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Lerow, John A.

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1846-1849                   91 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

1849-1850                   138½ Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.1

1846 January 9.  Christian Watchman.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  January 9, 1846, Vol. XXVII, No 2, Whole No. 1355, P. 3.

Vance & Lerow, Daguerreotype Rooms, No. 91 Washington Street, Boston.  Messrs. Vance & Lerow, respectfully inform the citizens of Boston, and vicinity, that  they have recently opened the new and extensive Rooms, Over Bigelow & Brothers, 91 Washington St.

Persons wishing miniatures of themselves or friends are invited to call.  The rooms are free to all who wish to examine specimens.

Gold Lockets, of every description, constantly on hand.  Instruction given in the art, and apparatus furnished,  R. H. Vance,  J. A. Lerow.

Advertisement ran from January 9 to May 15, 1846.

1846 February 3.  American Traveler.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  February 3, 1846, Vol. XXI, No 63, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Miniatures.  Pictures taken in any weather, and beautifully colored at extreme low prices.  Copies made from paintings, drawings, bust, and daguerreotypes in a beautiful style.  Pictures taken of deceased persons at one hour notice.

We have on hand a splendid assortment of Lockets, Frames, Cases, Breastpins, Bracelets and Rings, manufactured expressly for Daguerreotype Miniatures.

Students received on very moderate terms and furnished with instruments and stock of the first quality Plates, Cases, Frames, Chemicals, Gilding, and every article used in the business constantly on hand, and furnished to the trade at wholesale prices, and warranted.  The rooms are free to all persons wishing to examine specimens.

Where several persons are taken in one family, a liberal discount will be made.

Vance & Lerow, Daguerreotype Artist, No. 91 Washington street, Next door to Davis, Palmer & Co.’s. Jewelry Establishment.

Advertisement was recorded twice on February 3 and April 7, 1846.

1846 February 6.  Christian Watchman.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  February 6, 1846, Vol. XXVII, No 6, Whole No. 1359, P. 4.

The Daguerreotype.—Since the discovery of this wonderful, and almost incomprehensible art, by Monsieur Daguerre, it has undergone many new and striking improvements. 

In 1839, the specimens which were brought from France to this city, were principally copies of public buildings, views, landscapes, &c., in Paris; and although they excited the most intense curiosity in the public mind at that time, yet they were but faint impressions, hardly discernible, and in fact almost nothing, compared with those that are now taken in this country.  It is truly surprising and wonderful thing, that we can seat ourselves before the lens of a camera obscura, and by the action of light alone have an indelible impression of our own form and features stamped upon a silver plate so exact and so precise that it is impossible to mistake it.  By the aid of chemical agents, consisting chiefly of Iodine and bromine properly prepared, this wonderful thing is accomplished.

The preparation of the chemicals employed, requires the utmost care and attention, and unless the operator thoroughly understands this thing, he can obtain but a poor impression on the plate.  Owing to this cause, we see many pictures that have a deathlike appearance, are [scummy], eye imperfect, and are also very indistinct.

A poor daguerreotype is not worth looking at, but a good one is invaluable.  We have seen none better than those executed by Messrs Vance & Lerow at their rooms, 91 Washington street.  For clearness, distinctness, and boldness of execution, they are unsurpassed, and they resemble the finest engravings.

Mr. Lerow has for a long time been an operator for Mr. Plumbe, in Washington city and Boston, where by diligent attention to his profession, he has made many great improvements.  

1846 February 26.  Daily American Eagle.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  February 26, 1846, Vol. 3, No 384, n.p. 

Daguerreotype Miniatures.  Pictures taken in any weather, and beautifully colored at extreme low prices.  Copies made from paintings, drawings, bust, and daguerreotypes in a beautiful style.  Pictures taken of deceased persons at one hour notice.

We have on hand a splendid assortment of Lockets, Frames, Cases, Breastpins, Bracelets and Rings, manufactured expressly for Daguerreotype Miniatures.

Students received on very moderate terms and furnished with instruments and stock of the first quality Plates, Cases, Frames, Chemicals, Gilding, and every article used in the business constantly on hand, and furnished to the trade at wholesale prices, and warranted.  The rooms are free to all persons wishing to examine specimens.

Where several persons are taken in one family, a liberal discount will be made.

Vance & Lerow, Daguerreotype Artist, No. 91 Washington street, Next door to Davis, Palmer & Co.’s. Jewelry Establishment.

1846 April 21.  Boston Courier.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  April 21, 1846, Vol. XXIII, No. 679?, P. 2.

Married.  In this city, April 19, Mr. John A. Lerow to Miss Martha A. Lerow.

1846 April 30.  The Daily Chronotype.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  April 30, 1846, Vol. 1, No. 54, P. 3. 

Vance & Lerow, Daguerreotype Miniatures, No. 91 Washington street.

Pictures taken in any weather, at extreme low prices, and beautifully colored. We have also on hand a large assortment of Lockets, Breast Pins, Bracelets, &c., manufactured expressly for Daguerreotype Miniatures, and which will be taken and inserted in thirty minutes.

Persons wishing pictures of themselves or friends, are invited to call.

Copies taken from Paintings, Drawings, and Daguerreotypes at short notice.  Pictures also taken of deceased persons.

Instruction given in the art, and all kinds of Apparatus, Chemicals and Stock furnished. 

The Rooms are free to all.

N. B. perfect satisfaction guarantied, or no charge.

Rooms 91 Washington St.——Boston, Next door to Davis, Palmer & Co.’s. Jewelry Store.

Advertisement ran from April 30 to May 11, 1846.

1846 May 1.  The Norfolk Democrat.  (Dedham, Massachusetts.)  May 1, 1846, Vol. VIII, No. 14, Whole No. 378, P. 3.

Vance & Lerow, Daguerreotype Miniatures, No. 91 Washington Street.  Pictures taken in any weather, at extreme low prices, and beautifully colored.  We have on hand a large assortment of Lockets, Breast Pins, Bracelets, &c., manufactured expressly for Daguerreotype Miniatures, and which will be taken and inserted in thirty minutes.

Persons wishing pictures of themselves or friends, are invited to call.

Copies taken from Paintings, Drawings, and Daguerreotypes, at the shortest notice.  Pictures also taken of deceased persons.

Instructions given in the art, and all kinds of Apparatus, Chemicals, and Stock furnished.  The Rooms are free to all.

N.B.  Perfect satisfaction guarantied, or no charge.  Rooms 91 Washington St., Boston; Next door to Davis, Palmer & Co’s Jewelry Store.    

Advertisement ran from May 1 to July 10, 1846.

1846 May 15.  The Daily Chronotype.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  May 15, 1846, Vol. 1, No. 67,

P. 3.

Vance & Lerow, Daguerreotype Miniatures, No. 91 Washington street.

Pictures taken in any weather, at very low prices, and beautifully colored. We have on hand a large assortment of Lockets, Breast Pins, Bracelets, &c., manufactured expressly for Daguerreotype Miniatures, and which will be taken and inserted in thirty minutes.

Persons wishing pictures of themselves or friends, are invited to call.

Copies taken from Paintings, Drawings, and Daguerreotypes at short notice.  Pictures also taken of deceased persons.

Instruction given in the art, and all kinds of Apparatus, Chemicals and Stock furnished.  The Rooms are free to all.

N. B. perfect satisfaction guarantied, or no charge.

Rooms 91 Washington St., Boston, Next door to Davis, Palmer & Co.’s. Jewelry Store.

Advertisement ran from May 15 to June 5, 1846.

1846 June 1.  Boston Daily Republican.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 1, 1846, Vol. 1, No. 197, P. 1.

Daguerreotype Coloring.  Vance & Lerow have recently discovered a mode of coloring the backgrounds to their pictures, so as to render them discernible in any light and at the same time adds a beautiful finish to the picture.  Specimens may be seen at their rooms.  Ap16.

Advertisement was recorded from June 1 to 17, 1846.

1846 June 1.  Boston Daily Republican.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 1, 1846, Vol. 1, No. 197, P. 4.

Vance & Lerow, Daguerreotype Miniatures, No. 91 Washington street.  Pictures taken in any weather, at very low prices, and beautifully colored. We have on hand a large assortment of Lockets, Breast Pins, Bracelets, &c., manufactured expressly for Daguerreotype Miniatures, and which will be taken and inserted in thirty minutes.

Persons wishing pictures of themselves or friends, are invited to call.

Copies taken from Paintings, Drawings, and Daguerreotypes at short notice.  Pictures also taken of deceased persons.

Instruction given in the art, and all kinds of Apparatus, Chemicals and Stock furnished.  The Rooms are free to all.

N. B. perfect satisfaction guarantied, or no charge.

Rooms 91 Washington St., Boston, Next door to Davis, Palmer & Co.’s. Jewelry Store.  Feb27.

Advertisement was recorded from June 1 to 17, 1846.

Ca. 1846-1849.  Lerow & Co. Bill (in John McWilliams Collection)

Lerow & Co.’s 91 Washington Street Daguerreotype Rooms, No. 91 Washington Street……Boston.

The public will please bear in mind, that our Rooms are the largest by far of any Daguerreotype Rooms in Boston and that our Operating and Receiving Rooms are both of the same floor, thus making it the most convenient, as well as the largest Room in the City.  Pictures taken for $1.50, and put up in a neat Morocco Case.

Please preserve this card, and call and examine our specimens.

1846 June 6.  The Daily Chronotype.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 6, 1846, Vol. 1, No. 86, P. 4.

Lerow & Co, Daguerreotype Miniatures, No. 91 Washington Street.  Pictures taken in any weather, at very low prices, and beautifully colored.  We have on hand a large assortment of Lockets, Breast Pins, Bracelets, &c., manufactured expressly for Daguerreotype Miniatures, and which will be taken and inserted in thirty minutes.

Persons wishing pictures of themselves or friends, are invited to call.

Copies taken from Paintings, Drawings, and Daguerreotypes, at the shortest notice.  Persons also taken of deceased persons.

Instructions given in the art, and all kinds of Apparatus, Chemicals, and Stock furnished.  The Rooms are free to all.

N.B.  Perfect satisfaction guarantied, or no charge.  Rooms 91 Washington St., Boston; Next door to Davis, Palmer & Co’s Jewelry Store.                                                    

1846 June 8.  The Daily Chronotype.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 8, 1846, Vol. 1, No. 87, P. 3.

Lerow & Co, Daguerreotype Miniatures, No. 91 Washington Street.  Pictures taken in any weather, at very low prices, and beautifully colored.

Copies taken from Paintings, Drawings, and Daguerreotypes, at the shortest notice.  Persons also taken of deceased persons.

Advertisement ran from June 8 to September 2, 1846.

1846 June 12.  Christian Watchman.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 12, 1846, Vol. XXVII, No 24, Whole No. 1377, P. 3.

Lerow & Co., Daguerreotype Rooms, No. 91 Washington Street, Boston.  Messrs. Lerow & Co., respectfully inform the citizens of Boston, and vicinity, that they have recently opened the new and extensive Rooms, Over Bigelow & Brothers, 91 Washington St.

