Tag Archives: Cadiz Ohio

S. T. Munson

Daguerreotypes, , ,

1842-1843       Room No. 5 at the Blewett House, Third Floor, Cadiz, Ohio.                                1843                   Address Unknown, Aberdeen, Ohio

S. T. Munson was recorded in one advertisement and two announcements in The Democratic Sentinel and Harrison County Farmer (Cadiz, Ohio). The advertisement ran from March 30 to April 20, 1843. Daguerreotype Portraits. Splendid Daguerreotype Portraits taken by S. T. Munson, at the Blewett House.  Room No. 5 on the third floor; these pictures are like life, and can not be removed; prices 6 and 8 dollars, according to the size, hours from 10 A. M, to 4 P. M.  March 23d, 1842

The first announcement appeared on April 20, 1843.  Mr. Munson is still at the Blewett house taking Daguerreotype Portraits.  His likenesses, are perfectly accurate, and it depends upon the faces entirely, whether they are handsome or not.  They nothing extenuate nor do they set down aught in malice, but such as nature made them they are delineated.

The second announcement appeared on May 18, 1843.  Mr. S. T. Munson the Daguerreotype operator, will be absent for some ten or twelve days on a professional visit to Aberdeen, when he will again return to our city, and for a few days only will tender his professional services to the citizens of this place, we must cordially recommend Mr. Munson as a skillful operator, his executions are not surpassed, and we will add, not equaled by anything of the kind that we have ever seen.  Those who wish to obtain a perfect and indelible likeness of themselves or their families, will do well to favor him with a call.—Communicated.

S. T. Munson is not listed in other photographic directories.

 

A. Moore

Ambrotypes, , ,

1856                Address & Location Unknown, Ohio.                                                                            1858                Address & Location Unknown, Ohio.

A. Moore was recorded in two announcements in The Cadiz Democratic Sentinel (Cadiz, Ohio). The first announcement appeared on October 22, 1856.  List of Premiums Awarded at the Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Harrison County Agricultural Society, held in Cadiz, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 8, 9, and 10, 1856….Ambrotype…First Premium, A. Moore….Diploma.

The second announcement appeared on October 20, 1858.  Award and Premiums of the Harrison County Agricultural Society, for the year 1858….Ambrotype…First Premium, A. Moore.

An A. Moore is recorded in other photographic directories as being active in 1859-1865 in Deersville, Ohio.  It is possibly the same person, the distance between Deersville and Cadiz Ohio is about 12 miles.

James Knox

Ambrotypes, Photographs, , ,

1858                Market Street, Cadiz, Ohio.

James Knox was recorded in an announcement and two advertisements in The Cadiz Democratic Sentinel (Cadiz, Ohio).  The announcement ran on April 14, 1858.  Ambrotypes and Photographs.  James Knox at his Ambrotype Car on Market Street, is taking some of the finest Pictures ever seen in this place.  Call soon, and get your Picture taken.  Prices range from fifty cents to ten dollars.

The first advertisement ran on April 14 & 21, 1858.  Large Pictures.  James Knox Is now prepared to take Pictures, full size, in the latest and most approved manner, at his Ambrotype Car, Cadiz, Ohio.  Call soon and get your full sized Pictures taken.

The second advertisement ran on June 9 & 16, 1858.  Large Pictures.  James Knox is prepared to take full sized Photographs and Ambrotypes, in the latest and most approved style, at reasonable prices.

He will also take small pictures on paper suitable for sending away, for 25 cents.—Call soon, as he will leave in a few days.

James Knox is not listed in other photographic directories.

J. P. Johnson

Daguerreotypes, ,

1851                Cadiz Hotel, Cadiz, Ohio.

J. P. Johnson 1851 was recorded in an advertisement and an announcement in The Democratic Sentinel and Harrison County Farmer (Cadiz, Ohio). The advertisement ran from August 6 to 27, 1851.

Look down, ye seraphs from the Sun                                                                                                                And see the wonders we have done!                                                                                                            We talk by lightning, ride by steam,                                                                                                              And paint by Sol’s eternal beam!

J. P. Johnson, Daguerrean Artist, Would respectfully announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Cadiz and vicinity, that he has taken rooms at the Cadiz Hotel, where he is prepared to take pictures in the latest and most approved style. Mr. J. has taken lessons of some of the best Daguerreotypist in the United States. He Therefore flatters himself that he can produce better pictures than have ever been taken heretofore in this part of the State.  Ladies and Gentlemen will please call and examine specimens.

The announcement appeared on September 10, 1851.  “Secure the Shadow, ere the substance fades.”  This is the advice that is good, and should be adopted by every one who has a wife, sister, father, mother, husband, brother, or child.—Death is at all times stalking abroad, and ere we are aware of it, a near and dear friend is stricken down.  And under such circumstance, do we not highly prize a gift or memento left by them.  But is not a picture, taken by some master hand, and displaying with truth and fervency the face of those whose memory we love to cherish.  J. P. Johnson, is one that can give you a correct daguerreotype likeness of the human face divine, and if any of our citizens wish to avail themselves of his skill, now is the time to do so, as he intends leaving town in a few days.  He may be found at the Cadiz Hotel, where specimens may be seen.

J. P. Johnson is not recorded in other photographic directories.

J. E. Davidson

Daguerrean Car, Daguerreotypes, , ,

1854                Unknown Location, Cadiz, Ohio.

J. E. Davidson was recorded in an advertisement that ran on March 8 to April 5, 1854 in The Cadiz Democratic Sentinel (Cadiz, Ohio). Card to the Public. J. E. Davidson, takes this occasion to inform his friends, that he will return to Cadiz on the First of April, when he will open his well furnished Daguerrean Car, and be ready to take pictures in his well known superior style.  Those of his friends wishing to procure pictures, see his fine specimens or make a friendly call, will be well received with the greatest pleasure.

J. E. Davidson is not recorded in other photographic directories.