N. M. Booth was recorded on October 28, 1852 in an advertisement in the Bardstown Herald (Bardstown, Kentucky.) Advertisement ran from October 28, 1852 to January 13, 1853.
Daguerreotypes for $1.50. I am now taking Daguerreotypes, for $1.50 Copies of Daguerreotypes for Lockets and Pins, $1.00. N. M. Booth, Telegraph Office.
Booth does not appear in other photographic directories.
Bome was recorded on May 14, 1855 in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York.) as being part of N. Lott & Company. Progress Of Art.—Of all the arts useful and elegant in which we can fairly boast of excellence, that of Photography is justly held in high estimation. The credit of our city in this respect will be much increased by Messrs. N. Lott & Co., who have opened and fitted up as a Daguerrean Gallery a splendid suite of rooms at No. 345 Fulton st. opposite the City Hall. Bome of Messrs. Lott & Co.’s specimens of single portraits and family groups surpass anything we have seen in the faithful and life-like manner in which every feature and lineament is traced. A visit to this gallery will well repay the exertion.
Both Lott and Bome are not recorded in other photographic directories.
Samuel Bolliard was recorder in an article on July 28, 1858 in The Ashland Union (Ashland, Ohio.) Attempted Murder at Mansfield.—A bold and outrageous attempt was made upon the life of Mr. J. H. Cook, proprietor of the Wiler House, Mansfield, on Saturday last, by a man named Samuel Bolliard, a Daguerrean artist. It appears that Bolliard was indebted to Mr. Cook about seventy dollars for board, and the latter gave him notice that he must liquidate his indebtedness or leave the house. After a time Bolliard returned with a revolver, and without any other notice of hostile intentions, approached Mr. Cook, who was engaged behind the counter of his office, and presented his pistol and fired, the ball entering in the region of the thigh. Following up his murderous design, he made successive attempts to discharge the contents of two other barrels, pointing the muzzle of his pistol directly at the breast of Mr. C.
The excuse of Bolliard that Mr. Cook had offered any insult to his wife, will not be credited by any of the numerous acquaintances of Mr. C. who hold him in high esteem as a thorough gentleman in all the relations of life.
Bolliard was immediately arrested, and after an examination before the Mayor on failure to give the necessary bond which was fixed at $2,000, was committed to jail. The wound of Mr. Cook is painful, but is not considered dangerous. The ball has not be extracted.
Samuel Bolliard is not recorded in other photographic directories.
William Bogart, 345 Bleecker Street, New York City[1] is a known daguerreotypist. I added his name because of the contemporary description of his work. He appears in the Photographic and Fine Arts Journal published in New York City on January 1, 1856. The article is entitled the Photographic Galleries of America, Number One, New York. The author visited 69 Galleries in New York City
Bogert — An old established gallery. Some very artistic specimens.
[1] Not all first names or complete addresses were recorded in article. Craig’s Daguerreian Registry was used to assist in identification when possible, first name and address were added.
Blodget was recorded in two advertisements on October 18 and 19, 1855 in the Worcester Daily Spy (Worcester, Massachusetts) in the partnership of Rees, Blodget & Company. It is not known with any certainty who Rees and Blodget are because no first names were ever recorded in the newspaper. One could speculate Rees is C. R. Rees who known to have operated studios in Richmond, Virginia, Cincinnati, Ohio, and in New York City, among other locations. The problem with this theory is that in both Richmond and New York he uses steam in his galleries to produce images. Blodget is also a mystery, it’s possible that he could be Cyrus Blodgett who was in Boston in 1854-1856.
Advertisement from October 18. Take Notice!—Opposition to Steam Daguerreotypes, taken by a new American discovery, for only 25 cents, warranted to be of the best quality, and satisfaction given. Something less than 500 taken daily. No connection with the steam whistle, next door. Rees, Blodget, & Co, artists. Piper Block, Main st.
Advertisement from October 19. Rees, Blodget, & Co. do not take Daguerreotypes by steam, as their noisy competitors boast to do, but at the same time give all who visit them good portraits, and at a quick rate, for 25 cents. Rees, Blodget & Co. have opened their rooms at Piper’s Block, bent upon blowing up all steam boilers in the vicinity, if they burst themselves in doing so.
Rees, Blodget and Company are new names and not recorded in A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers, 1839-1900.
On June 14, 1858 the following series of seven advertisements appear in the New York Daily Tribune. (New York City.) The advertisement only ran in a single issue. To date no other advertisements have been found for the Bleecker Gallery. In talking with several photographic historians in New York Jeremy Rowe has suggested that the gallery is probably that of Abraham D. Hopper at 229 Bleecker Street.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Aquaral Photographs.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Corner Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Photographs, large size, for $1.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes, Large size, in case, for 50c.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Miniatures on Ivory.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Life-size Photographs in Oil.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Life-size Photographs in Pastel.
