Life, 1900-02-22 · page 20 of 20
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This is a full-page financial statement and corporate listing for the Equitable Life Assurance Society, published in *Life* magazine on February 22, 1900. It presents the company's assets, liabilities, and officer roster as of December 31, 1899. The page lists outstanding assurance of over $1 billion, substantial income, and a significant surplus. The directors and officers include prominent American industrialists and financiers of the era: John Jacob Astor, J.P. Morgan associate Jacob Schiff, railroad magnate Marvin Hughitt, and Vice President Chauncey Depew. There is no satire or political commentary visible here—it's straightforward corporate promotion, likely placed to reassure policyholders of the company's financial stability at the turn of the century. The Equitable was one of America's major insurance firms during this period.
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February 22, 1900, The Equitable Life Assurance Society Of the United States DECEMBER 31, 1899 Outstanding Assurance - Assurance Applied for in 1899 Examined and Declined’ - New Assurance Issued .- $1,054,416,422.00 237,356,610.00 34,254,778.00 203,301,832.00 53,878,200.86 280, 191,286.80 Income - - ce Assets December 30, 1899 - - - Assurance Fund ($216,384,975.00) and_ all other Liabilities ($2,688,834.03) - Surplus - - - - - 219,07 3,809.03 61,11 7,477.77 Paid Policyholders in 1899 24,107,541.44 DIRECTORS. James W. Alexander, James H. Hyde, John A. Stewart, Louis Fitzgerald, Chauncey M. Depew, Wm. A. Wheelock, Marcellus Hartley, A. J. Cassatt, Cornelius N. Bliss, Henry G. Marquand, Geo. H. Squire, Thos. D. Jordan, C. B. Alexander, Charles S. Smith, Thomas S. Young, T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jacob H. Schiff, Wm. A. Tower, John Jacob Astor, Gage KE. Tarbell, George J. Gould, A. Van Santvoord, Edward W. Lambert, George T. Wilson, Sir W. C. Van Horne, H. M. Alexander, T. DeWitt Cuyler, Robert T. Lincoln, D. O. Mills, H. C. Haarstick, John Sloane, Wn. Alexander, Marvin Hughitt, H. J. Fairchild, M. E. Ingalls, David H. Moffat, Brayton Ives, C. Ledyard Blair, A, Van Bergen, OFFICERS. James W. Alexander, President. James H. Hyde, Vice-President, George T. Wilson, Third Vice-President, William Alexander, Secretary, William H. McIntyre, Assistant Secretary, James B. Loring, Registrar, Levi P. Morton, August Belmont, Thomas T. Eckert, James H. Dunham, Sidney D. Ripley, John J. McCook, John E. Searles, Samuel M. Inman, Geo. W. Carleton, E. Boudinot Colt, Joseph T. Low, Alanson Trask, J. F. De Navarro. Gage E. Tarbell, Second Vice-President, Thomas D. Jordan, Comptroller, Sidney D. Ripley, Treasurer, J. G. Van Cise, Actuary, F. W. Jackson, Auditor, Edward W. Lambert, M.D., Edward Curtis, M.D, Medical Directors. comicbooks.com