1851                Address Unknown, Bennington, Vermont.

1851 March 1.  The State Banner.  (Bennington, Vermont.)  March 1, 1851, Vol. X, No. 51, Whole No.519, P. 3.

Read the advertisement of Mr. Johnson, Daguerreotype Artist, in todays Banner.

1851 March 1.  The State Banner.  (Bennington, Vermont.)  March 1, 1851, Vol. X, No. 51, Whole No.519, P. 3.

Light Daguerrean Saloon.  Now is the time to secure the Shadow ere the Substance is Gone.  The subscriber respectfully announces to the inhabitants of Bennington and vicinity, that his Saloon is fitted up in a style to take Miniatures, in the highest and most approved manner.

It is a well known fact, that all of the best paintings and Daguerreotypes are taken by a vertical light, and the beauty of the art of the art consists in the blending of light and shade, so as to produce distinctness, boldness and general rotundity to the to the picture.  As experience in all arts is a prerequisite, the subscriber, having been engaged in the business for ten years past, and taken over twenty thousand Pictures, he flatters himself that he can suitm the most fastidious.

Hours  of taking, from nine o’clock, A. M. to three o’clock, P. M., in both cloudy and fair weather.  Joshua N. Johnson.  Bennington, Feb. 26^th, 1851.

1851 March 8.  The State Banner.  (Bennington, Vermont.)  March 8, 1851, Vol. X, No. 52, Whole No.520, P. 3.

Sky-Light Daguerrean Saloon.  Now is the time to secure the Shadow ere the Substance is Gone.  The subscriber respectfully announces to the inhabitants of Bennington and vicinity, that his Saloon is fitted up in a style to take Miniatures, in the highest and most approved manner.

It is a well known fact, that all of the best paintings and Daguerreotypes are taken by a vertical light, and the beauty of the art of the art consists in the blending of light and shade, so as to produce distinctness, boldness and general rotundity to the to the picture.  As experience in all arts is a prerequisite, the subscriber, having been engaged in the business for ten years past, and taken over twenty thousand Pictures, he flatters himself that he can suitm the most fastidious.

Hours  of taking, from nine o’clock, A. M. to three o’clock, P. M., in both cloudy and fair weather.  Joshua N. Johnson.  Bennington, Feb. 26^th, 1851.