Supreme Life Insurance Company

CTL-E-0190 · Business · services · 1920s–contemporary

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Historic Black-owned Chicago insurance company

The record

Also known as: Supreme Life Insurance

Relationships

Douglas — located in
The Supreme Life Insurance Company building at 3501 S. King Drive sits in the Douglas community area.

Sources

Documented in Black business histories

Record CTL-E-0190 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: BCI-001, BVM-005.
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Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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