Persons wishing miniatures of themselves or friends are invited to call.  The rooms are free to all who wish to examine specimens.

Gold Lockets, of every description, constantly on hand.  Instruction given in the art, and apparatus furnished,  R. H. Vance,  J. A. Lerow.

Advertisement ran from June 12, 1846 to February 19, 1847.

1846 June 18.  The Boston Daily Mail.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 18, 1846, Vol. VI, No. 165, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.  Messrs. Lerow & Coi. Of this city, are about establishing a branch of their Daguerreotype rooms in Pawtucket.  We congratulate our friends there that they can have their likenesses taken by these artists.  Their reputation for executing pictures here is so well known that it needs no comment.  The specimens seen at their rooms No. 91 Washington-street speak for themselves.

1846 July 17.  The Norfolk Democrat.  (Dedham, Massachusetts.)  July 17, 1846, Vol. VIII, No. 25, Whole No. 389, P. 4.

Lerow & Co, Daguerreotype Miniatures, No. 91 Washington Street.  Pictures taken in any weather, at extreme low prices, and beautifully colored.  We have on hand a large assortment of Lockets, Breast Pins, Bracelets, &c., manufactured expressly for Daguerreotype Miniatures, and which will be taken and inserted in thirty minutes.

Persons wishing pictures of themselves or friends, are invited to call.

Copies taken from Paintings, Drawings, and Daguerreotypes, at the shortest notice.  Pictures also taken of deceased persons.

Instructions given in the art, and all kinds of Apparatus, Chemicals, and Stock furnished.  The Rooms are free to all.

N.B.  Perfect satisfaction guaranteed, or no charge.  Rooms 91 Washington St., Boston; Next door to Davis, Palmer & Co’s Jewelry Store.

Advertisement ran from July 17 to October 30, 1846.

1846 December 14.  The Boston Daily Mail.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  December 14, 1846, Vol. VII, No. 3, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.  Lerow & Co. 91 Washington street, takes most beautiful pictures and puts them up a neat morocco case for two dollars.  See their advertisement.

1846 December 14.  The Boston Daily Mail.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  December 14, 1846, Vol. VII, No. 3, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes For Two Dollars, As good a Daguerreotype as can be obtained in Boston, can be had for Two Dollars, at Lerow & Co.’s 91 Washington Street.

Ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully invited to call and examine our specimens.

Advertisement ran from December 14, 1846 to January 6, 1847.

1847 June 5.  The Boston Daily Bee.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 5, 1847, Vol. 11, No. 17, P. 1.

Roguery.—A case containing four large daguerreotype miniatures in gilt frames, was stolen between eight and nine o’clock, last evening, from the entrance to 91 Washington street.  Lerow & Co. are the losers.

1847 June 5.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 5, 1847, Vol. XXIII, No. 3502, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes can be sent by mail.  Ned was requested to have a friend’s likeness sent from here to the interior of Kentucky; he went to Lerow, 91 Washington street, had it taken, neatly enveloped by the said L, and the postage for nearly 2000 miles was only sixty cents.

1847 June 7.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 7, 1847, Vol. XXIII, No. 3503, P. 2.

On Friday evening, the daguerreotype show case of Lerow & Co., 91 Washington street, was taken from the doorway and carried off.

1847 June 7.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 7, 1847, Vol. XXIII, No. 3503, P. 2.

Stolen—From the entrance to 91 Washington street, on Friday night, a Daguerreotype Miniature Show Case, containing four Pictures.  A liberal reward will be paid for the detection of the thief or the recovery of the Case, By Lerow & Co.

Advertisement ran from June 7 to 9, 1847.

1847 October 2.  The Boston Semi-Weekly Atlas.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 2, 1847, Vol. XIV, No. 27, P. 1.

Mechanics’ Exhibition.—Among other specimens of American inventions to be seen in Quincy Hall…

Some fine specimens of Daguerreotypes, by Lerow & Co.

Joseph Pettee, 113 Washington street, has also some fine Daguerreotype likenesses, among which is one of the City Solicitor, “specs” and all, not quite so large as life, but twice a natural; also a fine one of Alderman Wilkins.

1848 February 8.  The Boston Daily Mail.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  February 8, 1848, Vol. VIII, No. 33, P. 2.

It is with pleasure that we recommend those of our friends who wish for a correct likeness of themselves, to the Daguerreotype establishment of Mr. Lerow, No. 91 Washington street.  Mr. L. guarantees a correct and satisfactory picture to all who desire it.

1848 March 7.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  March 7, 1848, Vol. XIX, No. 5404, P. 2.

Santa Crus, February 9, 1848.  Dear Transcript:  Thinking your readers might like to hear from this lovely spot of earth among the waves of the ocean, I avail myself of an opportunity to give you an idea of what “manner of place it is.”  Santa Cruz, or St. Croix, is a small island in the West Indies, distance about 1600 miles from New York and 40 from St. Thomas…

The stores furnished a supply of most of the necessaries which are needed and, in fact you can obtain almost anything even to a Daguerreotype and that too in as good style as can be had at home.  There is a person here, who I believe hails from ourb good city of Boston, one of the firm of Lerow & Co. and who came out for his health, who is not only doing an excellent business but is taking many views of this charming Island, which he intends to exhibit in Boston on his return…

1848 March 24.  Christian Watchman.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  March 24, 1848, Vol. XXIX, No 12, Whole No. 1521, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Views Of Natural Scenery.—Mr. J. A. Lerow, of the firm of Lerow & Co., of this city, who was passing the winter in Santa Cruz, is taking a large number of daguerreotype views of the scenery of the island, which he will exhibit on his return to Boston.  His description of its fruits and fishes, in his communication in this paper, will be read with interest.

1848 May 13.  Union Jack!  Or Sailor’s Log Book.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  May 13, 1848, Vol. X, No. 44, P. 3.

Earthquake.—John A. Lerow, of the firm of Lerow & Co. of this city, who is now in St. Thomas, one of the West India islands, writing to his friends here says:—’We had a dreadful shock of an earthquake here this morning (6th inst.) at about 3 o’clock.  I was sound asleep when a noise awoke me which sounds very much like the rushing wind accompanied by a low rumbling noise, and I thought a hurricane had made its appearance at the wrong time of the year when, suddenly the house I was in began to shake, dishes to rattle, and furniture to tottering, and the dogs to bark, cats mewing, cattle lowing, negroes screaming, cocks crowing, and such a medly of noises were never heard before in St. Thomas.  The whole affair lasted about half a minute, and the oldest inhabitants here say it was the most severe shock they ever experienced even the earthquake that destroyed Guadaloupe which is one of the same chain of islands did not make so serve a shock here.’

Probably trouble may be anticipated from that quarter.

1848 May 27.  Union Jack!  Or Sailor’s Log Book.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  May 27, 1848, Vol. X, No. 46, P. 3.

To Obtain a first rate daguerreotype, for the least sum of money, call on Lerow & Co. 91 Washington street.

1848 June 3.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 3, 1848, Vol. XXIV, No. 3807, P. 2.

Worth Seeing.—Call at Lerow’s Daguerrian Gallery, 91 Washington street, where one can have the pleasure of seeing several beautiful architectural and other views of Santa Cruz, taken by Mr. Lerow himself, during a sojourn of several months on this beautiful island of the tropics.  He has also a superb likeness of Gen. Taylor, taken from life.  Crowds will call at 91, when it is known that the exhibition is gratis.  Lerow in No. 1 in the Photographic art.

1848 July 3.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 3, 1848, Vol. XIX, No. 5503, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes.  Lerow & Co would respectfully call the attention of the public to their specimens in Rooms 91 Washington street—as they are now taking some of the finest pictures ever produced in the art, and at very low prices.

Perfect satisfaction given, or no charge made—even in cloudy weather.

Advertisement ran from July 3 to August 1, 1848.

1848 July 7.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 7, 1848, Vol. XIX, No. 5506, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.  Some excellent specimens of Daguerreotype may be seen at the gallery of Messrs. Lerow & Co, 91 Washington street.  Many well known public and private citizens will at once be recognized, from the life-like copies to be seen.  An excellent likeness of Gen. Taylor, taken recently at New Orleans, may also be seen; and some fine specimens of West India scenery, taken at St. Thomas and Santa Croix by Mr. Lerow, are well worthy examination.

1848 July 21.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 21, 1848, Vol. XXV, No. 3845, P. 2.

Strangers visiting the city should not neglect to call at Lerow & Co’s Daguerrian Gallery, 91 Washington street, if for no other reason than to view his exhibition, gratis; scenes in the island of St Thomas and Santa Cruz, taken by himself during a recent sojourn in these delightful places.  Besides, if they desire life-like pictures of themselves or friends, at incredibly low prices, here is the place, par excellence, of all other daguerreotype establishments in the city.

1848 July 22.  Union Jack!  Or Sailor’s Log Book.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 22, 1848, Vol. XI, No. 3, P. 3.

The Daguerreotype art flourishes under the management of Lerow & Co., 91 Washington street.  He has a fine exhibition of West Indian scenery, taken by Lerow himself during a recent residence in several of the islands, which he exhibits free to all.  No one takes better likenesses than this firm, nor at lower rates.

1848 August 1.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 1, 1848, Vol. XIX, No. 5528, P. 2.

A Simple Invention…Gen Mosely of Kentucky is likely to reap an equally ample pecuniary harvest from an idea hardly more complex.  It is of an irregular piece of iron, or eccentric lever, no bigger than an ordinary castor to a table, which forms a perfect window fastener by which weights and pulleys may be entirely dispensed with…

1848 August 2.  The Boston Daily Mail.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 2, 1848, Vol. VIII, No. 176, P. 2.

Old Kentuck.  Something New, invented by a true Kentuckian.  We were shown yesterday morning, a little irregular piece of brass, which being screwed on to a window sash entirely does away with the use of cords, pullies, weights and fastenings.  For one shilling they can be applied to any window, thereby saving an expense of two or three dollars a window.  Builders, carpenters and persons having windows without fastners [sic.] or weights to hold them up, should look to this.  They may be seen at Lerow & Co’s. Daguerreotype Rooms, No. 91 Washington st.

1848 August 2.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 2, 1848, Vol. XXV, No. 3855, P. 2.

Windo Fastener.—A very simple, yet ingenious article of this character, may be seen at Lerow & Co.’s Daguerreotype Rooms, No. 91 Washington street.  It keeps a window in any position, and saves the cost of weights, pulleys, &c.  It cost only a shilling a window, thus saving some $2 on each.

1848 August 7.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 7, 1848, Vol. XXV, No. 3859, P. 2.

Something New And Worth Having.—Those patent window locks that we spoke of in our paper last week, are without doubt the best and cheapest things ever applied to any window.  The price is only one shilling apiece, and they serve the whole purpose of ropes, pullies, fasteners and weights.  Truly, this is an age of inventions.  Lerow & Co, No. 91 Washington street, have them.  See their advertisement.

1848 August 7.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 7, 1848, Vol. XXV, No. 3859, P. 2.

Lerow & Co. have these Patent Window Locks for sale, at one shilling apiece.  All persons having windows that need fasteners, or are without weights or pullies, can apply these Locks to them for they answer every purpose.  They save an expense from two to three dollars a window.

