Category Archives: Daguerreotypes

Jordan, G. E.

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1855-1856       44 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois.

1856 February 1.  The Daily Democratic Press.  (Chicago, Illinois.)  February 1, 1856, Vol. IV, No. 105, P. 2 & 3.

Review of the Manufacturers of Chicago for 1855.  In presenting our readers with the fourth Annual Review of the Manufactures of Chicago, we are happy to say , that this important arm of our prosperity continues to keep pace with the general growth of the city and country…

Daguerreotypes, Photographs, Ambrotypes, &c.  The Daguerrean business is not strickly [sic.]  speaking a manufacturing branch of industry, yet as there is in this city a large amount of capital invested in establishments of this kind, we have thought it  but proper to include them.  During the past two years Daguerrean rooms have increased very rapidly; and we are happy to record the fact, that Chicago has some of the best operators in the United States.

A. Hesler, Daguerrean and Photographer, Metropolitan Block, Lasalle street.

This is the largest Daguerrean establishment in the United States.  It consists of 12 large rooms, most appropriately fitted up.  The show rooms are luxuriously furnished.

Mr. Hesler’s Daguerreotype likenesses have taken the premium at the World’s Fair, New York, and at several of the State Fairs throughout the United States.  He was formerly situated at Galena, in this State, and moved to this city in December, 1854.

The following is a statement of his business during 1855.

Capital Investment…………$22,000

Va. Of Pictures, &c.………..$38,000

Material used……….………$18,000

Wages used………………….$6,500

No. of operators employed….10.

Root, Cook & Fassett, Daguerreotypist and Ambrotypist, 131 Lake street.

This establishment was only commenced las September, since which time they have acquired a good reputation as Daguerreans.  Some of their pictures have taken premiums at State Fairs and Industrial exhibitions.

The Following is a statement of their operation from Sept. 1st to Dec. 31st, 1855.

Capital Invested……….$3,000

600 pictures……………$2,000

Raw material used……..$400

H. W. Williams, Daguerrean Artist, 58 West Randolph street.

The amount of business turned out in this establishment during the past year, is as follows:

Capital Invested……$500.

Value of pictures……$1,500.

No. of operators…….2.

Taylor & Lenox, Ambrotypist and Daguerreans, 75 Lake street.

This firm commenced business in September last.  They are the proprietors of the patent right of Cutting’s process of Ambrotyping, for this State and Wisconsin.  The figures during the few months they have been in business, we did not receive.

C. H. Lillibridge, Photographer, 77 Lake st….No report.

C. C. Kelsey, Daguerrean, 96 Lake st………..Blanks not returned.

G. E. Jordan, Daguerrean, 44 Dearborn st…..No returns.

E. G. Stiles, Daguerrean, 139 Lake st…………Blanks not returned.

P. Von Schneidau, Daguerrean, 142 Lake st….Blanks not returned.

Jones, William B.

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Ca. 1848-1852            96 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

Information from Vital Records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, To The Year 1850. 

Chelsea Marriages.  1848 January 28.  William B. Jones, widr., of Boston, age 31, son of Abner and Phebe of Lynn, and Rachel Carney daughter of John & Sarah Carney, age 23.

Information from Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849.  Volume I.—Births.

Sarah Eveline Jones, daughter of William B. Jones, Daguerreotypist and Rachel, March 25, 1849.

1850 September 2.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 2, 1850,  Vol. XXI, No. 6179, P. 2.

A patent has been granted to John A. Whipple, the Daguerreotypist, and William B. Jones, of this city, as the original inventors of the process of taking Daguerreotypes or Photographic pictures on glass.

1850 September 2.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 2, 1850,  Vol. XXI, No. 6179, P. 3.

Notice.  Whereas Letters Patent have been granted to John A. Whipple and William B. Jones, of Boston, for the invention of taking photographic pictures or daguerreotypes on glass, all persons are cautioned against using the same, as any infringement will be dealt with according to the law made and provided.  Patent rights for sale on reasonable terms.

Apply to J. A. Whipple, 96 Washington street.

Advertisement ran from September 2 to November 12, 1850.

1850 September.  Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. (Boston, Massachusetts)

warded a Silver Medal at the sixth exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Fair for Improvements in Photography.

1850 September 4.  Daily Advertiser.  (Springfield, Massachusetts.)  September 4, 1850, Vol. 7, No. 210, P. 3.

—John A. Whipple and W. B. Jones of Boston have secured a patent for the process of Daguerreotyping on glass.

1850 September 4.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  September 4, 1850, Vol. X, No. 2928, P. 1.

Daguerreotypes On Glass.—A Patent has been granted to John A. Whipple and Wm. B. Jones of Boston, as the original inventors of the process of taking Photographic pictures or Daguerreotypes on glass.

