C.V. Ussam

1858                Address and Location Unknown.

C.V. Ussam appeared in one announcement in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York)  on December 10, 1858.  New-York City News.  Burning of the Harlem R. R. Depot.  Great Loss Of Property.  Four Men Buried in the Ruins.

This morning sometime between 3 and 4 o’clock, the Harlem Railroad Depot, in Centre street, caught fire on the White street side, and was partially destroyed, together with a large amount of property….

…C. V. Ussam, daguerreotype apparatus, loss $500.

C.V. Ussam is not recorded in other photographic directories.  It is unknown if Ussam was a daguerreotypist or supplier. 

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