Agents wanted to sell Locks.  Call early.

1848 November 20.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  November 20, 1848, Vol. XXV, No. 3918, P. 2.

New Invention—Patent Right For Suffolk County, For Sale.—One of the most valuable inventions ever offered to the Public, the Patent right for which is for sale, is Drummonds Patent Candle Sticks.  By means of which any person can use all their common house grease which being melted and poured in at the base of the candlestick, will when cold and forced up through the center, unit with a perfectly dry wick and burn like Sperm at a cost of 4 or 5 cents per week.  The right will be sold to any person wishing to make a thousand dollars this winter.  Call and see it and satisfy yourselves at Lerow & Co.’s, No 91 Washington st., up stairs.

1848 November 27.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  November 27, 1848, Vol. XIX, No. 5627, P. 3. 

Daguerreotypes.  Lerow & Co. 91 Washington st, Boston, would respectfully invite their old patrons, and the public generally, to call at their rooms, and prove that their work is as good as can be produced, and better for the same money.

Copies of Daguerreotypes. Paintings, Engravings, or anything of the kind, warranted perfect and durable.

Advertisement ran from November 27 to December 12, 1848.

1848 December 11.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  December 11, 1848, Vol. XIX, No. 5638, P. 2.

Messrs. Lerow & Co at 91 Washington street, Daguerreotype Artists, deserve the patronage of the most discriminating part of the community.  As their pictures show decidedly that they have arrived to the highest perfection of the art now attained—and their prices are so very low that a man will scarcely miss the change from his pocket that it requires to buy one.  Please call and see them.

1849 January 1.  Boston Daily Republican.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  January 1, 1849, Vol. 4, No. 64, P. 4.

Boston Business Illustrated Directory…Daguerreotype Miniatures.

Cannon, John, Blanchard’s Block, Court.  Pictures taken in the utmost perfection of the art.[2]

Foss, Plummer, 190 Washington, opp.  Marlboro’ Hotel.  Perfect satisfaction given or no charge.  Please call.

Lerow & Co., 91 Washington, would inform the public that they are now taking better Pictures than formerly on account of some important improvements which they have recently made in the Art.  Their work now cannot by surpassed by any in quality, and their prices are extremely low.  Particular attention given to copying Paintings, Engravings, &c.

North’s Daguerreotype Rooms, 142 Washington.  In consequence of the demand for Daguerreotype Miniatures being more than he could supply at his rooms, 142, Mr. North has opened another splendid Daguerreotype Establishment in connection with Mr. Marshall, 268 Washington st.  Likenesses can be procured at either establishment.

Shew, Wm.,  123 Washington, Miniatures taken in the best manner and at low rates.

Whipple, John A., 96 Washington, Miniatures beautifully executed.

Advertisement ran from January 1 to April 2, 1849.

1849 February 8.  Christian Watchman & Christian Reflector.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  February 8, 1849, C. W.–Vol. XXX, C. R. Vo. XII, No. 6, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes for California.  Persons who are going there, and those who are not going, that wish to procure First Rate Likenesses, in every sense of the term, will please call on Mr. Lerow, at 91 Washington st.

He will also produce copies of Daguerreotypes, or Paintings, Engravings, or crayons, and guarantee perfect satisfaction—on the most reasonable terms.

Advertisement ran from February 8 to October 18, 1849.

1849 February 14.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  February 14, 1849, Vol. XX, No. 5693, P. 2.

Another Sewing Machine.  While we were yesterday giving an account of the new French sewing machine, Mr. Lerow, the Daguerreotypist, of 26 State street, a young gentleman of great mechanical ingenuity, was giving the finishing touches to a “Rotary Sewing Machine,” which he bought into our office complete this morning and which has many decided advantages over the French machine.  It will sew a yard a minute, with the “fast stitch” made in sewing the seams of pantaloons, &c.  The workmanship is excellent; and unlike that of other similar machines, the stitch will not pull out.  It seems as strong and perfect as the best sewing by hand.  The machine is simple in its construction, small and portable, and not likely to get out of order.  To housewives and tailors we should think the contrivance would be one of great utility.

1849 April 3.  Boston Daily Republican.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  April 3, 1849, Vol. 4, No. 143, P. 4.

Boston Business Illustrated Directory…Daguerreotype Miniatures.

Cannon, John, Blanchard’s Block, Court.  Pictures taken in the utmost perfection of the art.[3]

Foss, Plummer, 190 Washington, opp.  Marlboro’ Hotel.  Perfect satisfaction given or no charge.  Please call.

Lerow & Co., 91 Washington, would inform the public that they are now taking better Pictures than formerly on account of some important improvements which they have recently made in the Art.  Their work now cannot by surpassed by any in quality, and their prices are extremely low.  Particular attention given to copying Paintings, Engravings, &c.

Whipple, John A., 96 Washington, Miniatures beautifully executed.

Advertisement ran from April 3 to 12, 1849.

1849 May 17.  The Boston Daily Mail.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  May 17, 1849, Vol. IX, No. 117, P. 4.

Rotary Sewing Machine.  Wonderful!  We saw it sew a yard of cloth per minute, with a perfectly fast stich.  It is the invention of Messrs. John A. Lerow and S. C. Blodgett, of this city.  Rights for sale on [application] to Lewis Lerow, No. 9 State street, up stairs.

1849 May 26.  The Boston Daily Mail.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  May 26, 1849, Vol. IX, No. 125, P. 2.

Rotary Sewing Machine.  The inventors, Messrs. Lerow & Blodgett, having disposed of their right to this invention in the state of Massachusetts, are now ready to treat with persons wishing to purchase the right of other states.  Mr. Bradford of New Bedford assures us that by the aid of one machine and two girls he makes 12 pairs of common pants per day.—Truly this is an age of steam.  Mr. Lerow, No. 9 State st., up stairs, is the Agent. 

1849 May 31.  The Boston Daily Mail.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  May 31, 1849, Vol. IX, No. 129, P. 4.

Gen, Taylor A Friend To Inventors.  We understand that Messrs. Lerow & Blodgett, inventors ot the Rotary Sewing Machine, have received an order from Gen. Zackary Taylor, for an entire suit of clothing made by their machine, to be worn by him at his anticipated visit to New England. 

1849 October 8.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 8, 1849, Vol. XX, No. 5894, P. 2.

Patents, Issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending October 2…Sherburne C. Blodgett, Georgetown, Mass., and John A. Lerow, Boston, Masss., improvements in sewing machines.

1849 October 18.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 18, 1849, Vol. XX, No. 5903, P. 3.

Daguerreotypes.  Mr. Lerow respectfully invites the attention of his removal, from 91 Washington street to 138½, opposite School st, where he has fitted up a suit of Rooms with a large and elegant Sky Light, for the better accommodation of his friends and all those in want of a superior Likeness, which can only be obtained by a strong and sufficient light.  Will open on the 22d of October, and be happy to wait on all those who may favor him with a visit.

Advertisement ran October 18 and 20, 1849.

1849 October 25.  Christian Watchman & Christian Reflector.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 25, 1849, C. W.—Vol. XXX, C. R.—Vol. XII, No 43, P. 3.

Removal.  Mr. Lerow, so long established in the Daguerreotype business, at 91 Washington street, has removed to 138½ Washington street, (opposite the foot of School street,) where he has at great expense fitted up a beautiful suit of Rooms, with the addition of a splendid sky light, for the better accommodation of his friends and the public whose continued patronage it will be his effort to merit.

Advertisement ran from October 25, 1849 to September 26, 1850.

1849 November 1.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  November 1, 1849, Vol. XX, No. 5915, P. 3. 

Notice.  Mr. Lerow having removed to 138½ Washington st, (opposite School st.) Is prepared to furnish to all who wish Daguerreotypes of all sizes, Singly or in Groups, that cannot be surpassed by any, as he has arranged his Rooms especially for the business

Advertisement ran from November 1 to 16, 1849.

1849 November 10.  Roxbury Gazette.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  November 10, 1849, Vol. II, No 46, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes.  Mr. Lerow, so long established in the business at 91 Washington st., Boston, would hereby inform his old friends and the public that he has removed to 138½ Washington st., (opposite School street), Boston, where at great expense he fitted up large and commodious rooms with the best arranged sky light in the city.  He will take groups or single pictures from the smallest size in rings to the large size in frames, and copy paintings, engravings, crayons, daguerreotypes, &c., &c.  Perfect satisfaction given or no charge made.

Advertisement ran from November 10, 1849 to February 2, 1850.

1849 November 24.  Roxbury Gazette.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  November 24, 1849, Vol. II, No 48, P. 3.

Lerow, No. 138½ Washington St., is an accomplished Daguerreotype Artist.—His rooms are pleasant and centrally situated, and visitors will find him attentive and agreeable.  His likenesses are excellent and highly finished, his prices moderate, and we commend him to the attention of those wishing to keep or transmit, a fac simile of their countenances, “be them,” to use the favorite idiom of General Taylor, “handsome, or be them ugly.”

1850.  Massachusetts State Record and Yearbook of General Information (Boston, Massachusetts) p. 21. 

Lerow’s Daguerrian Rooms 138½ Washington Street, 138½ Opposite School Street, Boston.

Established in 1845, at 91 Washington Street; removed to 138½ October, 1849, to Rooms arranged by the Proprietor, expressly for the prosecution of this truly valuable and wonderful art.

Having been so long in the business, we may venture to claim the merit of being not inferior to any engaged in it; and we are prepared to do all that can be done by the Daguerrian process.  We can give a Miniature perfect and sufficiently small to place in a ring for a ladies’ finger; or, large a rich enough to occupy the place of a portrait in any gentleman’s parlor.  Or we can give a Whole Family In Group, On The Same Plate, and we will give Correct Copies Of Paintings, Crayon s, Engravings, Daguerreotypes, Or Houses & Trees, in fact, Anything In Nature, Animate or Inanimate, that is capable of retaining one position for a very few seconds.

N.B.  Our Rooms are always open and free to visitors, and we invite them to call and see our specimens, whether they choose to patronise us or not.

Particular attention given to taking likenesses of sick and deceased persons, at their residences.

Instruction Given In The Art.

1850 July 19.  The Boston Herald.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 19, 1850, No. 8445, P. 4.

Affairs About Home.  Daguerreotype of William J. Snelling.—Mr. Lerow, the famous daguerreotype artists, No. 138½ Washington street, opposite School street, has a beautiful and correct likeness of this celebrated man, formerly editor of this paper, whose prose writings have been placed among those of the standard authors of America, at Harvard College.  The likeness was taken a short time before Mr. Snelling’s death.

1850 September 26.  Christian Watchman & Christian Reflector.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 26, 1850, Vol. XXXI, No 39, P. 3.

Lerow’s Daguerreotype Rooms, (Sky Light) No. 138½ Washington Street, (Opposite School Street,) John A. Heard, Proprietor. Boston.  Pictures taken in any weather, Singly or in Groups, and warranted.  Particular attention given to Copying; will also attend to taking likenesses of sick and deceased persons.  Instruction given in the art.

