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.
Artist clippings file is available at:
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.
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Published on January 26, 2024
Artist clippings file is available at:
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.
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Published on January 26, 2024
Updated on None
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.