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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

View from the State Capitol?

I bought this postcard and was puzzled about where it was taken from. I believe it was taken from the Capitol Dome. The church shown is still there. A lot has changed. Any other ideas on buildings seen in the card would be very welcome!
 Any ideas on the year? (The postcard does have a divided back. which means it ws made after 1907.)


Monday, July 4, 2011

Court of Honor, Springfield IL

The Court of Honor was organized in Springfield, Illinois, in 1895, with an elaborate ritual.  It prospered principally as an insurance company (in 1920 there were over 75,000 benefit members and only 2,300 social members), and then transformed itself into a regular life insurance company. In the early 1920s it changed its name to the Court of Honor Life Association, and in 1924 reincorporated simply as Springfield Life Insurance, after its headquarters city. In 1934 it merged with Abraham Lincoln Life, and in 1934 it was reinsured with Illinois Bankers Life.
Court of Honor Ritual

Here is a piece of their advertising from 1915


The 1915 City Directory states that the Court of Honor was at East Adams, on the South East corner of Second and Adams.