JUEL ID/KEY: P48333

"W. A. Millner," a photograph by Rufus W. Holsinger taken on September 14, 1914.

The Charlottesville City Directory of 1914-15 has the following entry about W. A. Millner: 

"Millner William A., pres[ident] Charlottesville Colored Agricultural & Industrial Fair Association and supt. The So[uthern] Mutual Aid Assn." (p.137); "Charlottesville Colored Agricultural & Industrial Fair Association, 280 W Main, W A Millner pres, Felix Bland (P48326) v-pres, J G Shelton sec-mgr, Charles Hopkins treas" (p.62).

The Directory also lists his home address: "home 329 Preston Ave" (p.137). 

See also the entry for Horace H. Blunt, agent for the Southern Mutual Aid Association. 

Additional information about W. A. Millner 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). 
Sources

- "W. A. Millner," 1914-09-14 photograph in UVA Catalogue (X02605A) 

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