1848 22 Cheapside, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1849 22 Cheapside, New Bedford, Massachusetts.[1]
1852 62 Purchase, New Bedford, Massachusetts.1
1853-1855 62 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1856 62 Purchase, New Bedford, Massachusetts.1
1859 Purchase & Elm, New Bedford, Massachusetts.1
1861-1862 62 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1864 64 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1865 64 Purchase, New Bedford, Massachusetts.1
1867 Purchase, New Bedford, Massachusetts.1
1848 May 19. The New Bedford Mercury. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) May 19, 1848, Vol. XLI, Whole No. 2121, P. 3.
Daguerreotype Miniatures, Only One Dollar! Mr. Fales respectfully gives notice that he has fitted up a suit of rooms in elegant style, and is prepared to take Daguerreotype Likenesses, not to be surpassed by any in this part of the country, (no excepting those having a “Miniature Steam Engine,” Mr. F. invites an examination and comparison of his Pictures with those of any other establishment.
Thankful for the very liberal patronage he has heretofore received, he hopes by strict attention to business to merit approbation of the public. Charles Fales, No. 22 Cheapside, opposite City Hall.
N. B. All descriptions of Lockets and Cases always on hand, at low prices.
Advertisement ran from May 19 to June 16, 1848.
1848 October 20. The New Bedford Mercury. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) October 20, 1848, Vol. XLI, Whole No. 2143, P. 3.
Daguerreotype Likenesses For One Dollar. The subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has procured one of the most powerful and complete Instruments for taking Likenesses to be found in any establishment in this part of the country.—His Rooms have been fitted with all the improvements necessary for taking Correct and Beautiful Pictures. Every article made use of in the business, such as Plates, Cases, Frames, Chemicals, &c. constantly on hand, at very low prices. Charles Fales, No. 23 Cheapside, Opposite City Hall.
1853 February 22. Whaleman’s Shipping List and Merchants Transcript. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) February 22, 1853, Vol. XI, No. 51, P. 2.
Charles Fales’ Daguerrian Gallery at 62 Purchase street, is as good a place as any in the city for securing a life-like miniature. Captains, mates, boatsteerers and seamen who would like to leave their memory behind them, should visit Mr. Fales, who will see to it that they are remembered in their absence.
1853 February 22. Whaleman’s Shipping List and Merchants Transcript. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) February 22, 1853, Vol. XI, No. 51, P. 3.
Charles Fales, Daguerrian Gallery, No. 62 Purchase St., New Bedford, Mass. The Subscriber having one of the most convenient Galleries in New Bedford furnished with Superior Apparatus, Machinery &c., is furnishing Daguerreotypes that Cannot Be Surpassed By any in the world, in Quality, Cheapness, and Durability.
Portraits taken of any size required, and at prices varying from $1 to $10, each.
Persons about going to sea, who wish a faithful and durable picture of themselves or friends, are invited to call at 62 Purchase street. Charles Fales.
Advertisement ran from February 22, 1853 to February 20, 1855.
1853 November 1. The Daily Evening Standard. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) Novemberv 1, 1853, Vol. IV, No. 221, P. 2.
Robbery.—The Daguerreotype establishment of Mr. Charles Fales, in Chase’s Block, 62 Purchase street, was broken into, last night, and robbed of lockets and other articles to the amount of $75. There is good reason to believe that there is an organized gang of burglars among us. They should be ferreted out.
1861 November 19. The Daily Evening Standard. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) November 19, 1861, Vol. XII, No. 235, P. 3.
Photographic Art Gallery. Call and examine the fine specimens in Photography which are now being produced at the rooms of Charles Fales, No. 62 Purchase street. They are Pictures which speak for themselves without any of the unnecessary puffing now in vogue with many artists.
1862 April 4. The Daily Evening Standard. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) April 4, 1862, Vol. XIII, No. 41, P. 2.
Fire On Purchase Street.—The alarm of fire about half past four o’clock yesterday morning was caused by fire being discovered in the three story wooden building corner of Purchase and Elm streets, The Hall in the third story is occupied as an armory of the Home Guard organization, and it being used for drill the evening before it is supposed the fire must have caught from cigar stumps being thrown into a spit-box filled with saw-dust. The fire burnt through the floor into a room occupied by Miss. Raymond, dress maker, whose apartment ware badly damaged both by fire and water. The firemen were promptly on the spot, and floods of water were poured into the building, more damage being done by water than fire. The second floor was occupied by Dr. Spencer, and Charles Fales, ambrotypist…
1862 December 24. Daily Evening Standard. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) December 24, 1862, Vol. XIII, No. 265, P. 2.
Charles Fales, of this city, who enlisted in the jones Guards, has returned, having been discharged for disability.
1864 August 27. Daily Evening Standard. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) August 27, 1864, Vol. XV, No. 165, P. 2.
No Deception. Photographs! Photographs! 1 doz. Carte de Visite Pictures for the low price of $2—half doz. For $1, taken at 64 Purchase st., and warranted to be equal to any taken in the city. Clubs of 25 can have eight pictures for $1.
Now is the chance for persons wanting pictures to get them at a low price, for the next sixty days. Chas. Fales.
1864 October 26. Daily Evening Standard. (New Bedford, Massachusetts.) October 26, 1864, Vol. XV, No. 219, P. 2.
Photographs! Photographs! No Rise in the Price of Carte de Visite Pictures. I will warrant as good Pictures for $2 per dozen as an taken in the city at higher prices. $1 for six; $2 per dozen. Charles Fales, 64 Purchase.
[1] A Directory Of Massachusetts Photographers 1839-1900.
Pioneer American Photographers, 1839 - 1860 