JUEL ID/KEY: P48332

"Mozella Keyes," photographs by Rufus W. Holsinger taken on August 9th, 1915. (Named spelled elsewhere Mozelle Keys). The same subject is seen in a photograph labelled "Miss M. N. Marshall."

The Charlottesville City Directory, 1914-15 lists the following about a "Mozella Keys"; it may or may not be the same individual as photographed (to be determined): "Keys Mozella, dom[estic] h[ome] 308th N W." Living at the same address are "Keys Eugene, lab" and "Keys Frank, butler" (p119). Note the variations in spelling: Key, Keys, Keyes. Eugene Keys (P48335) was also photographed by Holsinger. 

From the same Directory, a "Miss Mollie Marshall" lived in Belmont (Monticello Rd. near Douglas Ave.), as did a widow, Miss Mary Marshall (Belmont Ave. near Monticello Rd.); perhaps the subject of the second portrait below? (p.132). 

Additional information about Mozella Keyes / Miss M. N. Marshall will be added as it is researched.

NOTE that the name with which the portrait is labelled (or, labelled "untitled") is not necessarily the name of the sitter(s) in the portrait, but rather the name of the person who paid for the portrait when it was taken (the date and name associated with each photograph is from the business ledgers of R. W. Holsinger).

Below: "Mozella Keyes" (X03410A)

Another portrait from the same day shows the same subject, however it is labelled, "Miss. M. N. Marshall" (X03407A): 

Of note, a third image is also labelled Miss M. N. Marshall, photographed on the same date (X03407A1):
Sources

- "Mozella Keyes" 1915-08-09 photograph in UVA Library Catalogue (X03410A) 

- "Miss M. N. Marshall" 1915-08-09 photograph in UVA Library Catalogue (X03407A)

- "Miss M. N. Marshall" 1915-08-09 photograph in UVA Library Catalogue (X03407A1)
 

SEE ALSO:

Holsinger Image Gallery of African Americans

J. F. Bell Funeral Home Records

Charlottesville City Directory, 1914-15 [Hathi Trust] 

1870 & 1910 U. S. Census - Charlottesville & Esmont Communities