1851 January 18.  Boston Daily Courier.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  January 18, 1851, Vol. LV, No. 10,094 P. 2.

List of Patents—Issued from the United States Patent Office, bearing date January 14, 1851…

John A. Lerow of Boston, Mass.—for improvements in sewing machines.  Patented Oct. 2, 1849, Re-issued January 14, 1851. 

1851 January 25.  The Boston Daily Bee.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  January 25, 1851, Vol. 18, No. 83, P. 2.

Patents.—…S. O. Blodger, Georgetown, Mass., and John A. Lerow, Boston, Mass., improvements in Sewing Machines

1851 October 29.  Boston Daily Courier.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 29, 1851, Vol. LV, No. 10,330 P. 2.

Washington, Oct. 28.  The following are a few of the prizes awarded to Americans at the Great Exhibition, published in this morning’s Intelligencer, which gives a full list of prize medals:  To—Blodget & Lerow, for sewing machine…J. A. Whipple, daguerreotype of the moon;…

1855 March 5.  Boston Semi Weekly Courier.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  March 5, 1855, Vol. XXXI, No. 5025 P. 2.

In Rockford, Ill.  Feb. 14, John A. Lerow, 29, youngest son of L. Lerow, Esq., of Boston.  His remains were brought to Boston for interment.

1877 July.  St. Louis Practical Photographer.  (St. Louis, Missouri.)  July 1877, Vol. 1, No. 7, P. 220-221.

Days Gone By.  By J. W. Black.  Friend Fitz.: …My first instruction in daguerreotyping was from Mr. John Leroy, about 1845; at the same time experiments were being made on the sewing machine—since a great success, but at the time thought an impossibility.  These two branches were prosecuted in the same room.  I remember thinking how impossible it must be to sew by machinery, and I as little thought of the wide range photography would eventually take, as subsequent events have proved.  I had better have devoted my time to sewing machines than to daguerreotyping.  We used a common window side light, with a large mirror for reflected light, the object being to get a fair outline with the face as white as possible, and also the shirt front…

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

[2] Advertisement ran from January 8 to April 2, 1849.

[3] Advertisement ran from January 8 to April 2, 1849.

Lay, Frederic L.

Ambrotypes, Daguerreotypes, Photographs, Portrait Painter, , , , ,

1857-1858       173 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

1861-1865       31 Winter Street, Boston, Massachusetts.1

1866-1867       36 Winter Street, Boston, Massachusetts.1

1857 January 19.  Boston Daily Chronicle.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  January 19, 1857, Telegraph Vol. V, No. 764, Chronicle Vol. X, No. 1353, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype And Daguerreotype Gallery.  Messrs. Lay & Heywood will give their attention to making all the different styles of Pictures that are made at the present day.

And Mr. Lay, being an Artist that, received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, will give his attention to finishing Portraits from Miniatures and Life Size in Oil, Pastile, [sic.] Water Colors and Indian Ink, and would invite all to call and examine specimens at 173 Washington Street, (Formerly Chase’s Old Stand,) Boston.

Advertisement ran from January 19 to April 10, 1857.

1857 January 22.  Boston Daily Chronicle.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  January 22, 1857, Telegraph Vol. V, No. 767, Chronicle Vol. X, No. 1355, P. 2.

Thalberg’s Portraits.  Messrs. Lay & Heywood, at 173 Washington street, have succeeded in taking an admirable photographic likeness of this celebrated artist, and are prepared to receive orders from his friends for his pictures in all of the different styles, from miniature to the side of life.  Music dealers supplied on reasonable terms.

1857 March 17.  The Union Democrat.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  March 17, 1857, Vol. 7, No. 322, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 17 to April 14, 1857.

1857 March 19.  Lowell Daily Journal and Courier.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  March 19, 1857, Vol. XXII, No. 5232, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement was recorded five times between March 19 to April 17, 1857.

1857 March 19.  St. Albans Messenger.  (St. Albans, Vermont.)  March 19, 1857, Vol. 20, No. 18, Whole No. 1006, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 19 to April 16, 1857.

1857 March 20.  Vermont Journal.  (Windsor, Vermont.)  March 20, 1857, Vol. XIII, No. 40, Whole No. 664, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 20 to April 17, 1857.

1857 March 20.  Vermont Watchman and State Journal.  (Montpelier, Vermont.)  March 20, 1857, Vol. 51, No. 17, Whole No. 2631, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 20 to April 17, 1857.

1857 March 26.  National Eagle. (Claremont, New Hampshire.)  March 26, 1857, Vol. XXIII, No. 24, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 26 to April 23, 1857.

1857 March 27.  Ellsworth American.  (Ellsworth, Maine.)  March 27, 1857, Vol. III, No. 9, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street. Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 27 to May 1, 1857.

1857 April 2.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  April 2, 1857, Vol. 12, No. 49, P. 4. 

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype Ad Daguerreotype Gallery, o. 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Advertisement ran from April 2 to 23, 1857.

1857 April 30.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  April 30, 1857, Vol. XXVIII, No. 8283, P. 4. 

Ambrotype, Photograph, And Daguerreotype Gallery.  Lay & Heywood  173 Washington street.

Advertisement was recorded between April 30, 1857 to January 7, 1858.

1857 May 9.  The Granite Farmer And Visitor.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  May 9, 1857, Vol. IX, No. 18, P. 2.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype, And Dagudrreotxpe (sic.) Gallery.  No. 173 Washington St., Boston.

Advertisement ran from May 9 to June 6, 1857.

1857 May 14.  Dover Enquirer.  (Dover, New Hampshire.)  May 14, 1857, Vol. XXX, No. 51, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype And Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Advertisement ran from May 14 to June 11, 1857.

1857 May 14.  National Eagle.  (Claremont, New Hampshire.)  May 14, 1857, Vol. XXIII, No. 31, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington street, Boston.

Advertisement ran from May 14 to June 11, 1857.

1857 May 15.  Bennington Banner.  (Bennington, Vermont.)  May 15, 1857, Vol. XVII, No. 11, Whole No. 843, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington street, Boston.

Advertisement ran from May 15 to June 12, 1857.

1857 June 10.  Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 10, 1857, Vol. CVII, No. 7959, P. 3.

Ambrotype, Photograph, Daguerreotype Gallery.  Lay & Heywood  173 Washington street.

Advertisement was recorded on June 10 & July 18, 1857.

1857 June 16.  Coos Republican.  (Lancaster, New Hampshire.)  June 16, 1857, Vol. II, No. 28, Whole No. 70, P. 3.

Lay & Heywood’s Photograph, Ambrotype, And Daguerreotype Gallery, No. 173 Washington Street, Boston.

1857 August 13.  Boston Daily Bee.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 13, 1857, Vol. XXXI, No. 4748, P. 1.

Ambrotype, Photograph And Daguerreotype Gallery.  Lay & Heywood 173 Washington street.

Advertisement ran from August 13 to December 16, 1857.

1857 August 22.  Boston Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  August 22, 1857, Vol. XXVIII, No. 8379, P. 2.

An artistically Executed Picture.  The attention of promenaders down Washington street is sure to be directed to the splendid photograph of the Orpheus Glee Club, by Lay & Heywood.  Its flue tone, life-like expression and tasteful adornment are acknowledged by all.  We think it the best arranged group of large size that ever came under our cognizance.  A large number of persons may at any time be seen gazing at the picture in the window of Wade’s music store where it is now placed.

1857 September 11.  Vermont Watchman and State Journal.  (Montpelier, Vermont.)  September 11, 1857, Vol. 51, No. 42, Whole No. 2656, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 11 to October 9, 1857.

1857 September 12.  Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics.  (Portsmouth, New Hampshire.)  September 12, 1857 Vol. LXVIII, No. 37, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Haywood, (sic.) Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.  Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran five times between from September 12 to October 24, 1857.

1857 September 15.  The Union Democrat.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  September 15, 1857, Vol. 7, No. 348, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Haywood, (sic.) Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 15 to October 13, 1857.

1857 September 17.  Independent Democrat.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 17, 1857, Vol. 13, No. 21, P. 3. 

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 17 to October 22, 1857.

1857 September 17.  St. Albans Messenger.  (St. Albans, Vermont.)  September 17, 1857, Vol. 20, No. 45, Whole No. 1031, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 17 to October 15, 1857.

1857 September 18.  Ellsworth American.  (Ellsworth, Maine.)  September 18, 1857, Vol. III, No. 34, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement ran from September 18 to October 16, 1857.

1857 September 18.  Vermont Journal.  (Windsor, Vermont.)  September 18, 1857, Vol. XIII, No. 40, Whole No. 664, P. 3.

Photograph, Ambrotype & Daguerreotype Gallery, Lay & Heywood, Proprietors, 173 Washington Street, Boston.

Messrs. L. & H. give their particular attention to finishing Portraits of deceased persons, from Daguerreotypes, in Oil, Pastile, Water Colors, and India Ink; and Mr. Lay being an artist that received his education in one of the first Academies in Germany, has the advantage of procuring the best artist in Europe—giving us facilities for the execution of portraits which are not to be excelled at any other establishment.  We have a large collection of portraits of distinguished persons from all parts of the country, in various styles, which the public are invited to call and examine.  Mr. H. gives his attention to the Photographic department, and in this branch of the art is fully competent to execute orders from College Classes, Societies, and associations of men who may wish to preserve, for future reference, a record of familiar faces.

In the other departments we are able to say that we employ none but the best operators, and are prepared to furnish Miniatures, in Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will give perfect satisfaction.

Advertisement was recorded three times between September 18 to October 9, 1857.

1857 October 14.  Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 14, 1857, Vol. CVII, No. 7995, P. 3.

Photographs.—The extent to which the wonderful invention of the daguerreotype has been pushed, is remarkable, and nowhere has the art of taking portraits been more successful pursued than in this country.  The French and Italian artists seem to have been most happy in their views of public buildings, ruins, and of statuary; we have seen no stereoscopic views of natural scenery, or of family groups, more skilfully done than the English; but for portraits our American artists thus far, we believe, are acknowledged to be unrivalled throughout the world.  This is doubtless owing to the fact that especial pains has been devoted in this country to this department of the art.  Photographic views of faces are now taken with such facility and accuracy that families are greatly to be blamed if they neglect to provide themselves with a faithful memorial of those whom absence or death may soon withdraw, perhaps unexpectedly, from the family circle.  There was a time when the miniature of a friend was a luxury only to be possessed by those who could afford to pay liberally for the painting, and who were willing to exact from the sitter the patient tribute of affection required by his oft-repeated visits to the painter’s studio.  Now they may be obtained for an expenditure of time and money altogether inconsiderable.

We have been led to these remarks by the examination of some fine photographic portraits executed by Messrs. Lay & Heywood, whose gallery is at No. 173 Washington street.  They are possessed of every facility for the successful prosecution of their art, they are patient and persevering in their efforts to please their sitters, and in the cases which have fallen under our eye, their executions have been crowned with remarkable success.

1859-1860.  The New York Historical Society’s Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860.  P. 389.

