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Alexander, Isaac B.

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1842                Rooms in Gifford’s Hall, Camden, South Carolina.

1843                Room at Mr. Robertson’s Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina.

1848                Rooms, over the Post Office, Camden, South Carolina.

1842 April 13.  The Camden Journal.  (Camden, South Carolina.)  April 13, 1842, Vol. 3, No. 19, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Miniatures.  The subscriber informs the public that he has procured an instrument, and is now prepared to take likenesses after the manner of M. Daguerre, of Paris.  As he will leave town in a few days, to be absent during the summer, he invites those who may wish his services, to call on him immediately.  His room is in the Gifford’s Hall.  J. B. Alexander. April 13, 1842.

Advertisement ran from April 13 to May 4, 1842.

1843 June 6.  Mecklenburg Jeffersonian.  (Charlotte, North Carolina.)  June 6, 1843, Vol. 3, No. 114, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Likenesses.  The Subscriber informs the citizens of Charlotte, that he has taken a room at Mr. Robertson’s Hotel, where he is prepared to taker Miniatures, by means of the above beautiful Art.  Persons who wish to have their Likenesses taken in the most accurate manner, and very cheap, would do well to call without delay, as the subscriber will not remain but a few days.  Specimens of the Art can be seem by calling at the Charlotte Hotel.  I. B.  Alexander

1848 March 15.  The Camden Journal.  (Camden, South Carolina.)  March 15, 1848, Vol. 9, No. 11, P. 3.

The Subscriber has fitted up his Rooms over the Post Office, Where he will be ready to wait upon any who may favor him with a call.  Good likenesses, warranted, or no charge will be made.  Prices reduced to suite the times.  Hours from 10 A. M. until 5 P. M.  I. B. Alexander March 10, 1848.

Advertisement ran from March 15 to April 5, 1848.

Aldrich, L.

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1846-1847       7 Batchelder’s Block, Saco, Maine.

1846 October 13.  Maine Democrat.  (Saco, Maine.)  October 13, 1846, Vol. XVIII, No. 9, P. 2.

Good Likenesses.  We would advise all those who wish for good likenesses of themselves or friends, to call at Aldrich’s Daguerrian Rooms, in Batchelder’s New Block, Factory Island.—He has some of the finest specimens of the art we ever saw; he does pictures up in good style, cheap—and he lets no picture go unless the customer is perfectly satisfied.  Call and see his specimens.

1846    December 1.  Maine Democrat.  (Saco, Maine.)  December 1, 1846, Vol. XVIII, No. 16, P. 3.

Improvement Is The Order Of The Day.  Macomber & Co., Successor To L. Aldrich, Would invite all persons interested in procuring Daguerreotype Likenesses of themselves or friends, copies from portraits, miniatures, paintings, engravings, or statuary, &c., to call at Batchelder’s Block, No. 7, Up Stairs, and examine our specimens.  Our arrangements are such that we take miniatures of children of any age, and diseased persons at their residences.

Having obtained the late improvements in the art by Hough & Co., of Providence, R. I., which enables him to warrant in every case a perfect likeness, as strongly brought out as the finest painting or engraving.  Prices much lower than ever before offered in Saco.  Miniatures put up in the best manner and warranted not to fade or spot, in gold & plated lockets, pins, cases or frames.

They will also attend to give instruction in the art, and keep for sale gold and plated Lockets and Pins.  Also, Plates, Cases, Frames, and Chemicals.

Picture Gallery open from 8½ A. M., to 9 P. M.

Miniatures put up in Satin Cases for $1.50.  Lockets and Frames at corresponding prices.

Alderdice, Charles W.

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1858                135 Bowery, New York, New York.

