United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981925The staff of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company Branch Office, ca. 1925. In 1922 the company had achieved legal reserve status, a position enjoyed by only four other Black insurance companies at that time.Photograph of the staff of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company Branch Office, ca. 1925. Approximately thirty to forty African American men and women pose outside the front of the bank building. A large sign reading "Atlanta Life Insurance" is painted over the entrance. In 1922 the company had achieved legal reserve status, a position enjoyed by only four other black insurance companies at that time.Established by Alonzo Herndon in 1905, Atlanta Life was one of three financial institutions, all headquartered in the Sweet Auburn district, that served the Black middle class in Atlanta before the civil rights movement.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/alonzo-herndon-1858-1927Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/alonzo-herndon-1858-1927Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaBanks and banking--Georgia--AtlantaAtlanta Life Insurance CompanyBank buildings--Georgia--AtlantaBuildings--Georgia--AtlantaBank employees--Georgia--AtlantaWomen bank employees--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American bankers--Georgia--AtlantaSigns and signboards--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American men--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American women--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaWomen--Georgia--AtlantaInsurance companies--Georgia--AtlantaAwningsAfrican American business enterprises--Georgia--AtlantaAtlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.Staff of Atlanta Life Insurance CompanyStillImage