Bavarian portrait painter, born about 1836, working in Boston 1859-1860. 

1863.  Boston Directory (Boston, Massachusetts.)  P. 65. 

F. L. Lay’s Photographic Atelier, No. 31 Winter Street, Boston.

At this Establishment particular attention is given to the Artistic Arrangement of Sitters, and making Highly Finished Portraits, especially Copies of Daguerreotypes or other Pictures.

Cartes De Visite Of Superior Quality.

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

Korrect, Oll

Daguerreotypes, ,

1841                Address Unknown, Boston, Massachusetts.

1841 November 27.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  November 27, 1841, Vol. XII, No. 3479, P. 2.

O. K. not O. K.—A singular mistake occurred in this city on Tuesday last, which goes to prove that we should not always trust to outward appearances.  The ship Saracen, Capt. Oliver Keating, sailed from this port that day for Manilla and Canton.  When the ship was ready to start the Captain sent a cartman to the Pearl Street House, where he had been boarding, for his baggage.

The cartman accordingly went to Capt. K.’s room and took his things, which were all packed up, and in coming out of the room he saw in the entry, near the door, two boxes marked O. K. the initials of the Captain’s name, (Oliver Keating) and supposing they belonged to him, and that it was Oll Korrect, he took the boxes, carried them down and put them on board the ship with the Captain’s baggage, and the vessel immediately afterwards went to sea.  An hour or two after she had sailed, it was discovered that the boxes did not belong to the Captain, but to another gentleman who was stopping at the Pearl Street House, and that the contained a complete set of Daguerreotype apparatus which the owner was about to put in operation in this city.  It was, however, too late to correct the mistake, and the boxes Daguerreotype apparatus and all, are now on their way to Manilla

1841 December 1.  Norwich Courier.  (Norwich, Connecticut.)  December 1, 1841, Vol. XX, No. 88, Whole No. 2275, P. 3.

O. K. not O. K.—A singular mistake occurred in this city on Tuesday last, which goes to prove that we should not always trust to outward appearances.  The ship Saracen, Capt. Oliver Keating, sailed from this port that day for Manilla and Canton.  When the ship was ready to start the Captain sent a cartman to the Pearl street House, where he had been boarding, for his baggage.

The cartman accordingly went to Capt. K.’s room and took his things, which were all packed up, and in coming out of the room he saw in the entry, near the door, two boxes marked O. K. the initials of the Captain’s name, (Oliver Keating) and supposing they belonged to him, and that it was Oll Korrect, he took the boxes, carried them down and put them on board the ship with the Captain’s baggage, and the vessel immediately afterwards went to sea.  An hour or two after she had sailed, it was discovered that the boxes did not belong to the Captain, but to another gentleman who was stopping at the Pearl Street House, and that the contained a complete set of Daguerreotype apparatus which the owner was about to put in operation in this city.  It was, however, too late to correct the mistake, and the boxes Daguerreotype apparatus and all, are now on their way to Manilla.—Boston Transcript.

Knapp, Abiathar Hayden

Ambrotypes, Daguerreotypes, , , ,

1855-1857       123 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

1828 May 26.  Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts.  P. 88.

Born Abiathar Hayden Knapp on May 26, 1826 to Sumner and Phebe Knapp.

1854 September 30.  Boston Cultivator.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 30, 1854, Vol. XVI, No. 39, P. 7.

Married…In Newton Centre, 12th inst., A. Hayden Knapp, Esq., of Boston, to Mrs. Louisa Grover, of N.

1855.  Lady’s Almanac.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  Vol. II,  P. 121.

Daguerreotype Miniatures.  A. H. Knapp, 123 Wash. st.  Good light and best materials.  Particular attention to likenesses of children.  Satisfaction guaranteed.

1856.  Lady’s Almanac.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  Vol. 3, P. 121.

Daguerreotype Miniatures.  A. H. Knapp, 123 Wash. st.  Good light and best materials.  Particular attention to likenesses of children.  Satisfaction guaranteed.

1856.  Lynn Directory.  (Lynn, Massachusetts.)  P. 21. 

Boston Advertisements.  Washington Street Ambrotype Gallery.  Briggs & Knapp’s New Gallery for Patent Ambrotypes & Photographs, of every size and description.

Daguerreotypes copied, and if desired, to the full size of life, upon paper or canvas, retaining the perfect likeness, and painted by first class Artists, making a most beautiful and desirable style of portraits.  Daguerreotypes as usual.

Ambrotypes in Lockets and Pins, Cases and Frames, of all descriptions.

Rights for sale, and instructions given in Cutting’s Patent Ambrotype and Mezzograph process.

123 Washington Street, Boston.  J. Briggs, A. H. Knapp.

Card—The subscriber having purchased one-half of the proprietor’s entire Right for Cutting’s Patent Ambrotypes in the city of Boston, has associated himself with Mr. A. H. Knapp, a successful Artist, for the purpose of taking these beautiful and endearing pictures, In Glass.

The Ambrotype, being hermetically sealed between two plates of fine polished glass, (by a cement which not only secures, but gilds and beautifies the impression,) is proof against the action of water or acids, or the variations of climate in long sea voyages.  Hence they are named “Ambrotypes,” “immortal, imperishable.”  They can be taken from the size of full life to the smallest miniature, and in one-quarter of the time of the Daguerreotype.  They are not reversed, and can be seen in any light as plainly as an engraving; hence are very suitable for pins, Lockets, and large Frames, as well as Cases.

The extreme popularity of the Ambrotype has given rise to much imposition.  Counterfeits upon single glass, covered with black varnish, are often sold for Ambrotypes.  None are genuine without the patent stamp.  The public are invited to call and examine specimens.  J. Briggs.

1856 February 21.  The Boston Herald.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  February 21, 1856, No. 10,173, P. 2.

Boston Business Directory…

Patent Ambrotype Gallery, Only One On The Street.  Briggs & Knapp, (Cutting’s Patent) 123 Washg’n.

Advertisement ran from February 21, 1856 to January 26, 1857.

1856 March 15.  Cape Anne Light and Gloucester Telegraph.  (Gloucester, Massachusetts.)  March 15, 1856, Vol XXX, No. 11, P. 3.

Cutting’s Patent Ambrotypes.  The only place in Washington Street where these unrivalled pictures can be obtained, is at Briggs & Knapp, 123.

Advertisement ran from March 15 to April 12, 1856.

1856 March 20.  Dover Enquirer.  (Dover, New Hampshire.)  March 20, 1856, Vol. XXIX, No. 43, P. 3

Cutting’s Patent Ambrotypes.  The only place in Washington Street where these unrivalled pictures can be obtained, is at Briggs & Knapp, 123.

Advertisement ran from March 20 to April 17, 1856.

1856 March 22.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  March 22, 1856, Vol. XXXV, No.1815, P. 3.

Cutting’s Patent Ambrotypes.  The only place in Washington Street where these unrivalled pictures can be obtained, is at Briggs & Knapp, 123.

Advertisement ran from March 22 to April 26, 1856.

1856 March 26.  The Middlebury Register.  (Middlebury, Vermont.)  March 26, 1856, Vol.  XX, No. 49, P. 3.

Cutting’s Patent Ambrotypes.  The only place in Washington Street where these unrivalled pictures can be obtained, is at Briggs & Knapp, 123.

Advertisement ran from March 10 to June 14, 1856.

1856 March 27.  Rockland Gazette.  (Rockland, Maine.)  March 27, 1856, Vol. 11, No. 13, P. 3.

Cutting’s Patent Ambrotypes.  The only place in Washington Street where these unrivalled pictures can be obtained, is at Briggs & Knapp, 123.

Advertisement ran from March 27 to April 17, 1856.

1856 May 10.  Vermont Phoenix.  (Brattleboro, Vermont.)  May 10, 1856, New Series—Vol.  2, No. 19, P. 4.

Cutting’s Patent Ambrotypes.  The only place in Washington Street where these unrivalled pictures can be obtained, is at Briggs & Knapp, 123.

Advertisement ran from May 10 to June 14, 1856.

1856 October 24.  Boston Morning Journal.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 24, 1856, Vol. XXIV, No. 7302, P. 1.

Boston Business Directory.  Under Patent Ambrotype Gallery.  Only One On The Street.

Briggs & Knapp (Cutting’s Patent) ………..123 Washington Street.

1857 July 11.  The Boston Herald.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 11, 1857, No. 10,592, P. 2.

For Sale, The Patent Rights For an Entirely New Light, which has the following characteristics:—

1st.  It cost less than one-fifth of any other practical artificial light.

2d.  It is a perfectly steady light, so that persons with dim or weak eyes can use it without unpleasant results.

3d.  It is capable of being adjusted to the nice lamps now in use.

4th.  It is never out of order.

5th.  There is nothing unpleasant about it.

6th.  It is perfectly safe.

All this is clear, palpable reality to the beholder; and believing that it must at once come into general use, and wishing to send it broadcast, we have adopted a simple plan and scale of disposing of the rights to the same by counties or States, in such a way that without risk all persons of fair capacity and industrious habits can be sure of replenishing their pockets, or of adding largely to an already ample treasury. 

The light may be seen in all its detail, at No. 1 Basement of Old State House.  A. H. Knapp & Co..

Jordan, William N.

Daguerreotypes, , ,

1853-1854       142 Hanover Street, Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

1854 February 28.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  February 28, 1854, Vol. XXV, No. 7257, P. 2.

Fires.  At 1½ o’clock last night fire broke out in the wooden building at the corner of Hanover and Union streets, occupied by Redding & Co., as a ten cent store, C. A. Roundy, shoe dealer, B. P. Bassett, hair dresser, A. B. Matthewson’s weather-strip manufacturer, and Wm. N. Jordan, daguerreotypist—the two latter premises being burned out, and the others badly damaged by water.   Messrs. Redding & Co.’s loss was the largest—probably about $500—their $1400 stock of teas being more or less “steeped” or smoked.  They are insured at the Manufacturers office.  Mr. Wilton has $300 insurance at the Chelsea Mutual, and Mr. Jordan $800 at the Mohawk Valley Farmers, which will cover their losses…

[1] A Directory Of Massachusetts Photographers 1839-1900. (1853 Jordan & Torsey.)

Jones, William B.

Daguerreotypes, Photographs, , , , ,

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.

Jenkins, Jr., Solon

Daguerreotypes, , , , , , , , , ,

1848-1849       379½ Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

1850                85 Main Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts.

1850-1851       290 Broadway, New York, New York.[1]

1850                4½ Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C.1, 2

C1851-1852    77 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia.[2]

1852                Address Unknown, New York, New York.[3]

1852-1853       221 King Street, Charleston, South Carolina.[4]

1854                Address Unknown, Columbia, South Carolina.

1854                Over Fisher and Agnew’s Store, Columbia, South Carolina.[5]

1850 April 27.  Norfolk County Journal.  (Roxbury, Massachusetts.)  April 27, 1850,  N. P. 

Roxbury Daguerrian Gallery At The Old Stand, In Lemist Building, 82 Washington St., Corner of Felton Place, Over Lemist and Kellogg’s Dry Goods Store.

