aug 11, 2021 — The bottom fire mark is from The Philadelphia Contributionship. to signify that their property was insured against fire damage.⁽²¹⁾…
Oxford Inscriptions: Fire Insurance Marks Fire marks were placed high on properties (to deter thieves), showing the design of the relevant insurance company ⁽²²⁾…

Cast Iron Fire Insurance Plaque – Lodge Furnishings – Cisco’s …

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5. Fire Insurance Plaque: Niagara-on-the-Lake Heritage Portal

Insured houses had plaques over their front doors, so firefighters would know which company insured which house. They could only fight fires where their ⁽²⁴⁾…
Sep 4, 2019 — Fire marks are metal plaques insurance companies affixed to the outside of their insured’s properties. Each mark was unique to the insurance ⁽²⁵⁾…

Side Quest: What are those mysterious shields adorning …

Feb 23, 2019 — Known as “fire marks,” these plaques identified that the house was both insured and by which insurance company.⁽²⁶⁾…
Mar 12, 2020 — The plaques first appeared in the country in the 19th century but started to disappear after city halls began to employ their own professional ⁽²⁷⁾…

Preservation Matters: Fire marks of Frederick

Jun 16, 2019 — Fire mark for United Firemen’s Insurance Company. of historic homes and seen small cast-iron plaques bearing embossed symbols, letters, ⁽²⁸⁾…
Title: Georgian British ‘Fire Insurance Mark’ Plaque, Price: $395 USD, Category: Antiques & Collectibles:Accessories:Georgian. Insurance Fire Mark. Plaque.$395.00 · ‎In stock⁽²⁹⁾…
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Fire Insurance Plaques in Disneyland’s New Orleans Square

Jun 27, 2009 — These plaques would tell firemen that the building was insured by the company whose name or emblem was illustrated on the plaque. The fire mark ⁽³¹⁾…
by H Wirka — the fire insurance companies which met in neighboring. Philadelphia. Do any of the fire mark plaques on the buildings in Old.⁽³²⁾…

Georgetown’s Fire Insurance Marks

Feb 22, 2012 — Scattered around on the front of many Georgetown homes, you’ll see plaques like the one above. What they are are fire insurance marks.⁽³³⁾…
The painted wooden plaque has a black-painted, cast lead emblem nailed to it. Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire,” founded ⁽³⁴⁾…
(3) VINTAGE FIRE MARKS – Early 19th c. Philadelphia Fire Insurance Company Cast Iron Plaques, including two F&A Hose Co, founded in 1817, chartered in 1820, ⁽³⁵⁾…

What Are Those Little Shields Above the Doorways of …

May 3, 2013 — Fire marks ultimately served a very simple purpose–they advertised the insurance company. Now they are simply picturesque, a reminder that ⁽³⁶⁾…
FIRE MARK Germantown Mutual Fire Insurance Company Cast Ironl Marker PLAQUE THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, IT LOOKS LIKE A FIRE DEPT SIGN.⁽³⁷⁾…

A fire insurance company plaque, which hopefully might ensure a visit from the fire brigade if the worst happened. Date, 30 January 2008.⁽³⁸⁾…

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(1). Fire Marks – Philadelphia – Fireman’s Hall Museum
(2). Collectible Firefighting & Rescue Signs & Plaques for sale
(3). 110 Fire Insurance Marks ideas | fire, marks, history – Pinterest
(4). Fire Insurance Mark (Plaque) – Philadelphia Museum of Art
(5). Fire Insurance Mark (Plaque) – Philadelphia Museum of Art
(6). Insurance Plaque | Etsy
(7). A Short History of Fire Marks, The World’s Hottest Insurance …
(8). Victoria and Albert Museum (fire insurance plaques)
(9). Sun Fire Insurance Plaque | Littlehampton Museum
(10). Fire Marks | Skokie, IL
(11). United Firemen’s Insurance Company Fire Mark – National …
(12). Fire Insurance Mark Stock Photos and Images – Alamy
(13). Fire Marks: Discovering fact among myth – Antique Trader
(14). Fire Marks | NYCFM
(15). Insurance Company Plaques or Their Fire Marks
(16). Fire Insurance plaque in Elfreth’s Alley
(17). Fire Insurance Marker – Unique Stone | Antique & Garden …
(18). fire insurance plaques images – Shutterstock
(19). Fire Marks – Chartered Insurance Institute
(20). The History of British and American Fire Marks – jstor
(21). TPC History: Fire Marks – The Philadelphia Contributionship
(22). Fire Insurance Marks in Oxford
(23). Cast Iron Fire Insurance Plaque – Lodge Furnishings – Cisco’s …
(24). Fire Insurance Plaque: Niagara-on-the-Lake Heritage Portal
(25). The First Insurance Company Logos: Fire Marks – JLK …
(26). Side Quest: What are those mysterious shields adorning …
(27). The history of Spain’s ‘Insured for Fire’ building signs | Verne
(28). Preservation Matters: Fire marks of Frederick
(29). Georgian British ‘Fire Insurance Mark’ Plaque – Ruby Lane
(30). London’s Fire Insurance Marks – YouTube
(31). Fire Insurance Plaques in Disneyland’s New Orleans Square
(32). Alexandria’s Sun Fire Company and John Carlyle: 1775-1780
(33). Georgetown’s Fire Insurance Marks
(34). Philadelphia Contributionship fire mark – The Benjamin …
(35). Early 19th c. Philadelphia Fire Insurance Company Cast Iron …
(36). What Are Those Little Shields Above the Doorways of …
(37). FIRE MARK Germantown Mutual Fire Insurance Company …
(38). File:Old fire insurance plaque, High Petergate – geograph.org.uk