1850 September 4.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  September 4, 1850, Vol. X, No. 2928, P. 5.

Notice.—Whereas letters patent have been granted to John A. Whipple and Wm. B. Jones of Boston for the invention of taking Photographic pictures or Daguerreotypes on glass, all persons are cautioned against using the same, as any infringement will be dealt with according to the law made and provided.  Patent rights for sale on reasonable [terms.]  John A Whipple, 96 Washington St. Boston.                                                           

Advertisement ran from September 4 to October 3, 1850.

1850 September 21.  New London Democrat.  (New London, Connecticut.)  September 21, 1850, Vol. VI, No. 28, Whole No. 288, P. 2.

New Process Of Daguerreotyping.—A patent has been granted to John A. Whipple the Daguerreotypist, and William B. Jones of this city, as the original inventors of the process of taking Daguerreotypes or Photographic Pictures on glass.

1850 October 27.  The Daily Chronotype.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 27, 1850, Vol. 8, No. 102, P. 1.

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association.  The committees of judges having all completed their reports, the Executive Committee are now enabled to publish the additional awards for articles at the Sixth Exhibition, September 1850…Silver Medal to Whipple & Jones, improvements in photographs.

1851 September 26.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 26, 1851, Vol. XXII, No. 6509, P. 3.

John A. Whipple wou’d respectfully inform his friends and the public that he gives his personal attention to Daguerreotyping at No. 96 Washington street, where he wou’d be happy to wait upon those who intend procuring Miniatures, assuring them such as shall be perfectly satisfactory to friends, or no charge.  His Dissolving Views, now exhibiting at Amory Hall, are in charge of Wm. B. Jones, Lessee and Manager.

Advertisement ran from September 26 to October 3, 1851.

1852 March 3.  Daily Republican.  (Springfield, Massachusetts.)  March 3, 1852, Vol. 9, No. 54, P. 2.

Whipple’s Original, Unrivalled and Mammoth Exhibition of Dissolving Views Will be exhibited at Hampden Hall, Springfield, on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday, March 4, 5, 6 and 8, commencing at 7½.  That all may secure good seats, the doors will be open one hour previous.

Part I.

Views in Palestine or America.

Part II.

A powerful ox hydrogen microscope, magnifying many million times, showing the structure of plants and animals, many of which are visible to the naked eye—for instance, the eye of the House Fly, four or more feet in diameter, consisting of 8,000 small eyes.  In this part the laughable Panorama of the Darning Needle will be introduced, followed by the Microscope Menagerie, embracing a variety of Living Animals, inhabiting pure water, figs, raisins, and a variety of other substances, which are shown of a prodigious size, moving in all directions, creating immoderate laughter by their erratic movements.

Part III.

The Mountains and Valleys of the Moon, shown by a daguerreotype 12 feet in diameter, produced by the great Cambridge Telescope.  Scenes in England, Ireland, France, Spain, and Italy, in which will be shown the Snow Storm.

Part IV.

The Suicide’s Narrow Escapes; laughable predicaments and comical adventures of Obidiah Oldbuck in search of a wife.

The Exhibition will conclude with Pyramic Fires.

Notwithstanding the great attraction offered, the price of admission is only 12½ cents.

Positively no reduction for children.

Wm. B. Jones, Lessee and Manager.

Advertisement ran from March 3 to 6, 1852

1852 May 24.  Daily Republican.  (Springfield, Massachusetts.)  May 24, 1852, Vol. 9, No. 121, P. 2.

J. A. Whipple and W. B. Jones of Boston, have discovered a process by which the most perfect and beautiful daguerreotype picture can be taken on paper.  The picture are first taken on glass and then transferred to paper.  The number of copies on paper can be multiplied to any desired extent.  This is truly a great discovery.

1852 May 26.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  May 26, 1852, Vol. XXIII, No. 6715, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes on Paper.  A valuable improvement in daguerreotyping has been made by Mr. J. A. Whipple of this city, in connection with Mr. W. B. Jones.  By a new and delicate process Daguerreotypes can be transferred in the most perfect manner to paper.  We have seen several specimens thus transferred and can testify to the extraordinary accuracy and beauty of the impressions.  The idea of daguerreotyping on paper was first carried out by Mr. Fox Talbot, an English gentleman of fortune, and his invention was called the Talbotype.  The greatest difficulty in his process was the uneven texture and fibrous character of the paper, upon which the images were taken.  Messrs. Whipple and Jones substituted films upon glass for the paper negative of Talbot, for which improvement they secured letters patent in the United States.  The same thing was discovered at about the same time, by

Nepice, a French scientific gentleman; but pictures taken in this manner upon glass still lacked the harmony of light and shade desirable.  Objects in the shade, as in many daguerreotypes, could not be distinguished.  Mr. Whipple has recently improved upon the process so as to obviate this difficulty, and to give to every object represented, the delicate shading of nature.  The pictures we have seen are in every respect equal to the original daguerreotypes in effect, and superior as objects for preservation and parlor ornament.  We commend the curious to an examination of Mr. Whipple’s specimens.

