Freeman, Emma B., 1880-1928

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Eureka, Calif., photographer and artist.

Born in 1880 in Nebraska, Emma Belle Richart married Edwin R. Freeman in Colorado in 1901. In 1904 the couple moved to San Francisco, where they opened an art shop and Emma took drawing and painting lessons. Following the 1906 earthquake the Freemans relocated to Eureka, Calif., and they established the Freeman Art Company. Divorced from her husband in 1915, Emma became the sole proprietor of the firm and practiced photography, specializing in artistic portraits and landscapes, including a series of images of local Yurok and Hupa Indians. She sold her Indian prints through the Freeman Art Company and also exhibited them at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

From the description of Emma B. Freeman photographs of Yurok and Hupa Indians [graphic], [1914-1918] (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 43875384

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associatedWith Edward E. Ayer Photograph Collection (Newberry Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Freeman Art Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Newberry Library. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
California--Eureka
Humboldt County (Calif.)
California--Humboldt County
Klamath Indian Reservation (Calif.)
Eureka (Calif.)
Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation (Calif.)
Subject
Hupa Indians
Indians of North America
Photographers
Women photographers
Yurok Indians
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Birth 1880

Death 1928

Americans

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