1859-1861       173 Washington Street, Boston[1]

1859 November 30. Boston Daily Evening Transcript. (Boston, Massachusetts.) November 30, 1859, Vol. XXX, No. 9079, P. 3

Notice.  The undersigned have formed a copartnership under the style of Black & Batchelder,.  For carrying on the business of Daguerreotyping and Photography in all its branches, at No. 173 Washington street.

Both partners have had long experience in the business, the senior partner having had charge of the Photographic department of the late firm of Whipple & Black for the last five years.  We are supplied with the best instruments known in our art, have engaged first race artists, and are confident we can furnish as good pictures as can be procured.  J. W. Black, (late of Whipple & Black,) P. M. Batchelder.

Advertisement ran from November 30 to December 7, 1859.

1859 December 27.  Boston Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  December 27, 1859, Vol. XXX, No. 9101, P. 3

The undersigned have formed a Copartnership, under the style of Black & Batchelder, for carrying on the business of Daguerreotyping and Photographing in all its branches, at No. 173 Washington street.

Both partners have had long experience in the business; the senior partner having had charge of the Photographic department of Whipple & Black for the last five years, during which time he flatters himself that his pictures have given general satisfaction.  He would be most happy to serve his former friends, patrons and the public generally at new stand.  The new firm are supplied with the best of Instruments and Artists, and are confident in their ability to furnish as good pictures as can be procured.

To a great improvement we invite especial attention: A Ground Glass Skylight (the only one in the city) which affords a mild, subdued light, agreeable to the eye, and gives to the public that soft, delicate effect of light and shade, which is unattainable under an ordinary skylight.  We are now taking life-size Photographs on Canvas, thereby obviating the many objections to those taken on paper in the usual manner.  For Coloring in Oil the new method supplies a want long felt among artists, and its superiority must be evident to all.

Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, &c., copied and enlarged to any size.  Our rooms are easy of access, up only one flight of stairs.  J. W. Black, (Late Whipple & Black.)  P. M. Batchelder. 

1859 December 30. Boston Daily Evening Transcript. (Boston, Massachusetts.) December 30, 1859, Vol. XXX, No. 9104. P. 2.

Fine Photograph Rooms.  The art of photography has arrived at great perfection in the hands of J. W. Black, who, while in the firm of Whipple & Black, devoted his attention particularly to that department.  To obtain the advantages of superior light, he has put up a ground-glass skylight in his new a spacious rooms at 173 Washington street, Boston, where, associated with P. M. Batchelder, an experienced artist, every facility has been secured to enable the new firm to produce the most splendid photographs, from miniature to ;life size.  Mr. Black’s abilities are recognized in all quarters.  His work is of the highest order, while his prices are moderate.  For photographs of all descriptions, daguerreotypes or ambrotypes, these gentlemen can safely be patronized by all desiring superior articles in their line; while their facilities for taking outdoor views of buildings, gardens, landscapes, &c., are unsurpassed.

1860 January 6.  Waltham Sentinel.  (Waltham, Massachusetts.) January 6, 1860, Vol. 5. No. 1, P. 3.

Special Notices.  Black and Batchelder’s Photograph Rooms.—The art of photography has arrived at great perfection in the hands of J. W. Black, who, while a partner in the firm of Whipple & Black, devoted untiring attention to that department.  To obtain the advantages of a superior light, he has had a ground Glass Sky-light put up in his new spacious rooms at 173 Washington street, Boston, where, associated with P. M. Batchelder, an experienced artist, every facility has been secured to enable the new firm to produce Photographs from miniature to life size in the highest style of the art.  Mr. Black’s abilities are too well known to require recommendation from us.  His work is of the highest order, while his prices are moderate.  For Photographs on canvas, life size; for plain photographs, Daguerreotypes, or Ambrotypes, we commend these gentlemen to our readers; while their facilities for taking out-door views of buildings, gardens, landscapes, &c. , unsurpassed.

1860 May 26.  Harper’s Weekly. (New York, New York.)  P. 324

Illustration of a photograph by Black & Batchelder group portrait if the “Chimes of Thirteen Bells For Christ Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Manufactured By Messrs. Henry N. Hooper & Co., Of Boston.”

1860 September.  Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.

Award a silver medal at the ninth exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association Fair for Photographs.

1861, Boston Directory, Published by Adams, Sampson & Co.1861 page 61. 

Black & Batchelder, Photographers, No. 173 Washington Street, Boston.

J. W. Black (Late Whipple & Black).  P. M. Batchelder.

Photographs taken in every style.  Copies made from small Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, or Melanotypes, and enlarged to any size, either plain, furnished in India Ink, or Colors.  Also, life-sized Portraits taken on Canvas, finished in Oil Colors.

None but the best Artists employed.  No person required to take picture unless perfectly satisfactory.

Under our new Ground-Glass Skylight, Pictures of Children are made almost instantly, enabling the Artist to secure the expression most desirable.

The negatives, or first impressions, of all sitters are preserved, and duplicates can be procured at any time.

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[1] Directory of Massachusetts Photographers, 1839-1900. (1860-1861).