Miniatures, single or in groups, taken in the best manner, without regard to weather, and warranted not to fade.  An idea has prevailed that, in time, pictures would fade, but this erroneous impression has been entirely removed by many eminent chemists, who give it as their opinion that a Daguerreotype Picture, coated with a solution of gold, will stand any length of time; and no respectable operator will send out a picture without this gilding.

Ladies are recommended to dress in figured or dark material, avoiding white or light blue.  Gentlemen, a black or figured vest, also figured scarf or cravat, so that the shirt bosom will not be too much exposed.  Children, plain and stripped, or figured dresses, avoiding white or light blue; red will take like a dark dress.  Children taken from 9, A. M., to 2, P. M.; others from 8, A. M. till 6, P. M., without regard to weather.  Lancey & Co.

N.B…Messrs. Lancey & Co. Having fitted up an extensive Daguerrian Establishment in the City of Charlestown, in connection with Mr. Jenkins, under the name of Jenkins & Co., and engaged the valuable services of Mr. Lougee to superintend the operating department, would recommend the citizens of Charlestown and vicinity if they wish to get an excellent Daguerreotype Likeness of themselves and friends, to give Mr. L. a call at the Daguerrian Gallery, 85 Main st., Charlestown.           

Advertisement ran from April 27 to June 29, 1850.

1850 June 29.  Norfolk County Journal.  (Roxbury, Massachusetts.) June 29, 1850, P. 3.  

Price Reduced.  Miniatures taken Lower than at any other Establishment and warranted not to fade. 

Roxbury Daguerrian Gallery At The Old Stand, In Lemist Building, 82 Washington St., Corner of Felton Place, Over Lemist and Kellogg’s Dry Goods Store.

Miniatures, single or in groups, taken in the best manner, without regard to weather, and warranted not to fade.  An idea has prevailed that, in time, pictures would fade, but this erroneous impression has been entirely removed by many eminent chemists, who give it as their opinion that a Daguerreotype Picture, coated with a solution of gold, will stand any length of time; and no respectable operator will send out a picture without this gilding.

Ladies are recommended to dress in figured or dark material, avoiding white or light blue.  Gentlemen, a black or figured vest, also figured scarf or cravat, so that the shirt bosom will not be too much exposed.  Children, plain and stripped, or figured dresses, avoiding white or light blue; red will take like a dark dress.  Children taken from 9, A. M., to 2, P. M.; others from 8, A. M. till 6, P. M., without regard to weather.  Lancey & Co.

N.B…Messrs. Lancey & Co. Having fitted up an extensive Daguerrian Establishment in the City of Charlestown, in connection with Mr. Jenkins, under the name of Jenkins & Co., and engaged the valuable services of Mr. Lougee to superintend the operating department, would recommend the citizens of Charlestown and vicinity if they wish to get an excellent Daguerreotype Likeness of themselves and friends, to give Mr. L. a call at the Daguerrian Gallery, 85 Main st., Charlestown. April 27th, 1850         

Advertisement ran from June 29 to November 9, 1850.

1852 May 13.  Charleston Courier.  (Charleston, South Carolina.)  May 13, 1852, Vol. L, No. 15112, P. 2.

Passengers…Per steamer Metamora, from Savannah—…S. Jenkins…

1852 December 2.  Charleston Courier.  (Charleston, South Carolina.)  December 2, 1852, Vol. L, No 15283, P. 2.

Julia Dean Daguerreotype.  On Calling in to D. L. Glen’s Gallery, 221 King-street, I was shown there the finest production in the line of Daguerreotyping I ever saw.  Being an artist myself, and having seen others in the different Northern cities, I must, with pleasure say, that finer pictures are taken there, that in any city in the United States, or in the world.

It was the likeness of Miss Julia Dean, also, a group of Miss Julia and sister.  I find him assisted by S. Jenkins, from Richmond, Virginia, of Whitehurst’s Gallery.  He is acknowledged by the best Northern Artists to be ahead in his line.

Mr. Jenkins’ references are, Ex-Governor Floyd, Virginia; Caskie, Virginia; J. Plumbe; J. H. Whitehurst, Virginia; S. M. Root[6], Philadelphia; McClees & Germon, Philadelphia; Masney [sic.] & Silsbee[7], Boston; Professor Ives[8], Boston; Dr. Cleveland, Charleston; Whiteford Smith, Charleston.

Elsewhere you will find that the prize awarded (being the highest for the best productions) is settled by the Committee, J. M. Osborn being noticed by them for a group of colored subjects only.  A. Citizen.

1853 January 25.  Charleston Courier.  (Charleston, South Carolina.)  January 25, 1853, Vol. LI, No 16327, P. 2.

Citizens Of Charleston And Strangers Visiting.  To You Greetings.  Please notice as you pass the fine Specimens of the Photographic Art, Exposed to view in the splendid Show Case, before the door of 221 King-street.  For softness of shade, Tone of Pictures and position, no Daguerreotypes in the world can Equal them—(Beautiful to Contemplate.)  The South ahead.

The Gallery is crowded with all Classes, to procure those life-like Miniatures, which are produced so Instantaneously and with perfection.  Mr. Glen, with such an Artist as S. Jenkins, from Virginia, assisting him, and Mr. J. Having the highest recommend from All the principal Artists in America, Who will delay procuring for themselves Or friends those Mementoes, regarded As the Best gift oneself can bestow Upon another.

1853 January 25.  Charleston Courier.  (Charleston, South Carolina.)  January 25, 1853, Vol. LI, No 16327, P. 2.

For Sale, a very good Piano, for $40, in fine order.  Inquire of S. Jenkins, At Glen’s Daguerrian Gallery, 221 King-street.

1853 August 30.  Charleston Courier.  (Charleston, South Carolina.)  August 30, 1853, Vol. LI, No 16510, P. 2.

James Adger.  Another Quick Trip!!  The U. S. Mail steam ship James Adger, Capt. John Dickinson, arrived at her wharf in this city yesterday afternoon, about 5 o’clock, having made the passage from New-York in the very short time of forty-nine hours, from wharf to wharf,…

The following are the names of the passengers by the James Adger:…S. Jenkins…

1854 November 24.  The Daily Dispatch.  (Richmond, Virginia.)  November 24, 1854, Vol. V, No. 328, P. 1.

Mr. Solon Jenkins, daguerrean artist, died in Columbia, S. C. on Sunday morning.

1854.  December.  Daguerreian Journal.  (New York. New York.)  December 1854, N.P.

Solon Jenkins, Jr., died at Columbia, S.C., on the 19th of November.  He contracted the Yellow Fever while at Charlestown, and died after a brief illness.  Mr. J.  Was engaged for sometime at Mr. Whitehurst’s Gallery at Richmond, Va., and afterwards had an establishment of his own in this city.  At the time of his demise, he was engaged for Mr. Tucker at his Gallery in Columbia.

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

1850.  Not Listed.  Directory published by John Doggett, Jr.

1851.  Not Listed.  Directory published by Doggett & Rode.

1852.  daguerreotypes, h-77 Bowery.  Directory published by John Fowler Trow.

1853.  Not Listed.  Directory published by John Fowler Trow.

[1] Craig’s Daguerreian Registry

[2] Jesse Harrison Whitehurst Gallery address.

[3] New York City Directory.

[4] Daniel L. Glen’s Studio

[5] Partners with the Sun South Carolina Photographers 1840-1940, P. 69.

[6] Probably S. & M. Root

[7] Masury & Silsbee

[8] Loyal Moses Ives

Ives, Loyal Moses

Daguerreotypes, Portrait Painter, , , , , ,

Ca. 1844-1846            Address Unknown, Boston, Massachusetts.[1], [2], [3]

1847-1856                   142 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.3

1851                            near the Old South [Church], Boston, Massachusetts.3

Ca. 1850-56.  Advertising Card in back of a Ninth Plate Daguerreotype.  Chris Steele’s collection.

Ives’ Daguerreian Gallery, 142 Washington St., Boston.  Prices of Daguerreotypes, 25 cents to 25 Dollars. 

N. B.—The 1st Class Medal and Diploma awarded, for specimens exhibited at the Mechanics’ Fair, Boston.  Operators, L. M. Ives, C. H. Collagan.

Information from The New York Historical Society’s Directory of Artists in America 1564-1860. (New Haven, Connecticut & London, England.)  P. 342.

Ives, Loyal Moss.  Portrait painter who worked in New Haven (Conn.) During the latter 1850’s and in NYC from about 1863 into the 1890’s

1850 September 19.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 19, 1850, Vol. XXI, No. 6194, P. 2.

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association— …The display of Daguerreotypes at both ends of the room attracts very general attention, and many of the pieces appear to be in the highest perfection of the art.

The specimens of Southworth & Hawes, Boston, are greatly admired for their peculiar delicacy of finish.  The likenesses of Judge Woodbury, Mr. Winthrop, Prof. Greenleaf, Justice Merrill, &c, &c, and a copy of the Greek Slave, are at once recognized as perfectly lifelike, and true to the original.

The family groups furnished by J. A. Whipple, Boston, excel in this line—among them we notice the family of Lieut. Gov Reed.  There are also capital heads of Gov Briggs, Hon David Sears, Kah-ge-ga-ge-bowh, and a miniature full length portrait of Daniel Webster.

Other highly creditable specimens are contributed by Messrs Chase, Ives, and Hale & Co., of this city, J. Starkweather, Roxbury, and W. A. Perry & Co., Lowell…

1850 September.  Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Report (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 1850, N. P.

Exhibited daguerreotypes at the sixth exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Fair.  A silver medal was awarded.

1850 September 19.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 19, 1850, Vol. XXI, No. 6194, P. 2.

 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association— …The display of Daguerreotypes at both ends of the room attracts very general attention, and many of the pieces appear to be in the highest perfection of the art.

The specimens of Southworth & Hawes, Boston, are greatly admired for their peculiar delicacy of finish.  The likenesses of Judge Woodbury, Mr. Winthrop, Prof. Greenleaf, Justice Merrill, &c, &c, and a copy of the Greek Slave, are at once recognized as perfectly lifelike, and true to the original.

The family groups furnished by J. A. Whipple, Boston, excel in this line—among them we notice the family of Lieut Gov Reed.  There are also capital heads of Gov Briggs, Hon David Sears, Kah-ge-ga-ge-bowh, and a miniature full length portrait of Daniel Webster.

Other highly creditable specimens are contributed by Messrs. Chase, Ives, and Hale & Co., of this city, J. Starkweather, Roxbury, and W. A. Perry & Co., Lowell…

1850 October 16.  Railway Advertiser.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 16, 1850, Vol. 2, No. 13, P. 1.

Ives Daguerreotype Rooms!  142 Washington Street, Boston.  (Opposite The Foot Of School Street.)  The Public are respectfully invited to call and examine specimens of daguerreotypes and for themselves.  jul 2.

Advertisement ran from Oct 16, 1850 to April 30, 1851.

1850 December 21.  Gazette Francaise.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  December 21, 1850, Vol. 1, No. 15, P. 4.