1852 May 27.  Maine Farmer.  (Augusta, Maine.)  May 27, 1852, Vol. XX, No. 22, P. 3.

Talbotypes—Or Daguerreotypes On Paper.  Mr. J. A. Whipple and Mr. W. B. Jones have perfected a process by which the most perfect and beautiful daguerreotype pictures can be taken on paper.  We have seen several pictures of public buildings in the city and other objects taken by this process, which possess the beauty and fine finish and perfect distinctness of engravings, while they have much of the softness of crayon drawings.  The pictures are first taken on glass, and thence transferred to paper; and one great advantage of this process is, that after the image is obtained on glass, the impressions can be multiplied on paper to an indefinite extent; the glass plate serving as a stereotype plate of the picture which is transferred to paper by an easy and simple process.  It is the greatest improvement in daguerreotyping which has yet been made, and we hope will fill the artists’ pockets with “material aid.”  [Traveller.  

1852 June 4.  Barre Patriot.  (Barre, Massachusetts.)  June 4, 1852, Vol. 8, No. 47, Whole No. 587, P. 2.

J. A. Whipple and W. B. Jones of Boston, have discovered a process by which the most perfect and beautiful daguerreotype picture can be taken on paper.  The picture are first taken on glass and then transferred to paper.  The number of copies on paper can be multiplied to any desired extent.  This is truly a great discovery.

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

Jones, Samuel S.

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1853                77 Bowery, New York, New York.

1855-1859       75 Bowery, New York, New York.

1862                Address Unknown, New York, New York.

1855 July 10.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  July 10, 1855, Whole No. 6891, P. 6.

Wanted—A Young Man Who Understands the daguerrean business.  Apply at 75 Bowery, S. S. Jones.

1857 March 7.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  March 7, 1857, Whole No. 7493, P. 6.

To Photographists.—Wanted, A Man Who perfectly understands photography.  Apply at S. S. Jones’ great daguerreotype, ambrotype, and photographic gallery, 75 Bowery.

New York City Directories.  (New York, New York.)  published by John Fowler Trow.

1852.  Not Listed.

1853.  Jones, S. S.—daguerreotypes-77 Bowery. h-North American Hotel.

1854.  Not Listed.

1855.  Jones, Samuel S.—daguerreotypes-75 Bowery.

1856.  Jones, Samuel S.—daguerrean-75 Bowery.

1857.  Jones, Samuel S.—photographs-75 Bowery.  h-125 Greene

1858.  Jones, Samuel S.—daguerreians-75 Bowery.  h-3 Cornelia

1859.  Jones, Samuel S.—daguerreotypes-75 Bowery.  h-30 Essex

1860.  Not Listed

1861.  Jones, Samuel S.—No occupation listed.  h-27 Essex

1862.  Jones, Samuel S.—photographs- h-314 Fourth ave.

1863.  Jones, Samuel S.—police.  h-171 Tenth.

Jones, Robert S.

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1853                Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia.

1860                Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia.

1853 January.  The Photographic Art Journal.  (New York, New York.)  January 1853, Vol. V, No. 1, P. 64.

—Our old friend, Mr. Robert S. Jones has become the successor of Mr. Retser in I the daguerrean art in this place.  Mr. Jones was a pupil of Retser for a considerable time, and spent a greater portion of last summer in perfecting himself among the artists of his profession in the North, and now he takes pictures equal to his instructors, and we hope the community will extend to him a generous patronage.  Mr. Jones has some daguerreotype views of Niagara Falls and other places of note, which he took while on his northern tour, that have been pronounced equal if not superior, to any ever taken.  It was untrue that our friend Jones lost his life when the Henry Clay Steamer was burned on the Hudson River last summer, for the very good reason that he did not happen to be on board of her, and all who may have heard the report, will become convinced of the truth of our statement by calling at his Gallery on Main street, and getting their pictures taken.—Charlotteville, (Va.) Jeffersonian.

1860 January 28.  Lynchburg Daily Virginian.  (Lynchburg, Virginia.)  January 28, 1860, Vol. 8, No. 152, P. 3.

Daguerrean Gallery.  Prices Reduced to Suit the Times.  Pictures Twenty-Five Cents!  The subscriber begs leave to inform the citizens of Charlottesville and its vicinity, that he has leased the Gallery belonging to R. S. Jones, on Main Street.  Having been engaged in the business for the last fifteen tears, he flatters himself that he is capable of giving satisfaction to all persons who will call on him.

Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes Statuary And Paintings, copied in the best manner; views of private residences, or Public Buildings taken.  Particular attention will be paid to the pictures of children, pictures of grown persons, or copies can be made in cloudy or rainy days as well as on clear ones.

