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Title |
Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance Co. Photographs |
Collection |
Mammoth Life & Accident Insurance Co. Photograph Collection |
Catalog Number |
017PC39 |
Date |
ca. 1915-1980 |
Description |
Collection comprised of fifty-three (53) photographs taken around 1915-1980 broken into five (5) sub-sections. Photographs [017PC39.01-017PC39.07] are roughly from the 1920s-1930s. Photographs [017PC39.08-017PC39.09] are roughly from the 1940s-1950s. Photographs [017PC39.10-017PC39.41] are roughly from the 1960s-1980s. Photographs [017PC39.42-017PC39.48] are assorted portraits. Finally, photographs [017PC39.49-017PC39.53] are assorted office buildings. Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance, Co. (1915-1992) was one of the largest Black-owned and operated companies in Kentucky's history. Four individuals founded Mammoth Life during the "Golden Age of Black Business" in Louisville, Kentucky: B.O. Wilkerson, Rochelle I. Smith, William H. Wright, and Henry E. Hall. By 1928, Mammoth Life opened district offices in seven neighboring states: Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. The corporation was central to the Black community for decades, especially during the height of racial segregation. In 1992, Atlanta Life Insurance bought out Mammoth Life, another Black-owned business headquartered in Georgia. By 1994, Atlanta Life closed down the flagship Louisville district office. |
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African Americans Business enterprises Businesspeople |