1852                Address Unknown, Detroit, Michigan.[1]

1854                6 Central Block, Biddeford, Maine.

1856-1866       96 Market Street, Lynn, Massachusetts.[2]

1867-1870       204 Market Street, Lynn, Massachusetts.²

1871-1887       11 Market Street, Lynn, Massachusetts.²

1888-1904       15 Market Street, Lynn, Massachusetts.²

1854 February 17.  The Union and Eastern Journal.  (Biddeford, Maine.)  February 17, 1854, Vol. X, No. 7, P. 3.

McKenney & Bowers, Daguerreotypes!  No. 6 Central Block, Biddeford. Rooms open daily for the reception of visitors.  Pictures taken in all sizes and any style desired.  We have the largest and best collection of specimens to be seen in this vicinity.  Also, the best assortment of Gold Lockets and Fancy Cases, at the lowest prices. E. H. McKenney, W. T. Bowers.

Please call and examine specimens.  Don’t mistake the place.

Advertisement ran from February 17 to April 14, 1854.

1854 April 14.  The Union and Eastern Journal.  (Biddeford, Maine.)  April 14, 1854, Vol. X, No. 15, P. 3.

Stereoscopic Pictures!!  McKenney & Bowers, No. 6 Central Block, Biddeford, Took And Exhibited The First Stereoscopic Picture!  That were taken in “Your County,” and the public are now informed that they are ready to furnish the above style of pictures, executed in the most perfect manner.

By the Stereoscope two pictures of the same person are seen as one, appearing as large as life; and if properly taken are truly beautiful, almost cheating the beholder into the belief that he gazes upon a “thing of Life,” instead of a picture.

Daguerreotypes Of All Styles And Sizes, Taken In The Most Perfect Manner, Fine Gold Lockets.

Buy your Lockets of McKenney & Bowers, if you want a better article than you can get for the same money at any other place.

Fancy Cases And Frames, Of Every Description.  Call And See!  Call and See!!

Advertisement ran from April 14, to May 5, 1854.

1893.  Representative Business Men of Lynn.  P. 47.

W. T. Bowers, Photographer, 15 Market Street, Lynn, Mass.—It is safe to say that knowledge of photography has been more popularized during the past twelve years than all the preceding years since the discovery of the art, for the introduction and perfection of “dry plates” has worked radical changes in apparatus and in methods of work, and made amateur photography so popular that about every fourth man knows something of the art from practical experience. 

Under such circumstances it is not surprising that the standard should have been greatly raised, so that poor or even passable photographs are difficult to sell at any price and some competent artist have taken advantage of the popular demand for excellent work, by quoting fancy prices on all that leaves their studios.  But it is by no means necessary to pay fancy rates in order to get really excellent work, and in proof of the assertion we would refer to the results attained and the prices quoted at the studio of W. T. Bowers, at 15 market Street, for really the work done here is equal to the best, while the prices will compare very favorably with those usually quoted on work of an equal degree of merit.  Mr. Bowers became identified with his present profession about 1850, and thus had a long and varied experience.  He has kept up with the times and has always been the first to introduce into Lynn every new discovery and useful improvement in photography, and has the facilities and the skill to do any work usually done in a first class photographic studio.  Orders will be filled at very short notice and entire satisfaction is guaranteed to every customer.

Ca. 1896.  Catalogue Choice American and Foreign Photographers.  Published by W. T. Bowers, 15 Market Street, Lynn, Mass.  R. Y. Russell, printer.  N .P.

Bowers’ Photographic Studio

Is the oldest of the kind in Lynn, having been in successful operation forty years.

The Artists are skillful and experienced, and the Photographs made are the highest quality, while the prices are reasonable.

Lantern Slides.  Mr. Bowers has one of the finest collections of Lantern Slides in this country, embracing a great variety of subjects.

These Slides can now be hired to illustrate Lectures, or for public or private exhibitions.

Lantern, or Dissolving Stereopticon, furnished when desired.  Also Lantern Slides made to order.

Died May 1904.

His father came from Massachusetts, and Wilder was born in Maine in February of 1824, fourth of the seven children of Wilder and Sarah H. T. Bowers. Hannah was born in Maine in July of 1830, and she married Wilder about 1852. Their children were born in Massachusetts: Charles, Caroline and Willie between 1854 and 1858, and then Nellie in July of 1869. Hannah was a widow and still living at Lynn in 1910.

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[1] Directory of Early Michigan Photographers. Craig’s Daguerreian Registry.  Source from their collection (?)

[2] A Directory Of Massachusetts Photographers 1839-1900.