Rosetta Ernestine Carr (1845 – July 6, 1907) was a Canadian photographer and businessperson. The daughter of Henry Watson, a farmer, and Rosetta Goodall, she was born Rosetta Ernestine Watson in Drummond township,

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and studied photography in

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, in

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and in

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studio. Carr moved to

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in 1883 and bought George Searl's photographic business in the following year. She named her company the American Art Gallery. She was admired for the quality of her work, especially her portraits. Carr also photographed the landscape between Port Arthur and the

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. Carr sold her business in 1899, later moving to Ottawa. She won a diploma and medal at the

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of 1886. She also won a number of prizes at the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition; when she was granted exclusive rights to photograph the exhibition grounds in 1893, her competition boycotted the exhibition and Carr won all the prizes. She married a man named Carr; the date of the marriage and the date when she later became a widow are not known. Carr died in

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, in 1907.

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