Richmond, VA - Very fine business card corner

The Virginia Protection Life Insurance Company was a 19th-century regional life insurance provider headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, chartered in early 1874, just nine years after the end of the Civil War.

The firm marketed itself heavily as a "home company" that offered safe, cheap insurance tailored to both low-income families and wealthy patrons. Its advertisements claimed to provide life insurance at "actual cost," advertising that an investment of just 13 cents a day could guarantee a $5,000 policy for a family.

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