Lias, Zenobia
    by Julia Munro

JUEL ID/KEY: P48763

"Zenobia Lias," a photograph by Rufus W. Holsinger taken on August 12, 1912. 

Additional information about Zenobia Lias will be added as it is researched.

Possible relation: Eudora Lias - well-known for having started the first preschool for African-American children in Charlottesville, located in her home at Fifth and Brown Streets (Cross-White 75).

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).Lias, Zenobia 
Sources

- "Zenobia Lias," 1912-08-12 photograph in UVA Library Catalogue (X00453A) 

- Cross-White, Agnes. Charlottesville: The African-American Community. Arcadia Publishing: Dover, 1998, p.75

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

 

Cite This Entry
  • APA Citation:

    Munro, J.F. (2022, February 17). Zenobia Lias. Holsinger Portrait Project. https://juel.iath.virginia.edu/node/1616

  • MLA Citation:

    Munro, Julia F. "Zenobia Lias." Holsinger Portrait Project. Univ. Virginia (2022, February 17). Web. [Date accessed].

First published: April 16, 2020     


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