PetaPixel Influential Sister Photographers Were Hidden in Geronimo’s Eye for a Century


A sepia-toned image showing a close-up of an eye on the right and a black-and-white portrait of an older person with a serious expression and traditional clothing on the left.

Way back in 1904, the Gerhard Sisters captured a portrait of famed Apache warrior, Geronimo, during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. Over 100 years later, a conservator at the Library of Congress noticed a hidden detail in the portrait: the photographer sisters reflected in the warrior's left eye.

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