Please call and examine the specimens whether you desire pictures or not.  Thomas L. Ennis, Artist.  Charlottesville, Jan. 27, 1860.

Advertisement ran from January 28 to February 17, 1860.

Lones, L.

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1852-1853       Near Bass River Lower Bridge, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

1860                Address Unknown, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts.[1]

1853 January 21.  Yarmouth Register.  (Yarmouth-port, Massachusetts.)  Vol. XVII, No. 7, P. 4.

Daguerreotype Miniatures, Taken in the same building [near Bass River Lower Bridge by L. Jones, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 4 P. M.  Having a superior German instrument, a sky-light, and many years experience in the Daguerrian art, he is confident that he can take miniatures unsurpassed by any ever taken on the Cape.  South Yarmouth, Dec. 23, 1852

Advertisement was recorded from January 21 to March 25, 1853.

[1] A Luther Jones (possibly same person) was recorded as an ambrotypist in The New England Business Directory as being active in 1860 in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

Jones, John

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1848-1851       159 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland.

1848 May 2.  The Sun.  (Baltimore, Maryland.)  May 2, 1848, Vol. XXII, No. 140, P. 2.

Jones’ Daguerrian Gallery.  No. 159 Baltimore Street, Opposite the Museum.  If you wish a superior Daguerreotype, call at Jones’, where a perfect Likeness is given or no charge.  Having the advantages of a fine North Light, an instrument with powerfully reflected light and shade, and a scientific knowledge of the Art, the pictures taken by him are unsurpassed, the outlines being distinct and the Eye perfect.  Likenesses of the ages, sick or deceased taken at their residences.  Paintings, Statuary and Daguerreotypes copied.  Miniatures set in Rings, Lockets, &c.  Mr. Jones requests particular attention to the life-like appearance of his colored likenesses, and the clear and natural expression of the Eye.  Terms moderate.

Advertisement ran from May 2 to 29, 1848.

1848 May 4.  American And Commercial Daily Advertiser.  (Baltimore, Maryland.)  May 4, 1848, Vol. XCVII, No. 10,958, P. 3.

Jones’ Daguerrian Gallery.  No. 159 Baltimore Street, Opposite the Museum.  If you wish a superior Daguerreotype, call at Jones’, where a perfect Likeness is given or no charge.  Having the advantages of a fine North Light, an instrument with powerfully reflected light and shade, and a scientific knowledge of the Art, the pictures taken by him are unsurpassed, the outlines being distinct and the Eye perfect.  Likenesses of the ages, sick or deceased taken at their residences.  Paintings, Statuary and Daguerreotypes copied.  Miniatures set in Rings, Lockets, &c.  Mr. Jones requests particular attention to the life-like appearance of his colored likenesses, and the clear and natural expression of the Eye.  Terms moderate.

Advertisement ran from May 4 to August 8, 1848.  

1848 May 6.  American And Commercial Daily Advertiser.  (Baltimore, Maryland.)  May 6, 1848, Vol. XCVII, No. 10,960, P. 3.

Improvement in Daguerreotyping.—We were shown, a few days since, a daguerreotype likeness, taken by Mr. Jones, No. 179 Baltimore street, opposite the Museum, which had been subjected to an improved process, of which Mr. J. claims to be the inventor.  The effect of the process discovered by Mr. Jones is such that an ordinary daguerreotype subjected to it becomes ineffaceably fixed to the plate on which it is taken, and no rubbing with the hand, or with a wet or dry cloth will remove it.  This invention cannot but be of great advantage in the using of daguerreotype plates by engravers, the chief obstacle to which has heretofore been the liability of defacing the impression even by the slightest touch.  Now, however, the daguerreotype can be taken on a copper-plate, silvered over, and engraver can use the same plate, following the lines of the impression, and thereby make the likeness as unerring as that of the daguerreotype.  Mr. Jones has been very successful in the pursuit of his art, as the many beautiful specimens with which his rooms are adorned abundantly testify.

1848 May 20.  Indiana State Sentinel.  (Indianapolis, Indiana.)  May 20, 1848, Vol. III, No. 110, P. 2.

Daguerreotyping.  An improvement in the art.—A discovery in the art of Daguerreotyping has lately been made by Mr. Jones in Baltimore.  The discovery consists in a new method of taking daguerreotypes, which renders the impression indelibly fixed upon the plate, and not liable to be deface by handling—indeed they may be rubbed with a cloth without the slightest injury.  One advantage resulting from this invention is, that likenesses can be taken on copper plate washed with silver, for the purpose of being engraved upon.  In this way the artist is enabled to follow the most minute line of the picture, and thus secure an engraving as faithful as the daguerreotype itself.