1858 November 8.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  November 8, 1858, Vol. XVIII, No. 545, P. 7.

A Colored Speculator Arrested.—Last Thursday Morning a colored man named Thomas Osborn went to Mr. Charles W. Alderdice’s daguerreian gallery, no. 135 Bowery, and had three pictures taken of himself, which he ordered to be sent across the street to a jeweler’s store.  Mr. Alderdice sent his boy with Osborn, who managed to get the daguerreotypes away from him on a promise that he would return and pay for them.  The next that was heard of him was that he went to the wholesale provision establishment of Mr. H. A. Cragin, in Chrystie street, where he bargained for about $65 worth of hams, bacon, lard, &c., which he ordered to be sent to the foot of Delancey street, East River, to the steamship Washington.  He also went to Mr. Joseph Haight’s grocery store, corner of Chrystie and Stanton streets, and bought two firkins of butter, which were ordered to be sent to the same place.  The provisions were sent there, and the ship not being found, they were taken to the North River where she was lying at the dock.  Upon inquiry, no such person as Osborn could be found.  His next speculation was at the stall of Mr. Wm. Sager, No. 38 Fulton Market, where he purchased a side of beef, but whether he succeeded in defrauding Mr. Sager we are not informed.  Mr. Alderdice kept a sharp lookout for him, and succeeded in recovering two of the pictures at a house in Sixth street, between the Bowery and Second avenue.  Last night Officer James Eagan of the eleventh Precinct, who had been watching for Osborn, arrested him at the house in Sixth street.  He was locked up for the night.  He will be taken before Justice Steers, at the Essex Market Police Court, this morning, for examination.

Adams, Samuel

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1847                Rooms opposite the Post Office, Hallowell, Maine.

1847-1848       Rooms over R. Pope’s Watchmaker’s Shop, Hallowell, Maine.

1847 June 5.  Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette.  (Hallowell, Maine.)  June 5, 1847, Vol. VIII, No. 38, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Room.  Daguerreotype Likenesses taken by the subscriber at his room opposite the Post Office, where specimens may be seen.  Satisfaction warranted.  Samuel Adams.

Advertisement ran from June 5 to July 24, 1847

1847 July 31.  Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette.  (Hallowell, Maine.)  July 31, 1847, Vol. VIII, No. 46, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Likenesses.  The Subscriber would inform those that are in want of Likenesses of themselves or friends, that he will remain in Hallowell two or three weeks from date, and will be happy to wait upon any who may want his services.  Sam’l Adams.

Advertisement ran from July 31 to October 23, 1847.

1847 October 23.  Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette.  (Hallowell, Maine.)  October 23, 1847, Vol. IX, No. 6, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Miniatures.  The Subscriber would inform the citizens of Hallowell and vicinity, that he has taken rooms over R. Pope’s Watchmaker’s shop, four doors from Winthrop Street, where he is prepared to execute Perfect and Durable Daguerreotype Likenesses in the latest and most improved style, with or without color, single or in groups.  He will also copy from other Daguerreotypes and Portraits.  Likenesses taken at Houses on reasonable terms.  Prices $1.50 and upwards.  Samuel Adams.

Advertisement ran from October 23 to November13, 1847.

1848 March 11.  Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette.  (Hallowell, Maine.)  March 11, 1848, Vol. IX, No. 26, P. 2.

We would call attention to the advertisement of S. A. Adams, Daguerreotype Artist, who takes miniatures of the first order, as any one can see by examining specimens at his rooms.

1848 March 11.  Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette.  (Hallowell, Maine.)  March 11, 1848, Vol. IX, No. 26, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Miniatures.  The Subscriber still continues at his rooms, over R. Pope’s Watchmaker’s shop, 4 doors from Winthrop street, where he will be happy to try his skill on all who may wish to patronize him, and trust by the continued improvements he is making in the Photographic art. to be able to give perfect satisfaction to all.

Likenesses taken with or without shades on the face.

Price $1.50 and upwards.  Hallowell, March 9.  Samuel Adams.

Advertisement ran from March 11 to April 15, 1848.

Adams, John S.

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1846                115 Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

1846 March 16.  The Daily Chronotype.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  March 16, 1846, Vol. 1, No. 16, P. 3.

John S. Adams, daguerreotype Rooms, No. 115 Court Street, Corner of Sudbury St., Boston. Daguerreotype Miniatures taken at all hours of the day, without regard to the weather—either single or in groups—plain or colored—upon the most favorable terms.  Ladies and gentlemen are invited to call and examine specimens, which for beauty of execution, superior finish and Legibility, cannot be excelled.  In these, every feature is fully brought out and distinctly seen, and the life-like appearance which Miniatures from this establishment assume, cannot fail to give the most perfect satisfaction.

