Clark & Kennedy

1845-1846       Rooms Seneca Street, 3d door below the M. E. Church, Geneva, New York.

The Partnership of Clark and Kennedy were recorded in two advertisements, the first in the Geneva Courier (Geneva, New York.)  The first advertisement ran from September 16, to December 2, 1845.  Geneva Daguerrean Rooms, Clark & Kennedy, operators.  Likenesses executed Single or in Groups, for the smallest to four times the ordinary size.  Put up in Frames, cases or lockets, with or without colors, on reasonable terms.

Their rooms are comfortably furnished for the reception of Ladies and gentlemen, who are respectively invited to call and examine their specimens.

Persons desirous of becoming acquainted with the art, will be instructed on moderate terms, the use of plates and Camera furnished without extra charge.

The second advertisement was recorded on January 23, 1846 in the Geneva Daily Gazette (Geneva, New York).  Note the date at the end of the advertisement August 29, 1845.  No issues were available to me between August 29, 1845 and January 22, 1846.   Geneva Daguerrean Rooms, Clark & Kennedy, operators.  Likenesses executed Single or in Groups, for the smallest to four times the ordinary size.  Put up in Frames, cases or lockets, with or without colors, on reasonable terms.

Their rooms are comfortably furnished for the reception of Ladies and gentlemen, who are respectively invited to call and examine their specimens.

Persons desirous of becoming acquainted with the art, will be instructed on moderate terms, the use of plates and Camera furnished without extra charge.  Geneva, Aug. 29, 1845.

Clark and Kennedy are not recorded in any photographic directories that were checked, nor could I speculate who they might be based on location and dates of activity.

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