1848 May 24.  The Baltimore Clipper.  (Baltimore, Maryland.)  May 24, 1848, Vol. XVIII, No. 114, P. 3.

Jones’ Daguerrian Gallery.  No. 159 Baltimore Street, Opposite the Museum.  If you wish a superior Daguerreotype, call at Jones’, where a perfect Likeness is given or no charge.  Having the advantages of a fine North Light, an instrument with powerfully reflected light and shade, and a scientific knowledge of the Art, the pictures taken by him are unsurpassed, the outlines being distinct and the Eye perfect.  Likenesses of the ages, sick or deceased taken at their residences.  Paintings, Statuary and Daguerreotypes copied.  Miniatures set in Rings, Lockets, &c.  Mr. Jones requests particular attention to the life-like appearance of his colored likenesses, and the clear and natural expression of the Eye.  Terms moderate.

Advertisement was recorded three time between May 24 to June 1, 1848.

1848 May 25.  Indiana State Sentinel.  (Indianapolis, Indiana.)  May 25, 1848, Vol. VII, No. 49, P. 1.

Daguerreotyping.  An improvement in the art.—A discovery in the art of Daguerreotyping has lately been made by Mr. Jones in Baltimore.  The discovery consists in a new method of taking daguerreotypes, which renders the impression indelibly fixed upon the plate, and not liable to be deface by handling—indeed they may be rubbed with a cloth without the slightest injury.  One advantage resulting from this invention is, that likenesses can be taken on copper plate washed with silver, for the purpose of being engraved upon.  In this way the artist is enabled to follow the most minute line of the picture, and thus secure an engraving as faithful as the daguerreotype itself.

1848 May 26.  Kalamazoo Gazette.  (Kalamazoo, Michigan.)  May 26, 1848, Vol. 15, No. 732, P. 2.

A daguerreotypist named Jones, of Baltimore, has made a discovery by which the daguerreotype impression is indelibly fixed on the plate, and not liable to be defaced by handling—indeed the plate may be rubbed with a cloth without receiving the slightest injury.

1848 June 15.  New-York Baptist Register.  (Utica, New York.)  June 15, 1848, Vol. XXV, No. 20, P. 3.

Improvement.—A daguerreotypist, named Jones, of Baltimore, has made a discovery by which the daguerreotype impression is indelibly fixed on the plate, and not liable to be defaced by handling—indeed, the plate may be rubbed with a cloth without receiving the slightest injury.

1848 July 15.  The Examiner.  (Louisville, Kentucky.)  July 15, 1848, Vol. II, Whole No. 57, P. 3.

Daguerreotyping.  An improvement in the art.—A discovery in the art of Daguerreotyping has lately been made by Mr. Jones in Baltimore.  The discovery consists in a new method of taking daguerreotypes, which renders the impression indelibly fixed upon the plate, and not liable to be deface by handling—indeed they may be rubbed with a cloth without the slightest injury.  One advantage resulting from this invention is, that likenesses can be taken on copper plate washed with silver, for the purpose of being engraved upon.  In this way the artist is enabled to follow the most minute line of the picture, and thus secure an engraving as faithful as the daguerreotype itself.

1850 March 4.  The Sun.  (Baltimore, Maryland.)  March 4, 1850, Vol. XXVI, No. 90, P. 2.

Jones’ Improved Combined Sky And Side Light Daguerrian Gallery, 159 Baltimore-St., between Calvert and Grant.

Persons wishing Daguerreotypes would do well to call and examine those taken by the combined light.  It is arranged so that the light and shade can be blended with the utmost harmony, while the dress, eye, and every expression of the face, is naturally and beautifully represented.

Satisfaction given, or no charge.  Post mortem cases promptly attended to.  Jones, 159 Baltimore street, over Parr & Banks’ China store.

1850 June 4.  The Baltimore Clipper.  (Baltimore, Maryland.)  June 4, 1850, Vol. XXII, No. 133, P. 3.

Jones Improved Combined Sky And Side Light Daguerrian Gallery, 159 Baltimore-St., between Calvert and Grant.

Mr. Jones invites the attention of the public to his improved combined light, (the only one in Baltimore,) the immense superiority of which has been fully tested by the most celebrated Daguerreotypists of other cities.

Sky-light pictures have been much objected to on account of the dark streak across the eyes, heavy shadow under the nose, chin, &c., which gives harsh expression, while those taken by the side-light are usually very dark on one side.  These defects, however, have been entirely removed by the combined light, it being so arranged as to be strengthened or softened at pleasure, enabling the Artist to blend the light and shade so equally, as to give the picture a more perfect finish, than the finest painting.

Mr. J. has spared no pains or expense to render himself proficient in his profession, and as he devotes his personal attention to his business, to those who may call, he guarantees a perfect likeness, or no charge.

Portraits of the aged, sick, or deceased, promptly taken at their residences.

Advertisement was recorded on June 4 and October 23, 1850.

Johnston, Charles M.

