Travelers Insurance Agent Cancels: John E. Finnegan of San Francisco

This post includes Travelers Insurance Agent cancels from the Travelers Insurance 1898 mini-album. John E. Finnegan used simple initials to cancel these stamps:

J. E. F.

MAR 1 1899

 

OCT. ?? 1899

J. E. F.

Travelers Agents were occasionally responsible for making insurance payments for notorious accidents:

from The Travelers Record, April 1898

J. Hughes, a Pullman Palace Car Co. employee was hurt in a Union Pacific accident in such a way that he states that his injuries were known to all Pullman employees from the Atlantic to the Pacific.  The February 10, 1897 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle tells the the story in brief:

Eat your heart out, Elon Musk:  

from The Travelers Record, August 1902

I think it likely that Eugene Levy's electric car was an electric street trolley, maybe what we might call a cable car today?