Horse Show Pictures
    by Julia Munro

"Horse Show Pictures," twenty-three photographs taken by Rufus W. Holsinger on August 4, 1916. 

Eight of the photographs (three included below) clearly show black as well as white individuals in the crowd and tending to the horses. In many of the photographs the lighting / the distance of the camera from the individuals is such that it is not always clear whom is whom - both races appear to be intermingling. 

These photographs are included here in that, although not posed studio portraits of African Americans, they show actual interactions between white and black citizens at a time when segregation due to Jim Crow laws was in play. They are highly valuable in providing "visual evidence" of that lived environment.  

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: X04337B4
Horse Show Pictures

Below: X04338A3
Horse Show Pictures

Below: X04337B16
Horse Show Pictures
Sources

- "Horse Show Pictures," 1916-08-04 photograph in UVA Library Catalogue (X04337B4)

- "Horse Show Pictures" 1916-08-04 photograph in UVA Library Catalogue (X04338A3)

- "Horse Show Pictures" 1916-08-04 photograph in UVA Library Catalogue (X04337B16) 

 

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, March 2). Horse Show Pictures. Holsinger Portrait Project. https://juel.iath.virginia.edu/node/2006

  • MLA Citation:

    Munro, Julia F. "Horse Show Pictures." Holsinger Portrait Project. Univ. Virginia (2022, March 2). Web. [Date accessed].

First published: October 2, 2020

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