Philip E. Bogart was listed New York Daily Tribune (New York City) on November 7, 1857. As being awarded a Diploma at the Twenty ninth annual Fair of the American Institute under …Daguerreotypes, Photographs, Hallotypes, &c. for photographs by the solar camera. His address is recorded as 58 Pine street, N. Y.
Bogart is not listed in other photographic directories.
Blodget was recorded in two advertisements on October 18 and 19, 1855 in the Worcester Daily Spy (Worcester, Massachusetts) in the partnership of Rees, Blodget & Company. It is not known with any certainty who Rees and Blodget are because no first names were ever recorded in the newspaper. One could speculate Rees is C. R. Rees who known to have operated studios in Richmond, Virginia, Cincinnati, Ohio, and in New York City, among other locations. The problem with this theory is that in both Richmond and New York he uses steam in his galleries to produce images. Blodget is also a mystery, it’s possible that he could be Cyrus Blodgett who was in Boston in 1854-1856.
Advertisement from October 18. Take Notice!—Opposition to Steam Daguerreotypes, taken by a new American discovery, for only 25 cents, warranted to be of the best quality, and satisfaction given. Something less than 500 taken daily. No connection with the steam whistle, next door. Rees, Blodget, & Co, artists. Piper Block, Main st.
Advertisement from October 19. Rees, Blodget, & Co. do not take Daguerreotypes by steam, as their noisy competitors boast to do, but at the same time give all who visit them good portraits, and at a quick rate, for 25 cents. Rees, Blodget & Co. have opened their rooms at Piper’s Block, bent upon blowing up all steam boilers in the vicinity, if they burst themselves in doing so.
Rees, Blodget and Company are new names and not recorded in A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers, 1839-1900.
On June 14, 1858 the following series of seven advertisements appear in the New York Daily Tribune. (New York City.) The advertisement only ran in a single issue. To date no other advertisements have been found for the Bleecker Gallery. In talking with several photographic historians in New York Jeremy Rowe has suggested that the gallery is probably that of Abraham D. Hopper at 229 Bleecker Street.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Aquaral Photographs.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Corner Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Photographs, large size, for $1.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes, Large size, in case, for 50c.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Miniatures on Ivory.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Life-size Photographs in Oil.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Life-size Photographs in Pastel.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Photographic Views of Villa Residences, &c.
Professor James Van Zandt Blaney was recorded in the May 18, 1849 Keowee Courier (Pickens Court House, South Carolina.) Talbotype Drawing.—A friend of ours has sent us a specimen of Talbotype drawing, an improvement on daguerreotyping, which consists in fixing the object on paper instead of on a metal plate. It is a new invention, and the picture before us-a cottage, the residence of Dr. Blaney, in Chicago—is remarkably clear and distinct. We are not aware that any pictures after the Talbotype method have yet been taken in New Orleans. The one under notice was executed by Dr. Blaney, Professor of Chemistry in the Medical College of Chicago, who, we are informed, has made still further improvements in this beautiful art.—N. O. Pic.
The address and location of George P. Blakesley in 1858 is unknown at this time. The information comes from a newspaper article in the The Cass County Republican (Dowagiac, Michigan) announcing the premiums awarded at the Cass County Agricultural Society Fair held in Cassapolis Michigan on October 8th and 9th…Class XVI—Painting, Drawing, &C….Best case of ambrotypes, L. D. Smith. 2d best case of ambrotypes, George P. Blakesley…Trans.
On March 3, 1859 he is reported in the following advertisement in The Cass County Republican (Dowagiac, Michigan.) The advertisement ran from March 3 to July 21, 1859.
Ladies and gentlemen, don’t you know At G. P. Blakesley’s the place to go, Ambrotypes, Melaneotypes he does take, And seldom, if ever, an error does make.
Lithographs and other pictures too, we find, are taken in a style to suit the mind, For a few weeks only, at half price, He will take your picture, and that in a trice.
Then walk right up to the Daguerrean Car, You Ladies and Gents that come from afar, And you that live near should never delay, But quick get a likeness, for you it will pay.
His Car is opposite the Canada Store, Where many likeness he has taken before, And the Canada Store is on Front street, Where George will be happy his friends to greet.
No difference it makes in regard to the weather, If it is cloudy or bright or as light as a feather, For in the business he has been for three years past And every improvement has learned to the last.
Now, in himself, he has great confidence of late, No Artist before in this village so great, Could ever with him begin to compare, For all them he can beat, is the truth, I declare.
Particular attention to children is paid, From 9 A. M., to 4 P. M., so don’t be afraid To bring along your children, and your money likewise, And get a nice picture that will please your eyes.
All are invited to call and examine specimens. Geo. P. Blakesley, Artist. Dowagiac, March 3d, 1859.
Blakesley is recorded as an Ambrotypist in Dowagiac in 1860. Information from the Directory of Early Michigan Photographers (David V. Tinder)
1854-1855 Piper Block, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Information from the Worcester City Directory, residence section. While Otis L. Blake is not a new name he was overlooked and not included in A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers, 1839-1900.
Black was recorded in the Photographic and fine Arts Journal (New York, New York.) on April 1, 1856 in an article entitled the Photographic Galleries of America. Number Two, Philadelphia. The author visited 57 Galleries in Philadelphia and recorded his impressions.
Black, Eighth & Carpenter. — Evidently a child in the art, whom I mention in order to keep my list correct.
