1859                Rooms on Michigan Street, directly East of the Courthouse, Plymouth, Indiana.

J. C. Longwell was recorded in one advertisement on March 3, 1859 in the Marshall County Democrat (Plymouth, Indiana). Daguerreotypes! The Undersigned Would Respectfully inform the citizens of Plymouth and vicinity, that he has opened a Daguerrean Gallery, On Michigan street directly east of the courthouse where he is prepared to take pictures of all sizes, unsurpassed in style and finish, by any artist in this country.

Ambrotype Pictures taken in from three to ten seconds in all kinds of weather.   J. C. Longwell. je26.

J. C. Longwell is not recorded in other photographic directories. Craig’s Daguerreian Registry does list a Joseph Longwell in Logansport, Indiana from 1858-1861. It is unknown if they are the same person.