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Article: State Farm preserving past Memorabilia archive of company history
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- June 29, 2005
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State Farm through the years
June 7, 1922 -- Henry Stubblefield, a farmer from around Funks
Grove, becomes State Farm's first customer by purchasing $15 auto
insurance from Merna farmer G.J. Mecherle, who was celebrating his
45th birthday. Stubblefield paid a $45 premium deposit and then a
$11.17 premium after the first six months.
1929 -- State Farm finishes construction on a building in downtown
Bloomington on Washington and East streets, though the company added
several stories over the years. Previously, State Farm operated in
the Oddfellow building on Main Street.
1942 -- State Farm nests at the No. 1 ranking for auto insurance
sales in the United States, according to the National ...