By a new process they undergo, the proprietor is enabled to warrant them to retain their color and not to change in the least by exposure to the air or light.

Daguerreotype Apparatus, Plates, Cases, &c., for sale at low price and warranted.  Instruction for the use given gratis.  March 7. Advertisement ran from March 16 to April 7, 1846.

John S. Adams was recorded in 1846 in the partnership of Adams & Robinson.[1]

[1] A Directory Of Massachusetts Photographers 139-1900.

Abel, Henry I.

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1841-1842       123 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.[i]

1841 September 2.  Boston 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.        Advertisement ran from September 2 to December 15, 1841.

1841 September 20.  Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association

Exhibited daguerreotypes at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association third exhibition fair in Boston, Massachusetts.

1841 September 26.  Boston Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.) Vol. XII, No. 3430, P. 2.

Mechanics Fair…Fine Specimens of Daguerreotype Miniatures by H. J. Abel & Co.

1841 October 15.  Boston Daily Evening Transcript.  (Boston, Massachusetts.)  October 15, 1841, Vol. XII, No. 3443, P. 2,

Daguerreotype.  Mr. H. I. Abell, (sic.) 123 Washington Street, has shown us some beautiful photographic miniatures, which indicate that he has attained to great perfection in this novel and ingenious process of transferring a person’s phiz to a silver plate, in considerable less than no time.  One great excellence in his miniatures is the distinctness with which the features are delineated.  Those who wish to see themselves as they are seen, have but to call at his room, and he will at any time show them up.

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

Gilbert Wood

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C. 1848-1850    Address Unknown, Alstead, New Hampshire.

Gilbert Wood appeared in the same announcement in two different newspapers.  The first appeared on November 21.  1850 in the Congregational Journal (Concord, New Hampshire).  At Ossipee, the 6th inst., at his brother-in-law’s. Rev. Horace Wood, Mr. Gilbert Wood, of Alstead, aged 28 years.

For several years he had been engaged in teaching writing and taking Daguerreotype likenesses, which gave him an opportunity of securing a large number of intimate friends, to whom he was firmly attached and the to him.  He had been a professor of religion fifteen years.  His sickness was very painful and protracted, which he bore with patience and resignation.  His trust was in God, and his end was peace.  One sister and five brothers survive to mourn his loss, beside a large circle of more distant connections.

Gentle thy passing spirit fled,

Sustained by grace divine,

Oh may such grace on us be shed,

And make our end like thine. 

The second appeared on November 22, 1850 in the New Hampshire Statesman (Concord, New Hampshire).  At Ossipee, the 6th inst., at his brother-in-law’s. Rev. Horace Wood, Mr. Gilbert Wood, of Alstead, aged 28 years.

For several years he had been engaged in teaching writing and taking Daguerreotype likenesses, which gave him an opportunity of securing a large number of intimate friends, to whom he was firmly attached and the to him.  He had been a professor of religion fifteen years.  His sickness was very painful and protracted, which he bore with patience and resignation.  His trust was in God, and his end was peace.  One sister and five brothers survive to mourn his loss, beside a large circle of more distant connections.

Gentle thy passing spirit fled,

Sustained by grace divine,

Oh may such grace on us be shed,

And make our end like thine. 

Gilbert Wood is not recorded in other photographic directories.

G. Wilson

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1842                Three doors north of the Cheshire House, Keene, New Hampshire.

1845                3 Lamson’s Building, Keene, New Hampshire.

G. Wilson was recorded in two advertisements.  The first appeared on September 14, 1842 in the  Cheshire Republican and Farmer’s Museum (Keene, New Hampshire).  Photographic Miniatures.  Ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully informed that rooms are again open, three doors north of the Cheshire House, for taking Daguerreotype Miniatures.

G. Wilson having returned from Boston, and vicinity, where he has devoted his attention to the acquisition of the recent improvements in the above art, flatters himself that he can produce Miniatures that will not fail to please.

N. Wilson, grateful for past favors, would inform the public that the Watch and Jewelry business is carried on in connection with the above business.  Also, that the Finest as well as common Watches will be cleaned and repaired in superior style, as usual.

Miniatures taken from Portraits with perfect fidelity.

