About Rufus W. Holsinger
Lived 1866 – 1930 (aged 63–64). Rufus W. Holsinger was an American photographer.
Rufus W. Holsinger (1866–1930) was an American photographer based in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. His 9000 remaining black-and-white photographic plates and 500 celluloid negatives are maintained in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.
Birth Holsinger was born in 1866 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, to parents Thomas and Elizabeth Holsinger.
Career In the late 1880s, Holsinger settled in Charlottesville and opened the Holsinger University Studio on West Main Street. He was active in local politics and served as treasurer of the Photographers Association of America.
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American photographer (1866–1930)
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Rufus W. Holsinger was born in 1866 in Bedford.
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Rufus W. Holsinger died in 1930 in Charlottesville.
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Rufus W. Holsinger was a photographer.
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Rufus W. Holsinger was American.
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