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National Geographic : 1950 Aug
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5O "FOR 100 YEARS PROTECTING THE AMERICAN HOME" ^ol- . .. . .. . . sa... . .... ....... "All up and down the whole creation..." ... wherever Americans roamed, they took with them the lilting melodies of Stephen Foster. From prim eastern drawing rooms to the roaring gold rush camps of California, men lifted their voices in praise of the Swanee River, Old Black Joe, and an unforgettable girl named Jeannie, who had light brown hair. Starting in 1850 with his Camptown Races, the songs of Stephen Collins Foster became an Ameri can tradition almost overnight. Today, the "Old Folks at Home" (and young folks, too) still gather round to sing the simple tunes and tender lyrics which welled so freely from his heart. Just as Stephen Foster, a century ago, made an enduring contribution to American harmony, a group of Vermont visionaries made another even more vital and enduring contribution to the Ameri can family when they organized that same year to form the National Life Insurance Company. Their idea was a simple one - many people, banded together, can accomplish what few, as indi- viduals, could hope to achieve: security for their homes and families against future uncertainties. For a full century now, American families have found security - protection designed to fit exactly each family's requirements - in the characteristic thriftiness of National Life's management and the friendly helpfulness of its agents throughout the nation. 200,000 people, the policyholders who own this mutual organization and its billion dollars of insurance protection, can say with pride, "The National? That is my company." Accept this Free Picture Book with Our Compli ments- "THE STORY OF OLD VERMONT"-new edition of National Life's popularpicture book. Features famousfigures andevents from New Eng land's historicpast- interesting, educa- - tional, inspiring. For your free copy, a s,,, address a postcard to: National Life Old Insurance Company - Dept. 61 -- Mont- Vo t pelier, Vermont. VO nt _-- --------- --- J "SOLID AS THE GRANITE HILLS 01 VI RMOV T NATIONAL LIFE Insurance Company MONTPELIER VERMONT WOUNDED IN 1850 * A MUTUAL COMPANY * OWNED BY ITS POLICYHOLDERS Mention the National Geographic-It identifies you
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