The second advertisement appeared in October 23, 1845 in the Cheshire Republican and Farmer (Keene, New Hampshire).  Cheshire Photographic Institute, G. Wilson, Having returned from Boston, where he has availed himself of the latest improvements, will take Superior Pictures at reduced prices.  His long experience he trusts, will secure him public confidence.

Rooms, No. 3, Lamson’s Building.

G. Wilson is not recorded in other photographic directories.  There were only three newspapers available between 1842-1845 (he was not listed in the May 8, 1845 issue), and only one issue on July 16, 1856 which he was not recorded in.  According to the first advertisement it appears that he was active in Keene before September 14, 1842.

Seth N. Williams

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1852-1854       Granite Hall Building, Water Street, Augusta, Maine.

1855                Address Unknown, Rockland, Maine.

Seth N. Williams was recorded in four advertisements, one of which he was mentioned in, in the Maine Farmer (Augusta, Maine).  The first advertisement ran from October 21, 1852 to January 13, 1853.  S. N. Williams, (Successor to A. J. Pierce,) Daguerreotype Gallery, Granite Hall Building, Water Street, Augusta, Me.  Likenesses taken in Clear or Cloudy Weather—Hours for Children from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M.  Painted or Daguerreotype Likenesses accurately copied.  Mr. Pierce will remain a few weeks at the Room.

Stock and Apparatus for sale at Boston prices.

The second advertisement ran from October 13, 1853 to February 9, 1854.  S. N. Williams, (Successor to A. J. Pierce,) Daguerrean Gallery, Granite Hall, Water Street, Augusta, Me.  Stock & Apparatus at Boston Prices.

He was mentioned in the third advertisement that that first appeared on June 22, 1854. 

Photographs, Stereoscopic Crayon, Crystalotypes, and other Styles of Pictures, May be found at Isaac H. Dupee’s Rooms, Granite Hall, Water Street, Augusta, Me.  I. H. Dupee respectfully inform his friends and the public generally, that he has taken the Rooms formerly occupied by Pierce & Williams, for the purpose of Daguerreotyping.  Having one of the largest Cameras in the city, he is prepared to take large pictures, and especially groups, (no matter how many,) arranged in the most appropriate style.  Having paid particular attention to taking Children, and being provided with a quick working Camera, he can take small children in one quarter of the usual time.  Hours for Children from 9 A. M. till 2 P. M.  Likenesses taken in clear or cloudy weather, and warranted perfect, for the low price of $1 and upwards, including case.  Also inserted in Rings, Pins, Lockets, Seals, &c., a large assortment of which he has on hand at all times.  H having had long experience in this business, solocots a share of your patronage.  All work entrusted to his care will be promptly attended to and warranted as good as the best.

A large assortment of Daguerreotype Materials for sale to the trade at Boston prices.  Operators furnished with every thing necessary to carry on business with.  Perfect satisfaction given in all cases.

Sick and deceased persons taken at their houses, if wished, as well as at his rooms.

Portraits, Daguerreotypes and Engravings, copied accurately and put in cases or frames.  The public are invited to call and judge for themselves.  Mr. Dupee, by attention to business, and keeping his rooms open at all hours, hopes to secure Miniatures of all who call and are in want.

I take this opportunity to return my thanks to my friends and patrons for their liberal patronage.  I have sold my Rooms to Isaac H. Dupee, formerly of Bath.  I can recommend him to all who may wish for a good Daguerreotype of themselves or friends.  Mr. D. has had long experience in the Daguerreotype business; he comes well recommended as an artist and a gentleman.  S. N. W.

The fourth advertisement ran from July 12 to August 2, 1855.  Ambrotypes.  Pictures Taken On Glass!  These new Pictures differ essentially from the Daguerreotype, as they can be seen at any angle, are not reversed, will not corrode , or change by time, are as permanent as the glass on which they are made, and will retain their brilliancy for ages.

Letters Patent have been obtained for the United States, Great Britain, and France, by J. A. Cutting, the inventor.

The following counties for sale:—Kennebec, Franklin, Piscataquis, Somerset, Lincoln, Waldo, and Aroostook.  For particulars apply to S. N. Williams, Agent, Rockland, Me.  June 27, 1855.

Seth N. Williams is recorded in ­Craig’s Daguerreian Registry as being active in Rockland, Maine as a daguerreian in 1855.  