[Advertisement.] The Bleecker Gallery, Cor. Bleecker-st. and Broadway. Photographic Views of Villa Residences, &c.
1854-1855 Piper Block, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Information from the Worcester City Directory, residence section. While Otis L. Blake is not a new name he was overlooked and not included in A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers, 1839-1900.
Black was recorded in the Photographic and fine Arts Journal (New York, New York.) on April 1, 1856 in an article entitled the Photographic Galleries of America. Number Two, Philadelphia. The author visited 57 Galleries in Philadelphia and recorded his impressions.
Black, Eighth & Carpenter. — Evidently a child in the art, whom I mention in order to keep my list correct.
This is possibly James R. Black. In Craig’s Daguerrean Registry John attributes the entry to James R. but the address in the directories do not match up. The same is true with Directory of Pennsylvania Photographers, 1839-1900. It is possibly that another photographer with the last name of Black was in Philadelphia that has not been recorded but there is no proof of that. Did the author record the wrong address? It’s Possible, no Philadelphia newspapers have been researched at this time.
B. D. Black was recorded in a notice and advertisement in The Jackson Standard (Jackson, Ohio) on February 12, 1857. Those of our citizens wishing a daguerreotype Likeness of themselves, family or friends, are invited [ ] advertisement of B. D. Black, in to-day’s paper, and go immediately and sit for one of his beauties. “Secure the Shadow ‘ere the substance fades.”
The advertisement reads. Daguerreotypes. B. D. Black, Would most respectfully announce to the citizens of Jackson and vicinity, that he has opened Daguerrean Rooms in the “Gratton Block,” where he is prepared to take superior Likenesses. Those wishing a lasting memento of themselves or their friends; are invited to call and examine his work. Jackson, February 12, 1858. The advertisement ran from February 12 to March 12, 1857.
B. D. Black has not been recorded in other photographic directories.
Bixby & Doane were recorded twice in the Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont.) The first notice was on November 22, 1844. Daguerreotype Miniatures. Messrs. Bixby and Doane, having received instructions and purchased an apparatus from Mead brothers who have spent some time in this place, and are now taking capital Daguerreotypes. They have all the latest improvements in the art, and have been eminently successful in taking a great number of likenesses. Nothing can exceed the delicate and faithful portraiture of this wonderful invention. It transfers the features and expression with the exactness of a mirror, and by the new process of gilding as it is called, fastens the impression ineffaceably upon the plate. We advise all who desire to preserve valuable mementoes of themselves or their friends, to call on Messrs. Bixby & Doane, over Cole & Robinson’s, where they can see the likenesses of their neighbors, and satisfy themselves as to their correctness.
The second notice was on January 31, 1845 in the same newspaper. Daguerreotypes. Our young friends Bixby & Doane, have taken almost every body’s likeness here, are about, we learn, to go elsewhere in quest of faces. We can only say of them as we have before, they are not only very estimable young townsmen of ours, but they take Daguerreotypes as neatly and faithfully as we have ever seen them taken. Our friends elsewhere are advised that they cannot get their faces taken better than by these young men, as they have the latest improvements in their art.
The third advertisement appeared on June 5, 1845 in the Spirit of the Age newspaper Woodstock, Vermont.) Premium Colored Daguerreotypes. Messrs. Bixby & Doane, Would respectfully inform the inhabitants of Woodstock and vicinity that they have taken Rooms at the Temperance House, where they are now ready to execute these pictures in any variety of style, either in Pins, Bracelets, Lockets, Cases or Frames. By aid of new chemical agents, most splendid results are obtained; and multitudes are being delighted daily, at the astonishing perfection,, to which, in point of delineation, boldness, and unerring truthfulness this art has so suddenly attained. Ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully invited to call and examine the specimens.
Instruction in the art given on reasonable terms. Stock and apparatus constantly on hand, which will be furnished as low as can be purchased in any city. All orders promptly executed. Woodstock, June 4, 1845. The advertisement ran from June 5 to 19, 1845.
Both Bixby and Doane are not recorded in other photographic directories. A possible identification of Doane…One could speculate that it might be Thomas Coffin Doane, it has been reported that he learned the daguerreotype business in 1843, and that he opened a studio in 1846 in Montreal, Canada. In 1859-1865 he was a photographer in Boston. What is new information is that the Meade Brothers were in Burlington, Vermont.
