JUEL ID/KEY: P48642

"Horace H. Blunt," a photograph taken by Rufus W. Holsinger on September 18, 1914 (mislabelled, H. H. Bunt).

The Charlottesville City Directory, 1914-15 records the following about Mr. Blunt: "Blunt, Horace H. agt [agent] The So[uthern] Mutual Aid Assn h[ome] 407 W[est] Main" (p.45). 

The Southern Mutual Aid Association was an important African-American insurance company founded in Birmingham, Alabama by T. W. Walker. See also entry for W. A. Millner, superintendent of the Southern Mutual Aid Association. 

Additional information about Horace H. Blunt will be added as it is researched.

Note the portrait is labelled, "H. H. Bunt" in the UVA Library Catalogue (use "Bunt" if searching by name, or, use photo ID provided below).

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

- "Horace H. Blunt," 1914-09-18 photograph in UVA Catalogue (X02609A) 

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

First published: October 1, 2019    

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