This is possibly James R. Black. In Craig’s Daguerrean Registry John attributes the entry to James R. but the address in the directories do not match up. The same is true with Directory of Pennsylvania Photographers, 1839-1900. It is possibly that another photographer with the last name of Black was in Philadelphia that has not been recorded but there is no proof of that. Did the author record the wrong address? It’s Possible, no Philadelphia newspapers have been researched at this time.
B. D. Black was recorded in a notice and advertisement in The Jackson Standard (Jackson, Ohio) on February 12, 1857. Those of our citizens wishing a daguerreotype Likeness of themselves, family or friends, are invited [ ] advertisement of B. D. Black, in to-day’s paper, and go immediately and sit for one of his beauties. “Secure the Shadow ‘ere the substance fades.”
The advertisement reads. Daguerreotypes. B. D. Black, Would most respectfully announce to the citizens of Jackson and vicinity, that he has opened Daguerrean Rooms in the “Gratton Block,” where he is prepared to take superior Likenesses. Those wishing a lasting memento of themselves or their friends; are invited to call and examine his work. Jackson, February 12, 1858. The advertisement ran from February 12 to March 12, 1857.
B. D. Black has not been recorded in other photographic directories.
Bixby & Doane were recorded twice in the Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont.) The first notice was on November 22, 1844. Daguerreotype Miniatures. Messrs. Bixby and Doane, having received instructions and purchased an apparatus from Mead brothers who have spent some time in this place, and are now taking capital Daguerreotypes. They have all the latest improvements in the art, and have been eminently successful in taking a great number of likenesses. Nothing can exceed the delicate and faithful portraiture of this wonderful invention. It transfers the features and expression with the exactness of a mirror, and by the new process of gilding as it is called, fastens the impression ineffaceably upon the plate. We advise all who desire to preserve valuable mementoes of themselves or their friends, to call on Messrs. Bixby & Doane, over Cole & Robinson’s, where they can see the likenesses of their neighbors, and satisfy themselves as to their correctness.
The second notice was on January 31, 1845 in the same newspaper. Daguerreotypes. Our young friends Bixby & Doane, have taken almost every body’s likeness here, are about, we learn, to go elsewhere in quest of faces. We can only say of them as we have before, they are not only very estimable young townsmen of ours, but they take Daguerreotypes as neatly and faithfully as we have ever seen them taken. Our friends elsewhere are advised that they cannot get their faces taken better than by these young men, as they have the latest improvements in their art.
The third advertisement appeared on June 5, 1845 in the Spirit of the Age newspaper Woodstock, Vermont.) Premium Colored Daguerreotypes. Messrs. Bixby & Doane, Would respectfully inform the inhabitants of Woodstock and vicinity that they have taken Rooms at the Temperance House, where they are now ready to execute these pictures in any variety of style, either in Pins, Bracelets, Lockets, Cases or Frames. By aid of new chemical agents, most splendid results are obtained; and multitudes are being delighted daily, at the astonishing perfection,, to which, in point of delineation, boldness, and unerring truthfulness this art has so suddenly attained. Ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully invited to call and examine the specimens.
Instruction in the art given on reasonable terms. Stock and apparatus constantly on hand, which will be furnished as low as can be purchased in any city. All orders promptly executed. Woodstock, June 4, 1845. The advertisement ran from June 5 to 19, 1845.
Both Bixby and Doane are not recorded in other photographic directories. A possible identification of Doane…One could speculate that it might be Thomas Coffin Doane, it has been reported that he learned the daguerreotype business in 1843, and that he opened a studio in 1846 in Montreal, Canada. In 1859-1865 he was a photographer in Boston. What is new information is that the Meade Brothers were in Burlington, Vermont.
Part 5.
The premiums awarded at the 1853 New York Exhibition Of The Industry Of All Nations was published in the January 20, 1854 New York Daily Tribune.
The [1853] Exhibition At The Crystal Palace. Official Awards of Juries. Jury F. Class 10. Philosophical Instruments And Their Products….
Whipple, John A., Boston, Massachusetts—Silver Medal—for Crystalotypes a new art. Butler, Alexander.—Bronze Medal.—for several excellent Daguerreotypes. Brady, Mathew B., New-York City.— Bronze Medal.—for uniformly excellent Daguerreotypes. Harrison, C. C., New-York City.— Bronze Medal.—for Camera. Hesler, Alexander, Galena, Illinois.— Bronze Medal.—for several beautiful Daguerreotypes. Lawrence, Martin M., New-York City.— Bronze Medal.—for excellent Daguerreotypes, particularly “past, present, future.” Root, Samuel, New-York City.— Bronze Medal.—for fine Daguerreotypes.
1854 January 21. New York Daily Tribune. (New York, New York.) January 21, 1854, Vol. XIII, No. 3,982, P. 3.
The [1853] Exhibition At The Crystal Palace. Official Awards of Juries. Jury F. Class 10. Philosophical Instruments And Their Products….Honorable Mention.
Gurney, Jeremiah. New-York City, for fine Daguerreotypes. Harrison & Hill. Brooklyn, for Daguerreotypes. Long, E. St. Louis, Mo., for an exquisite Daguerreotype of a lady. Meade Bros. New-York City, for Daguerreotypes of “Seven Ages of Man.” Moissinet, Dobyne & Richardson, New-Orleans, for Daguerreotypes. North, W. C. Cleveland, for Daguerreotypes. Peters Otis F. sic [Otis T.], New-York City, for Stereoscopes. Root, M. A., Philadelphia, for fine Daguerreotypes. Whitehurst, J. H., Baltimore, for fine Daguerreotypes.
