Yuki Nobu Yamamoto

1881 -
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BORN
September 25, 1881
Japan
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Photographic finisher

Yuki Nobu Yamamoto was a photographer active in St. Louis, Missouri, in the 1920s. According to the St. Louis city directory, he owned a photography studio at 1602 Market from around 1919 to around 1929. The studio was listed as the Yama-Moto Studio in the 1921 city directory. In the early 1920s, the studio advertised in the St. Louis Argus that they made postal photos, images for chauffeur’s licenses, Kodak finishing and enlargements serving the African-American community.

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Yama-moto Studio (St. Louis, Mo.), African American girl dressed as an American Indian, and an African American boy dressed as a policeman. unknown. Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection. Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Accessed January 6, 2024,  https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/590dv41nv3-cor

“Y.N. Yamamoto in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry, accessed January 4, 2024.

“Yuki N. Yamamoto in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry, accessed January 4, 2024.

“Yamamoto, Yuki N. (Yama-Moto Studio),” Gould’s St. Louis Directory for 1921, p. 2725, Missouri Digital Heritage, accessed January 5, 2024, https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/147872.

“Yamamoto, Yuki N.,” in _Gould’s St. Louis Directory for 1920, _p. 3098, Missouri Digital Heritage, accessed January 5, 2024, https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/144652.

“Yamamoto, Yuki N.,” in _Gould’s St. Louis Directory for 1919, _p. 2784, Missouri Digital Heritage, accessed January 5, 2024, https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/141512.

“Yama-Moto Studio,” advertisement, St. Louis Argus, March 7, 1924, 8.

“Yama-Moto Studio,” advertisement, St. Louis Argus, May 21, 1920, 2.


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Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Artist Record Published

Published on January 26, 2024

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References

Artist clippings file is available at:

Bibliography

Select Sources

Yama-moto Studio (St. Louis, Mo.), African American girl dressed as an American Indian, and an African American boy dressed as a policeman. unknown. Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection. Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Accessed January 6, 2024,  https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/590dv41nv3-cor

“Y.N. Yamamoto in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry, accessed January 4, 2024.

“Yuki N. Yamamoto in the U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995,” Ancestry, accessed January 4, 2024.

“Yamamoto, Yuki N. (Yama-Moto Studio),” Gould’s St. Louis Directory for 1921, p. 2725, Missouri Digital Heritage, accessed January 5, 2024, https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/147872.

“Yamamoto, Yuki N.,” in _Gould’s St. Louis Directory for 1920, _p. 3098, Missouri Digital Heritage, accessed January 5, 2024, https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/144652.

“Yamamoto, Yuki N.,” in _Gould’s St. Louis Directory for 1919, _p. 2784, Missouri Digital Heritage, accessed January 5, 2024, https://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16795coll7/id/141512.

“Yama-Moto Studio,” advertisement, St. Louis Argus, March 7, 1924, 8.

“Yama-Moto Studio,” advertisement, St. Louis Argus, May 21, 1920, 2.


Core Reference Sources

Contributors

Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Artist Record Published

Published on January 26, 2024

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Citation

Wagener, Roberta. “Yuki N. Yamamoto.” In Missouri Remembers: Artists in Missouri through 1951. Kansas City: The Kansas City Art Institute and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; St. Louis: The St. Louis Public Library, 2024, https://doi.org/10.37764/5776.