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1846                Mechanics’ Institute, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

1847-1851       Kramph’s Building, North Queen and Orange Streets, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

1846 April 15.  Lancaster Democrat.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  April 15, 1846, Vol. 3, No. 50, P. 2.

New Daguerrean Gallery.  The subscriber would respectfully inform his friends and the public [in] general that he has taken rooms in the Mechanics’ Institute for the purpose of taking Daguerreotype Likenesses, and would invite all who wish Correct Miniatures, to honor him with a visit, and he flatters himself in every instance to give satisfaction.  Please call, and “Secure the shadow, ere the substance fade.”

Miniatures taken in cloudy weather.—Hours of operation from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.  C. M. Johnston.

1846 April 29.  Lancaster Examiner and Herald.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  April 29, 1846, Vol. XX, New Series Vol. VIII, No. 22, P. 3.

New Daguerrean Gallery.  The subscriber would respectfully inform his friends and the public [in] general that he has taken rooms in the Mechanics’ Institute for the purpose of taking Daguerreotype Likenesses, and would invite all who wish Correct Miniatures, to honor him with a visit, and he flatters himself in every instance to give satisfaction.  Please call, and “Secure the shadow, ere the substance fade.”

Miniatures taken in cloudy weather.—Hours of operation from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.  C. M. Johnston.

Advertisement was recorded three times between April 29 to May 20, 1846.

1847 May 12.  Lancaster Examiner and Herald.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  May 12, 1847, Vol. XXI, New Series Vol. IX, No. 24, P. 3.

Johnston Going Ahead!!  The subscriber thankful for past favors, would respectfully inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Lancaster and vicinity, that he has permanently fitted up his room in Kramph’s building, 2d story, North Queen st., opposite the Post Office, where he is prepared to execute in a superior style Daguerreotype Miniatures true to life, and warranted not to fade.

Then give me a call, my prices are low,

My work it is perfect, as specimens show;

The sun is my pencil, with reverence I say.

Your faces are copied by the bright King of day.

Instruction given in the art, and apparatus furnished on reasonable terms.  C. M. Johnston.

Advertisement was recorded four times between May 12 to June 9, 1847.

1848 May 17.  Lancaster Examiner and Herald.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  May 17, 1848, Vol. XXI, New Series Vol. IX, No. 24, P. 3.

Johnston Still Ahead!  “Secure the Shadow ere the substance fade.”  Apollo Saloon!!! 

Kramph’s Building, North Queen St., opposite the Post Office  C. M. Johnston & Co. take this method of tendering their sincere thanks to their friends and the public in general for the patronage so liberally extended to their Establishment for the last two years, and would again inform them that they are still ready to execute Daguerreotype Miniatures in a style unsurpassed by any other establishment in the State, at prices ranging from $1.50 to $5.00.

Paintings accurately copied—miniatures taken of deceased persons—instruction given in the art—apparatus and stock furnished, such as chemicals, cases, plates, &c., &c., on the most reasonable terms.  All orders punctually attended to.  C. M. Johnston.  apr19.

1848 November 14.  The Lancaster Intelligencer.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  November 14, 1848, Vol. XLIX, No. 42, P. 3.

Died.  In Drumore township, on Thursday morning November 2d, of Consumption, Hannah A., wife of  C. M. Johnston, in the 36th year of her age.

 “Friend after friend departs;

Who hath not lost a friend?

There is no union here of hearths,

That hath not an end.”

1850 March 12.  The Lancaster Intelligencer.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  March 12, 1850, Vol. LI, No. 7, P. 2.

Fire.—A fire broke out on Friday morning last in Johnston’s Daguerrean Rooms, corner of North Queen and Orange streets.  It was soon subdued, however, without doing any material damage to the building.  Mr. J. lost his drapery, screens, &c.

1850 April 2.  The Lancaster Intelligencer.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  April 2, 1850, Vol. LI, No. 10, P. 2.

Fire!  Fire!  Fire!  Notwithstanding the late fire consumed almost everything contained in Johnston’s Daguerrean Room, Including apparatus, stock, fixtures, chemicals, &c., he is not yet ready to “surrender;” but takes great pleasure in informing his friends and the public generally, that he has purchased in Philadelphia an entirely new and much improved Daguerrean Apparatus, far new and much Improved Daguerrean Apparatus, far superior to any ever before used in this city, with which he is now prepared to take, at his old stand, splendid Daguerreotype Portraits, of all sizes, and at all times, (without regard to weather) in a style of elegance unsurpassed by any establishment in the larger cities, and at the very lowest rates at which Good Pictures can be put up.

Groups, containing any number of persons, neatly arranged, and taken on one plate.

Accurate copies will be taken from other Daguerreotypes, Oil Paintings, Engravings, or Statuary.

Pictures put up in splendid Rose wood Frames, Papier Mache Book cases, Lockets, Breast Pins, Rings, &c., on the most reasonable terms.

Entire satisfaction guarantied in every instance, and pictures Warranted Not To Fade.