Whitmore & Porter

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1842                Rooms at the Tremont House, Claremont, New Hampshire.

1843                Rooms at J. C. Huntington’s Hotel, Middlebury, Vermont

1843-1844       Room at the American Hotel, Room 6, 2d floor, Burlington, Vermont.

Whitmore & Porter (also spelled Whittemore) were recorded in three advertisements and two announcements in three different newspapers.  The first announcement appeared on April 22, 1842 I the National Eagle (Claremont, New Hampshire).   Daguerreotype Miniatures.  We would call attention to the advertisement of Messrs. Whitmore & Porter in another column.—Those of our friends who may wish to have an exact impression of their faces transferred upon steel, can now have an opportunity.  We know nothing about the operation of the Daguerreotype, but the specimens show us are exceedingly beautiful, and such as could only  have been produced by one having a through practical knowledge of the instrument.  There is no quackery here, and if our citizens will favor the above gentlemen with a call, we will guarantee them a gentlemanly reception.

The first advertisement ran on April 22 & 29, 1842 in the National Eagle.  Pencil Of Nature.  Messrs. Whitmore & Porter, respectfully inform the citizens of Claremont, that they have taken rooms and set up their apparatus for taking Daguerreotype Miniatures, at the Tremont House and will remain there a few days, where they will be happy to exhibit to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Claremont, specimens of their work, and render such other attention as may be necessary for their information.  Those who have never seen a specimen of nature’s pencillings can hardly form an adequate idea of the extreme perfection, beauty, and wonderful minuteness of a Daguerreotype Picture.  Suffice it to say that productions of this process are the works of nature, and not of art-the light of heaven alone is the pencil used.                     

The second advertisement ran from June 28 to July 12, 1843 in The Middlebury People’s Press  (Middlebury, Vermont).  Pencil of nature.  Messrs. Whitmore & Porter, respectfully inform the citizens of Middlebury and vicinity, that they have taken rooms and set up their apparatus for taking Daguerreotype Miniatures, at J. C. Huntington’s Hotel, and will remain there a few days, where they will be happy to exhibit to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Middlebury, specimens of their work, and render such other attention as may be necessary for their information.

Those who have never seen a specimen of Nature’s pencillings can hardly form an adequate idea of the extreme perfection, beauty, and wonderful minuteness of a Daguerreotype Picture.  Suffice it to say that productions of this process are the works of nature, and not of art-the light of heaven alone is the pencil used.              

The second announcement appeared on July 5, 1843 in The Middlebury People’s Press.

Daguerreotype Miniatures.—As our citizens have never before had an opportunity to witness specimens of this kind, and the manner in which faces and objects are painted by nature, as perfect as life, they will do well to call at the rooms of Messrs. Whitmore and Porter at Huntington’s where they will remain a few days.

When it was first announced to the world by the light of Heaven alone the most perfect and minute similitudes of nature’s works could be painted, it was deemed almost incredible.  But its reality is now as certain as human existence, and as like every other art in its infancy it is susceptible of vast improvements, it is likely to produce as great a revolution in pictorial productions, as steam in maritime operations.  Let the people gratify a laudable curiosity in relation to this wonderful art, by calling upon the gentlemen now at Huntington’s, who promise to render every attention necessary for the information of visitors. 

The third advertisement ran from December 15, 1843 to January 12, 1844 in the Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont),  Daguerreotype Miniatures.  Mess. Whittemore & Porter, Respectfully inform the citizens of Burlington that they have taken rooms and set up their apparatus for taking Daguerreotype Miniatures at the American Hotel (Room No. 6, 2d. floor) and will remain there a few days, where they will be happy to exhibit to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Burlington specimens of their work, and render such other attention as may be necessary for their information.

Those who have never seen a specimen of nature’s Pencilings can hardly form an adequate idea of the extreme perfection, beauty, and wonderful minuteness of daguerreotype Picture.  Suffice it to say that productions of this process are the works of nature, and not of art—the light of heaven alone is the Pencil used.

N. B. Copies of paintings engravings &c. by the same process.  Instructions given and apparatus furnished on reasonable terms.

Whitemore (Whittemore) & Porter are not recorded in other photographic as being active in  

New Hampshire or Vermont.