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= Emil Mayer =

Dr. Emil Mayer  (October 3, 1871 – June 8, 1938) was an Austrian amateurphotographer, lawyer, inventor, and businessperson. Mayer considered to be one of the best practitioners of bromoil transfers process and he published one of the essential manuals on the process 1912. Shortly after the Nazi occupation of Vienna, Mayer and his wife Elisabeth, died by suicide on June 8, 1938. Most of his work was subsequently confiscated and destroyed.

Early life
Emil Mayer was born on October 3, 1871 in Neubydzow, Bohemia (now Nový Bydžov, Czech Republic) to Leopold and Anna Mayer. In the summer of 1882, Mayer moved with his family to Vienna, Austria where “his father set up business as a merchant.”

From 1891 to 1896, Mayer studied law at the University of Vienna where he earned the juris doctorate on June 27, 1896.

Personal life
While still a student, Mayer left the Jewish community and converted to Catholicism. On March 8, 1894, he was baptized at the Johann Nepomuk Church (Leopoldstadt) under the name Robert Emil. The painter Max von Esterle was his godfather.

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

Death
To escape persecution from the Nazi regime after the annexation of Austria in March 1938, Mayer and his wife died by suicide in their home (BöcklinStraße 12) in Vienna on June 8, 1938.

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 a 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.

Honors, awards and distinctions

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