1842                Over the Store of George Smith, Wayland, Massachusetts.

Information on George Hawes is from a Manuscript at the Wayland Historical Society, Wayland, Massachusetts.  George Hawes a native of Wayland opens a laboratory for making Daguerreotypes over the store of George Smith.  In the 1850 U. S. Census, George Hawes age 33, is listed as a daguerreotypist.  Two daguerreotypes by Hawes are in their collection.

George Hawes does not appear in other photographic directories.