Johnston’s Daguerrean Establishment has been so long and so favorably known, that it is scarcely necessary to state that it is in Kramph’s Building, corner of North Queen and Orange sts., and is the Only place in Lancaster where perfect pictures can be procured.

Please give him a call and examine specimens. 

Advertisement ran from April 2 to June 11, 1850.

1850 June 20.  Lancaster Examiner and Herald.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  June 20, 1850, Vol. XXIV, New Series Vol. VII, No. 30, P. 2.

Spangler & Brother have just published a very fine Lithographic likeness of Rev. J. C. Baker, Pastor of the Lutheran Church of this city, by Newsam, from a Daguerreotype by Johnson.

1850 July 23.  The Lancaster Intelligencer.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  July 23, 1850, Vol. LI, No. 26, P. 3.

“How Beautiful!”  ”How Life-like!”  “How Delicate and Fine!”  Such are a few of the expressions of the scores of visitors who daily throng to Johnston’s Daguerreotype Rooms to procure one of his elegant Likenesses,—which, for beauty of shading, depth of tone, and elegance of finish, are unequalled by any pictures ever taken in Lancaster, and unsurpassed by those taken by the best artists in the larger cities.

Groups of any number of persons neatly arranged and taken on one plate.

Miniatures set in Lockets, Breast Pins, Rings, &c., (no matter how small.)

A beautiful assortment of Rosewood Frames and Paper mache Book Cases, constantly on hand.  Satisfaction guarantied in every instance and pictures Warranted Not To Fade.

Johnston’s Daguerreotype Rooms are in Kramph’s Building, corner of North Queen and Orange streets.   

Advertisement ran from July 23, 1850 to January 29, 1851.

1850 September 25.  The Lancaster Examiner.  (Lancaster, Pennsylvania.)  September 25, 1850, Vol. XXIV, New Series Vol. XII, No. 43, P. 3.

Johnston’s Daguerreotype Rooms, Kramph’s Building, Corner of North Queen and Orange Streets, Lancaster.

Advertisement ran from September 25, 1850 to January 29, 1851.        

Johnson, Walter Rogers

Daguerreotypes, ,

1840                Pennsylvania Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1840 February 8.  National Gazette and Literary Register.  (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.)  February 8, 1840, Vol. XX, No. 6072, P. 2.

To the Editors of the National Gazette.  Gentlemen—The notice which you have taken in the Gazette of Friday evening of specimens of Daguerreotype some time since produced in this city appears to me to require as an act of simple justice, a statement that my own are not by any means the only pieces which have been produced in this country prior to the arrival of the collection of Paris pictures for exhibition, in the hands of a French gentleman now in New York.  It is due to Mr. Joseph Saxton, Dr. Paul B. Goddard, Mr. Robert Cornelius and Mr. James Swain, to mention that each has made a number of successful attempts in the execution of the process of M. Daguerre.  They have moreover obtained their success by the means of apparatus entirely constructed in this country and by steps of the process considerably varied from the directions of the inventor of the art.  It may in addition be as well to recollect that three or four lectures on Daguerreotype have been given at as many successive monthly meetings of the Franklin Institute, by different members of that Institution and that the entire body of directions published by Daguerre, has been some time ago Translated by Mr. Frazer and published in the Journal of the Institute.

As M. Daguerre was pensioned by the French government for making known all that he had discovered and all which he should hereafter discover in regards to this art, it was doubtless the declaration of this fact, vouched by the first scientific authority in France, by the chambers and the throne of that nation, which induced scientific men and others on this side of the Atlantic to believe that in procuring the apparatus and following the instructions of the inventor they would not be liable to more than the ordinary chance of failure in imitating a new process, whether they should be favored by any personal instructions or not, and the degree of excellence and fidelity to nature attained in this city is entirely due to the labors and ingenuity of those who have devoted themselves to the practice and dissemination of the new and beautiful art, aided of course by the published instructions which the liberality of the French nation had caused to be made known to the world. 

I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Walter A. Johnson.

1840 March 20.  The Farmers’ Cabinet.  (Amherst, New Hampshire.)  March 20, 1840, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 30, P. 1 & 2.

The Daguerreotype.  We have on several occasions, given our readers, statements relative to the wonderful discovery of Mr. Daguerreotype in Paris.  Professor Johnson, of the Filbert street College, has produced many beautiful specimens of the Daguerreotype, some of which may be seen at the Merchant’s Exchange.  The view of that noble edifice and also of the Bank of the United States are very fine.

Mr. Gourard has also lectured on this discovery in New York.  The rationale of the process as stated by that gentleman, is given in the Albion.  The plates which are to receive the impression, must be of nineteen parts thickness of copper and one of silver; they must be of the best and purest material, without which precautions they will be all useless, the silvered surface must be polished in the highest degree of art, and every care must thenceforth be taken to preserve that surface from moisture of from oleaginous contact.  In particular they must be perfectly dry at the time the operator commences the application of chemical preparations.

