Dr. Emil Mayer (3 October 1871 – 8 June 1938) was an Austrian

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, lawyer, inventor, and businessperson.

Biography

Early life

Emil Mayer was born on 3 October 1871 in Neubydzow,

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(now

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, Czech Republic) to Leopold and Anna Mayer. In the summer of 1882, Mayer moved with his family to

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, where “his father set up business as a merchant.” From 1891 to 1896, Mayer studied law at the

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, where he earned the

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Personal life

While still a student, Mayer left the Jewish community and converted to Catholicism. On 8 March 1894 he was baptized at the under the name Robert Emil. The painter was his godfather.

Marriage

On 6 June 1903 he married Elisabeth Deutsch (18 March 1882 – 8 June 1938).

Death

To escape persecution from the Nazi regime after the

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in March 1938, Mayer and his wife died by suicide in their home (BöcklinStraße 12) in Vienna on 8 June 1938.ÖBL

Career

After Mayer completed his studies at the University of Vienna, he established a law practice at Salvatorgasse 10 in Vienna. Mayer's first experience in photography was as an amateur, and he was a member of several Viennese photographer associations that focused on artistic photography. His artistic photos include documentary images of Wienerstraße images. Mayer was an honorary member of many domestic and foreign photographers' clubs. He also authored a textbook and was awarded several patents for photographic devices.

''DREM-Zentrale''

Finally, Mayer left this he law firm and founded a photographic technology company ''DREM-Zentrale'' with Nikolaus Benedik. The company's name was an abbreviation of DR. E. Mayer. International branches of the company included, ''DREM Products Corporation'' in New York and ''DREM Products Ltd.'' in London, England.

Published works

* 1912 �
''Wurstelprater''
by

Felix Salten Felix Salten (; 6 September 1869 – 8 October 1945) was an Austro-Hungarian author and literary critic in Vienna. Life and death Salten was born Siegmund Salzmann on 6 September 1869 in Pest, Austria-Hungary. His father was Fülöp Salzmann, ...

with 75 photographs by Emil Mayer. * 1912 �
''Das Bromöldruckverfahren''
Halle a.S.: Knapp, 1912. * 1923 �
''Bromoil Printing and Bromoil Transfer''
Boston, Mass: American Photographic Publishing Co., 1923. Translated from the seventh German edition by Frank Roy Fraprie, FRPS (1874 – 1951), editor of ''American Photography''. * 1927 �
''Bromöldruck und -Umdruck''
(Enzyklopädie der Photographie; 81). 10. und 11. ergänzte Auflage. Knapp, Halle (Saale) 1927. * 1927 – "A Manual of Bromoil & Transfer." ''Practical Photography'', no. 12, 1927. Translated by Joseph M. Bing.

Honors, awards and distinctions

* Photographic Society of Philadelphia – Honorary Member, 13 December 1927

Gallery

File:Emil Mayer 029.jpg, Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Stock im Eisen Platz, Vienna File:Emil Mayer 074.jpg, Vor dem Juweliergeschäft, Graben 7, Vienna File:Emil Mayer 033.jpg, Fiaker und Wasserer vor dem Kodak-Geschäft Graben 29, Vienna File:Emil Mayer 017.jpg, Zugmensch, Ledererhof, Am Hof 11, Vienna File:Emil Mayer 063.jpg, Plakatankleber, Vienna File:Emil Mayer 020.jpg, Dienstbotin und Soldaten am Radetzkyplatz, Vienna File:Emil Mayer 021.jpg, „Mistbauer“ bei der Müllbeseitigung, Vienna

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Albertina The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well ...

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Austrian Theatre Museum The Theatermuseum is a federal museum of national theatre history. Since 1991 it is situated in the Palais Lobkowitz in Vienna. History The museum has its origins in the theatre-related collections of the Austrian National Library, dating back t ...

(Theatermuseum Wien) (Vienna, Austria)
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George Eastman Museum The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in ...

(Rochester, New York)
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Harvard Art Museum The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

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Lee Gallery
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Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

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Vienna Museum The Vienna Museum (german: Wien Museum or ''Museen der Stadt Wien'') is a group of museums in Vienna consisting of the museums of the history of the city. In addition to the main building in Karlsplatz and the Hermesvilla, the group includes nume ...

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Österreichisches Volkshochschularchiv
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