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Emme Gerhard

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Name
  
Emme Gerhard


Died
  
1946

Emme Gerhard (1872–1946) was a professional American photographer who worked with her sister Mayme Gerhard (1876–1955) in St. Louis, Missouri. The sisters are remembered for their images of Native Americans and other ethnic groups, especially those exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.

Emme and Mayme were two of the four women granted photographic licenses during the St. Louis World's Fair, out of a total of 750 granted that year. They were assigned to documenting the Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Filipino people that were put on display.

After the World's Fair, they went on to photograph some famous Americans and were part of "New Woman” phenomenon. They also gave free publicity to people fighting for suffrage in the United States.

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Emme Gerhard Wikipedia