The operator takes two balls of fine cotton, on one of which he pours a solution of nitric acid, being sixteen parts to one of acid, and then rubs it with a circular motion, every where and evenly over the plate; with the other ball the plate is then rubbed dry.  This is done three times, and then the surface is ready to receive the vapor of Iodine.  The Iodine is in a shallow, wide-mouthed cup, covered over with a very wide-woven gauze, and placed at the bottom of a wooden box.—The plate is then put upon a ledge near the top of the box, with the prepared face downwards and the lid closely[shut].  From this time all the operations must be conducted as nearly in the dark as the operator can allow himself to see in.  In about ten minutes the vapor of Iodine has communicated to the prepared surface of the plate a tint of deep gold color, and is now to be placed in the Camera Obscura.  On taking the plate out of the Iodine box, it is immediately covered with a thick dark baize to protect it from both moisture and the attack of light, until placed in a proper position to receive the required reflection.  The camera obscura is then properly adjusted to the object, and the plate is inserted.  It remains there during the space of from eight to fifteen minutes, according to the state of the atmosphere, and the strength of the light, when the picture will be completed.  The length of time must be an effort of the judgement and experience, it cannot at once be given as a rule; of course the plate cannot be removed from the camera until this part of the operation be completed, and, during the time this is in progress, there ought not to be the least vibration in the vicinity of the instrument.  When the plate now containing the impression, is withdrawn, from the camera obscura, it is placed in a box, as in the operation of the Iodine, at the bottom of which is a quantity of mercury.  To the bottom of this box a spirit lamp, lighted, is applied, and kept there until the tempture of the mercury is at 65 degrees of Reaumur, when the lamp is withdrawn.  In a very few minutes, the vapor of mercury is sufficiently spread over the face of the plate, and is withdrawn from thence.—Philadelphia Saturday Courier.

We learned from the N. Y. Dispatch, that a young American artist in that city (A. S. Wolcott) has introduced some striking improvements in the use of this instrument.  He has made an apparatus by which he can take miniatures likenesses from life, in a more distinct [ ? ] than any specimens which have previously been produced.  In fact, his portraits are nearly as though they were drawn with India ink upon paper.  Each particular shade of the face and dress is given with astonishing exactness, and if the likenesses be examined with a microscope, it presents each fiber of the [tint].  By the old mode it required it some ten or fifteen minutes to perfect a Daguerreotype picture, whereas, with a perfectly clear atmosphere, Mr. Wolcott only requires a sitting of one minute—Ports. Jour.  

Johnson, Thomas H.

Ambrotypes, Daguerreotypes, Photographs, , , , , , ,

1858                Address Unknown, [Main Street, opposite Republican Office], Geneseo, New                            York.

1858 September 9.  Livingston Republican.  (Geneseo, New York.)  September 9, 1858, New Series—Vol. IX, No. 39, Whole No. 1095, P. 2.

Photographic!  Thomas H. Johnson, Artist, From Brady’s and more recently from the Root Gallery, New York, would respectfully inform the citizens of Geneseo and Livingston County, that he has leased the sky-light Rooms in this village for a short time, as is prepared to furnish Photographic and Ambrotype Views And Portraits, in the highest Style of the Art at moderate prices.

An examination of his work is solicited.  Daguerreotypes Copied and Enlarged, Plain or in Colors.  Views of Residences, Portraits of Stock, &c.  Particular attention is called to his new style of colored portraits, the Diaphaneotype!

Instructions given at prices to suit the times.  Geneseo, September 4, 1858.    

Advertisement ran on September 9 & 16, 1858.

New York City Directories.  (New York, New York.)

1846-1855       Not Listed.

1856                daguerrian-h-192 canal.

1857                Not Listed.

Johnson, Thomas H.

Daguerreotypes, ,

1850                Rooms over Walker & Harrington’s Store, Bennington, Vermont.

1850 January 19.  The State Banner.  (Bennington, Vermont.)  January 19, 1850, Vol. IX, No. 45, Whole No. 461, P. 3.

Premium Daguerreotypes For One Dollar!  Thomas H. Johnson, Artist, Has taken rooms over Walker & Harrington’s Store, opposite the Franklin House, where he will remain a short time, affording all a rare opportunity to obtain Superior Likenesses of themselves and friends.  Call early and “Secure the shadow ere the substance fades.”

Hours for Children from 11, A. M., to 2, P. M.

The public are respectfully invited to call and examine specimens.  Also a choice assortment of Cases, Lockets, etc.

All Pictures warranted to give perfect satisfaction. 

Instruction in the Art carefully given, and apparatus furnished.  Bennington, Jan. 18, 1850.

Advertisement ran from January 19 to February 2, 1850.