King and King Funeral Home Records

CTL-E-0800 · Archive · collection · unspecified

Verified evidence grade of this record

Records of King and King Funeral Home (Black Indianapolis funeral home, 1930s-1980s) - death certificates, applications, financial records - recovered before a building demolition and deposited at the Indiana Historical Society.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PRESERVE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PRESERVE-001:CTL-PRESERVE-E-052; source research type(s): collection. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Indiana Landmarks, 2024-09 (primary source)

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