RARE Tintype Photo - ID 1864 Street Scene Meridian NY Farmers Insurance Building for Sale

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RARE Tintype Photo - ID 1864 Street Scene Meridian NY Farmers Insurance Building For Sale

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RARE Tintype Photo - ID 1864 Street Scene Meridian NY Farmers Insurance Building:
$648.00

RARE Old Photograph
Identified with Exact Date - & Person (D. W. Sherwood)Building - Office of Farmers\' Joint Stock Insurance Company
Meridian, New York
December 10, 1864
with Tax Revenue stamp, also dated

For offer, a nice old tin type photo. Fresh from a prominent estate in Cato, Upstate NY. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Old, Original - NOTa Reproduction - Guaranteed !!Man on wagon with supplies (merchant / delivery), with horse. In front of the building named above. Pillar in foreground to the right. Written on inside of case: This picture was taken in 1863, Dec. 10th in the 23 Year of my age, D.W. Sherwood, cost, .88\" The man on the horse is probably Sherwood. Advertising sign on building - Research confirms this business established in 1861, dissolved in 1877. Please see below for more information.

With half case, Tin type measures 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches; image itself is a quarter plate. 3 cent Internal Revenue stamp - George Washington, on back. Dean & Emerson Matte. In good to very good condition. Wear to half case.Please seephoto scan for details.If you collect19thcentury Americana history, Victorian era, unusual photography, landscape - outdoor, American occupational, etc.this is a treasureyou will not see again!Add this to your image orpaper/ ephemera collection. Perhaps important genealogy research importance too. Combine shipping on multiple offer wins! 1132

THE FARMERS\' JOINT STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY, at Meridian, was organized in April, 1861, with a capital of $50,000. The first officers were Robert Bloomfield, of Cato, president; Chauncey B. Laird of Elbridge, Daniel G. Smith of Lysander, and Homer Lockwood of Victory, vicepresidents; Abel West of Meridian, secretary; and Cyrus Dudley of Meridian, treasurer. Thecompany did a good business in the early part of its existence, but latterly much difficulty was experienced in collecting premiums. A sharp competition -existed in the class of risks to which, by the terms of their charter, they were restricted, (viz: farm property,) and these, together with their cumbrous organization, rendered it impossible to continue business without suffering impairment of their capital. They therefore dissolved February 6th, 1877, at which time the officers were Henry Daboll of Memphis, president; Homer N. Lockwood of Auburn, David Sutfin and Jabez H. Norton of Lysander, vice-presidents ; G. H. Lawrence of Meridian, secretary-; and Marcus D. Drew of Meridian, treasurer. Following is an abstract of their report to the Insurance Department May 1st, 1878: Total premiums received to date, p923,734; dividends declared since business was commenced, $100,625; losses paid from date of organization, $577,481.Nearby towns in Cayuga County
City[edit]Auburn (county HavenMeridianMoraviaPort ByronUnion SpringsWeedsportCensus-designated place[edit]Melrose