Daguerreotypes!  L. M. Ives, A la derniere Exposition une Medaille avec Diploma a ete accordee specimens, et garantit une parfait resemblances a tous ceux qui voudront bien l’honorer de leur confiance.

Advertisement was recorded fourteen times between December 21, 1850 to July 19, 1851.

1851 March 1.  The Daguerreian Journal.  (New York, New York.) March 1, 1851, Vol. 1, No. 1, N. P.

Lister in the Daguerreian Artist Register (March 1 to April 15, 1851 as L. M. Joes, 142 Washington St., Boston) and as L. M. Ives from May 1 to Dec. 15, 1851 at 142 Washington St., Boston.

Advertisement ran from March 1 to December 15, 1851.

1851 May 15.  The Daguerreian Journal.  (New York, New York.)  May 15, 1851, Vol. 2, No. 1, P. 19.

L. M. Ives of Joston, [sic.] is, we understand, producing some exquisite specimens of Daguerreotypes. Success.

1851 June 1.  The Daguerreian Journal.  (New York, New York.)  June 1, 1851, Vol. 2, No. 2, P. 53.

L. M. Ives of Boston, will please pardon us (or rather or printer) for the mistake in the Journal in his name and locality.  Mr. I. being himselfa sure operator, will certainly pardon a failure in others.  We will endeavor to do better in future.

1851 July 1.  The Daguerreian Journal.  (New York, New York.)  July 1, 1851, Vol. 2, No. 4, P. 114-115.

Boston Daguerreotypists….Mr. Ives we found very busy with his customers, and after taking a hurried look through his collection of specimens, we were not in the least surprised to find so many waiting their turn.

1851 September 8.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 8, 1851, Vol. XXII, No. 6494, P. 1.

A Family Picture…

Let me say to the young men of Boston, whose parental home is in the country, that if they would awaken the affection that lingers around the family hearth, next to that of their living presence—they should send home a fine daguerreotype—such as Ives, or Ormsby and Silsbee, of Washington street, can produce.  A picture where every feature and expression are so finely delineated, and the tone and color so well preserved, that it appears more the reflection from a mirror, than the result of a chemical process.  Such a present to a parent or sister, would be one of the most valuable that could be made, and should death take the original away, this truthful representation would be invaluable.  In this way, at a trifling expense, a whol;e family may leave a memorial which would be greatly prized by the living.  What amount of money, would purchase from a mother the daguerreotype of her dead son?  With this happy thought I close this family letter.  Yours very truly, G. Q. C.

1851 September 9.  Dover Enquirer.  (Dover, New Hampshire.)  September 9, 1851, Vol. XXV, No. 15, P. 3.

Premium Daguerreotypes.  Ives, Daguerrean Artist, 142 Washington Street.  Boston.

Advertisement ran from September 9 to October 7, 1851.

1851 September 11.  Green-Mountain Freeman.  (Montpelier, Vermont.)  September 11, 1851, Vol. VIII, No. 37, P. 3.

Premium Daguerreotypes.  Ives, Daguerrean Artist, 142 Washington Street.  Boston.

Advertisement ran from September 11 to October 9, 1851.

1851 September 13.  New Hampshire Statesman.  (Concord, New Hampshire.)  September 13, 1851, Vol. XXX, No. 1581, P. 3.

Premium Daguerreotypes.  Ives, Daguerrean Artist, 142 Washington Street.  Boston.

Advertisement ran from September 13 to October 11, 1851.

1851 October 1.  Cheshire Republican and Farmer.  (Keene, New Hampshire.)  October 1, 1845, Vol. 18, No. 8, Whole No. 1255, P. 4.

Premium Daguerreotypes.  Ives, Daguerrean Artist, 142 Washington Street, Boston.

Advertisement was recorded on October 1 & 8, 1851.

1851 November 15.  The Carpet Bag.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  Vol. 1, No. 33, P. 4.

Daguerreotypes.—The pictures taken by Ives & Black, near the Old South, are unsurpassed for the beauty of their finish and the correctness of their portraiture.  It is almost inexcusable in any one to neglect securing pictures of relatives and friends, in view of the facilities now afforded for doing so.  Years ago, when a miniature was a work of great labor and expense, and then was often dependent upon the partiality of friends to decipher the resemblance it bore to those whom it was intended to represent, a picture of a loved object was not to be hoped for by a poor man—in his memory, alone, could the likeness be cherished, unless, perhaps, it was recalled dimly by some queer old black profile, that hung smoke dried on the wall, like that of “corporal Paul” in Mrs. Partington’s back sitting-room.  But now everyone has it in his power to save the semblance of friends in these exquisite pictures, which look out lovingly upon the living though Death may have claimed the originals years agone.  Messrs Ives & Black execute Talbotypes superbly, and specimens we examined recently, we found it difficult to distinguish from the finest lithographs.

1852.  Boston City Directory.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  1852/1853, P. 35.  Published by George Adams, 1852.

Premium Daguerreotypes, By L. M. Ives, 142 Washington Street, Boston.

The Public are Respectfully Invited To Call and Examine Specimens.  Customers can be sure of as good pictures as the specimens exhibited.  Perfect Satisfaction Guarantied.

1852 October 16.  The Carpet Bag.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  Vol. 2, No. 29, P. 27.

To Pathfinders!—Among the numerous paths in the City of Notions, there is one leading to L. M. Ives’s Daguerrian Gallery, 142 Washington Street.

Strangers visiting the city are respectfully invited to call, and examine a large collection of Premium Daguerreotypes, and whoever wishes a picture may feel sure of perfect satisfaction being give.  jan 14

1852 December 4.  The Carpet-Bag.  (Boston, Massachusetts.) Vol. 2, No. 36, P. 6. 

Whipple’s Crysalotypes are charming specimens of this class of daguerreotypes.  All the softness and distinctness of lithography are preserved with the correctness and beauty of the daguerreotype.  The pictures of the President elect and the late R. Rantoul, Jr., may well be referred to in proof of what we say.  Those familiar with the features of these notables may see at a glance the life-likeness preserved in their pictures.  Mr. Whipple’s room abound with splendid specimens of daguerreotypes and crysalotypes, worthy the attention of all interested in art.  Mr. Black, formerly with Ives, presides over the crysalotype department, and the excellence of his productions is a lasting monument of his skill.

1853.  Boston City Directory.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  P. 33.  Published by George Adams, 1853.

Premium Daguerreotypes, By L. M. Ives, 142 Washington Street, Boston.

The Public are Respectfully Invited To Call and Examine Specimens.  Customers can be sure of as good pictures as the specimens exhibited.  Perfect Satisfaction Guarantied.

1853 July 12.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 12, 1853, Vol. XXIV, No. 7061, P. 3. 

New Daguerreotype Rooms.  140 Washington Street, Seaver & Butler, having recently purchased these rooms, and neatly fitted and newly furnished them throughout, till they are surpassed in convenience and elegance by none in the city, are now prepared to take Likenesses with promptness, in the very best style of the art, and in every size and mode of finish.  The public are respectfully invited to give them a call.  Entire satisfaction guaranteed.

Mr. Seaver having been employed as Operator at Ives’s Establishment, for over a year past, would be pleased to see his numerous friends and acquaintances at his new place of business, where they will meet with entire satisfaction, as heretofore.

Advertisement ran from July 12 to 25, 1853.

1854 June 3.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  June 3, 1854, Vol. XXV, No. 7338, P. 3.

25 Cents Daguerreotypes.  Good Daguerreotypes are taken at Ives’s, 142 Washington st., for 25 cents.

Advertisement ran from June 3 to 9, 1854.

1854 December 13.  Boston Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  December 13, 1854, Vol. XXV, No. 7501, P. 2.

A splendid Portrait.  Mr. Charles H. Brainard has this day published a very accurate and striking likeness of the Rev. Theodore Parker, drawn by Grozelier, from a daguerreotype by L. M. Ives, and printed by L. H. Bradford & Co….

1855 August.  The Photographic And Fine Arts Journal.  (New York, New York.)  August 1855, New Series Vol. II, Old Series VIII, No. 8. P. 247.

A Trip to Boston.—Boston Artist…

…Of Mr. Ives and Mr. Chase, both also located in Washington street, and both devoting their attention to daguerreotypes exclusively, I can speak in terms of high commendation.  By their many beautiful productions they have shown themselves able proficients in their art, while by their character and manners they do honor to their profession.

M. A. R., Philadelphia, cor. Chestnut and Fifth sts.

[1] The American Daguerreotype P. 397.  Partnership of Chase & Ives.

[2] The Camera and the Pencil Or, The Heliographic Art, P. 361.

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

Huddleston, John S. F.

Daguerreotypes, , ,

1841                123 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Boston Directory, residence section.

1839-1841       Barometer & Thermometer Maker, 185 Washington Street, Boston

1842-1843       Barometer & Thermometer Maker, 96 Washington Street, Boston

1844-1845       Barometer Maker, 96 Washington Street, Boston

1841 July 20.  Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 20, 1841, Vol. XII, No. 3368, P. 3 

Photographic Miniature Rooms, No. 123 Washington Street, over Lows, Ball and Company.  The subscribers beg leave to call the attention of the public to specimens of Daguerreotype Miniature Portraits executed by them.  They have recently made some highly successful experiments, by which the time required in sitting is materially lessened, while the distinctness and legibility of the portrait is increased.  The fidelity to the original which mark these miniatures, and the ease and rapidity with which they are taken, render them superior to all other portraits.

Persons desirous of making themselves acquainted with the Photographic process, may receive such instructions as will enable them to take portraits, drawings, &c. in a very brief space of time.  J. S. F. Huddleston

Advertisement ran from July 20 to August 28, 1841.

1841 July 24.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  July 24, 1841, Vol. X, No. 1561, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Miniature Portrait Rooms, No. 123 Washington Street, over Lows, Ball & Company’s.  The subscribers having successfully complete some important experiments in taking Photographic Miniature Portraits, whereby the length of time usually employed is materially diminished—a few Seconds Only being necessary to produce a perfect transcript of the original—would respectfully invite the attention of the public to specimens executed by them.  To those unacquainted with the Daguerreotype, it is only necessary to add, that portraits taken by this process will at once be recognized as perfect likenesses.  The great objection to miniatures formerly taken by this process was their indistinctness.  Recent discoveries have completely removed this, and the Portraits now taken by the subscribers are as clear and legible as paintings in oil.

Instruction given and Apparatus furnished, (warranted to give satisfaction, or exchanged,) carefully packed, and sent to any part of the country.  J. S. F. Huddleston & Co.

Advertisement was recorded ten times between July 24 to August 28, 1841.

1841 September 2. Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 2, 1841, Vol. XII, No. 3406, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Miniature Rooms, No. 123 Washington street, over Lows, Ball and Company.  The subscriber begs leave to call the attention to the public to specimens of Daguerreotype Miniature Portraits executed by him.  He has recently made some highly successful experiments, by which the time required in sitting is materially lessened, while the distinctness and legibility of the portrait is increased.  The fidelity to the original which mark these miniatures and the ease and rapidity with which they are taken, render them superior to all other portraits.

Persons desirous of making themselves acquainted with the Photographic process, may receive such instructions as will enable them to take portraits, drawings, & c. in very brief space of time.

