EditorialFire Mark, 1805-1830, Metal fire insurance mark or plaque affixed to the front of insured buildings as a guide to the insurance company's fire brigade. These identification marks were used in the eighteenth and nineteenth century in the days before mun...
EditorialReverse of Fire Mark, 1805-1830, Metal fire insurance mark or plaque affixed to the front of insured buildings as a guide to the insurance company's fire brigade. These identification marks were used in the eighteenth and nineteenth century in the days...
EditorialMembers of a team calling itself “the Brigade” work to repair hurricane-damaged corals off the coast of Puerto Morelos, Mexico, on Nov. 12, 2020. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)