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Illinois Office of Comptroller

CTL-E-4683 · Institution · other · 1970s-present

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Illinois state office regulating cemeteries' pre-need contracts and care funds; rescued Black funeral-home burial records with the Bronzeville Historical Society.

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RELP108 supporting entity.

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Record CTL-E-4683 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 1 source (1 primary) · CTL research: RELP-001, PRESERVE-001.
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Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941
Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941
Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941
Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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