H. I. Able & Co.  Successors to J. S. F. Huddleston & Co.                        

1841 September 6.  Boston Daily Times.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  September 6, 1841, Vol. X, No. 1604, P. 4.

Daguerreotype Miniature Portrait Rooms, No. 123 Washington Street, over Lows, Ball & Company’s.  The subscribers having successfully complete some important experiments in taking Photographic Miniature Portraits, whereby the length of time usually employed is materially diminished—a few Seconds Only being necessary to produce a perfect transcript of the original—would respectfully invite the attention of the public to specimens executed by them.  To those unacquainted with the Daguerreotype, it is only necessary to add, that portraits taken by this process will at once be recognized as perfect likenesses.  The great objection to miniatures formerly taken by this process was their indistinctness.  Recent discoveries have completely removed this, and the Portraits now taken by the subscribers are as clear and legible as paintings in oil.

Instruction given and Apparatus furnished, (warranted to give satisfaction, or exchanged,) carefully packed, and sent to any part of the country.  H. I. Abel & Co., Successors to J. S. F. Huddleston.

1841 September 20.  Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.

Exhibited daguerreotypes at the third exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.  No award was given.

1841 October 14. Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 14, 1841, Vol. XII, No. 3442, P. 3.

Notice.  The Barometer, Thermometer, and Glass Blowing Manufactory.  Formerly conducted by J. S. F. Huddleston is removed from 123 to 128 Washington street, over J. Francis’s Bookstore, corner of Washington street.

The subscriber respectfully inform the trade and the public in general, that they are prepared to execute all orders sent to them with promptness and punctuality, and at prices which they trust will merit their approbation.  Every description of repairs in the above branches finished in the neatest manner and at the shortest notice.  Slade & Keast, Successor to J. S. F. Huddleston.

Hopkins, Freedom D.

Ambrotypes, Photographs, , , , , ,

1856-1857       85 Elm Street, Merchants’ Exchange Building, Manchester, New Hampshire.

1859                335 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

1859                Address Unknown, Lowell, Massachusetts.

1860                Carleton Block, Merrimack Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.

1856 July 21.  Manchester Daily Mirror.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  July 21, 1856, Vol. X, No. 132, P. 3.

New Ambrotype Firm.  The Best Pictures!  At No. 85 Elm Street, Merchants’ Exchange Building, Directly over John A. Perry’s Mammoth Drug Store. 

Hopkins & Elwell Artists in Ambrotype, Produces better Pictures, with less delay than any other establishment in the State.  This statement they are prepared to prove to any one who is disposed to test their skill in picture making.  They know what they now say, and they can and will do what they advertise to do. They do not wish to speak disparagingly of other artists in Ambrotype, for many of them make good pictures, but, we do know that we can and do produce the best Ambrotype Pictures ever exhibited in New Hampshire, and as compared with these, Daguerreotypes are worthless.

The public are respectfully invited to examine specimens at the place above named.

F. D. Hopkins, C. K. Ellwell.

Advertisement ran from July 21 to August 13, 1856.

1856 July 24.  Manchester Daily Mirror.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  July 24, 1856, Vol. X, No. 135, P. 2.

New Ambrotype Rooms—Hopkins and Elwell, two enterprising and studious artists, are fitting up a splendid Picture Gallery in the south part of Merchants’ Exchange. Directly over the Drug Store of J. A. Perry, for taking a lasting likenesses of the “human face divine” in ambrotype.  For light and convenience we know not where a better locality could be found.  Their pictures in the show case at the entry-way and in their rooms, show what they can do.  From what we have seen, and we have examined their pictures closely, we think they take an excellent ambrotype, well-toned, life-like and clear.  We commend their advertisement in another column to particular notice.

1856 September 20.  Manchester Daily Mirror.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  September 20, 1856, Vol. XI, No. 34, P. 3.

Ambrotypes!   The Best Pictures!!  F. D. Hopkins. No. 85 Elm Street, South End Merchants’ Exchange, Will furnish his customers with a better picture, either Ambrotype, Daguerreotype, or Photograph, Than can be procured at any other establishment in the State.

He would call particular attention to his Specimens of Ambrotype!  Which for boldness and truthfulness of delineation, softness of tone and beauty of finish, Cannot Be Excelled!!

Having had long and successful experience in all branches of the Art, he flatters himself that he can Defy Competition. 

Ambrotypes Set In Lockets, Pins, Rings, &c. And Warranted to give Entire Satisfaction. 

No charge made for trial where a good picture is not obtained.

For further particulars please call at his Gallery. No. 85 Merchants’ Exchange.  F. D. Hopkins.

Advertisement ran from August 27 to  October 17, 1856.

1856 October 15.  Manchester Daily Mirror.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  October 15, 1856, Vol. XI, No. 52, P. 2 & 3.

New Hampshire State Fair, Premiums Awarded…

Pictures, Hair Work, &c.

N. Brow, Concord, Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes, Dip.

F. D. Hopkins, Manchester, Improved Daguerreotype, Trans.

F. A. Brown, [Manchester], for Improved Ambrotypes, Med.

1856 November 19.  Manchester Daily Mirror.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  November 19, 1856, Vol. XI, No. 82, P. 3.

To the Ladies and Gentlemen! –Of—Manchester.  Having for the past three or four months listened to, and read in silence, the one thousand and one windy advertisements, and paid Editorial puffs, published and circulated by Daguerreotypists of the city—who have made numberless statements calculated to mislead those unacquainted with business, ad which they cannot prove, I deem it a duty due to myself and the public, to say a few words in regard to the subject in question.

The above named gentlemen (who dislike everything new because they find it difficult to keep up with the improvements of the time,) state that which they do not know to be a fact, that Ambrotypes are worthless, that they will “crack, spot, fade, peel off,” &c.

For the benefit of these ‘would be’ advisers and monopolists, I would say that I will, in presence of witnesses, subject any Ambrotype, made and finished by myself, to tests that will utterly spoil any Daguerreotype, and all without injuring the picture.  And furthermore, I will challenge any operator in the city, whether resident or imported for the occasion, whether a “finished workman” or unfinished, to produce a better picture, either as regards the fineness of chemical effect, delicacy of light and shade, or beauty of finish.

And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, since it has become the fashion, allow me to add my “one word of advice.” Never allow yourselves to be humbugged by Old Fogies; but let your own good sense be your guide both in the selection of pictures and artists.  I would further advise you to call at our gallery and examine our specimens of improved Ambrotypes, put them to any reasonable test, and then decide for yourselves.

I shall continue to devote myself exclusively to the Art.  Pictures executed in any desired, either Ambrotype, Daguerreotype, or Photograph, from the smallest miniature to the full plate, and warranted not to “Spot, fade, peel off,” or spoil in any way.  With ten thousand thanks for the very liberal patronage you have heretofore bestowed up on me, and many hopes for the continuance of the same, I will take my leave, hoping soon to have the pleasure of a personal interview.  Yours Truly, F. D. Hopkins.  85Elm Street, South End Merchants’ Exchange.

Advertisement ran from November 19 to 28, 1856.

1856 November 25.  Manchester Daily Mirror.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  November 25, 1856, Vol. XI, No. 87, P. 2.

It seems by the daily papers that Mr. Brown ad Mr. Hopkins are obliged to discuss the durability of their pictures—say nothing of merits, and Mr. French & Co. seem determined to patent the Greek language, but I would inform the public that at Goddard’s rooms, Smyth’s Block, they can get a picture either Ambrotype or Daguerreotype, that will speak for itself.  Call and see his 50c cases.

Advertisement ran from November 25 to December 5, 1856.

1857 January 20.  Manchester Daily Mirror.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  January 20, 1857, Vol. IX, No. 135, P. 3.

I am In Favor Of A Well Organized Military Companies Throughout The United States.  I shall ride Esq. Hutchings, Elevated Charger, dressed in a Field Officers Regimentals, at 12 O’clock, A. M., to-morrow, thro’ some of the Principal streets of Manchester.  On the occation (sic.) Mr. F. D. Hopkins, will take my Daguerreotype, one for the Hon. John B. Clarke, Editor of the Mirror, and one for the Hon. Joseph C. Abbott, Editor of the American, one for the Artist and one for myself.

This will give the citizens of Manchester, a double chance to see the man who is nominated for President on Horse back, and to call at the different offices and view the pictures.  Daniel Pratt, Jr. the Great American Traveller.

1857 March 14.  Manchester Daily Mirror.  (Manchester, New Hampshire.)  March 14, 1857, Vol. XII, No. 24, P. 2.

Take Notice.  The undersigned, Daguerreotypers of Manchester, will for the future charge from one to three dollars, according to size, for putting pictures in cases bought of Pedlers, so that they will cost at least twenty-five cents more than the same cases and pictures bought at any rooms in the City.  F. A. Brown, F. D. Hopkins, J. U. French & Co., R. A. Miller, A. H. Snow, J. Goddard.

Advertisement ran from March 14 to 17, 1857.

1850 May 7.    Lowell Daily Citizen and News.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  May 7, 1860, Vol. X, No. 1234, P. 2.

Fire Yesterday Noon.  About 1 o’clock, yesterday noon, smoke was seen issuing from an upper window in the rear of Carleton Block, on Merrimack street, and the alarm bell soon brought the fire department to the spot.  It took in a small room occupied by Mr. F. D. Hopkins, daguerreotypist, and contained his apparatus.  It is supposed to have been caused by the heat of the sun thrown by means of a powerful glass upon a quantity of saturated cotton.  It was extinguished with a few buckets of water.  The damage to Mr. Hopkins will not exceed $100.  The building was damaged by the burning of the window casing, &c., to the amount of $40 or $50.  Had the building got well on fire, our citizens would have seen the necessity of keeping the water pipes filled all the time.  The canals were drawn off, as they generally are on Sunday, and no water could be had excepting through the pipes.  Luckliy none was needed.

1850 May 11.   Vox Populi.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  May 11, 1860, Vol. XX, No. 27, P. 2.

A Slight Fire.  About 1 o’clock, P. M., on Sunday, fire was discovered in the fourth story of Carleton Block, issuing from the window in a room occupied by Mr. F. D. Hopkins for a laboratory, which is a part of his photograph and ambrotype establishment.  The alarm was given, and in a few moments the Fire Department was fully represented around the building, but its services were not required, as a few buckets of water extinguished the flames.  The supposition is that the fire was set by the rays of the sun operating, through the window glass and a mirror, upon a curtain.  Mr. Hopkins’ loss was about $100; the proprietors of Carleton Block do not lose more than $40 or $50 from the damages. 

Mr. Hopkings is a young artist of decided merit, and we regret that he met with this unpleasant draw-back.  His rooms, however, are now open, and he will be happy to receive the calls of those wanting photographs.

1850 June 1.   Vox Populi.  (Lowell, Massachusetts.)  June 1, 1860, Vol. XX, No. 30, P. 2.

It is an easy matter to send by mail a “counterfeit presentment” of one’s features; Hopkins in Carleton Block, makes a speaking likeness no larger than a letter-stamp…