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Iles, George

1856                347 Broadway, New York, New York.

1858                285 Hudson Street, New York, New York.

1856 September 17.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  September 17, 1856, Whole No. 7323, P. 5.

20 Cent Ambrotypes, with a Case.—Cheapest ever before offered in the world.  Messrs. Kimball & Iles will open their large and commodious ambrotype and daguerreotype gallery, 347 Broadway, corner of Leonard street, on Thursday, the 18th inst., when will be offered to the public beautiful and imperishable likenesses for only twenty cents, each with case.  Mezzographs, photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes and microtypes executed in the first style of the art, at less than half the price asked in any other establishment in America.

1856 September 24.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  September 24, 1856, Whole No. 7330, P. 7.

Twenty Cent Likenesses, with Case, at Kimball & Iles’ cheap picture factory, 347 Broadway, four hundred taken daily.

1856 October 7.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.) October 7, 1856, Whole No. 7343, P. 7.

20 Cent Likenesses, with Case.—A Beautiful ambrotype likeness, with a case, for only twenty cents.  N. B.—The only establishment in the world where twenty cent portraits can be had.  Kimball & Elis, 347 Broadway.

1856 October 10.  The New York Herald.  (New York, New York.)  October 10, 1856, Whole No. 7346, P. 5.

20 Cent Ambrotype Likenesses, with a case, at Kimball & Iles’, 347 Broadway.  One thousand taken daily.

1858.  New York City Directory.  (New York, New York.)  1858-1859, advertisements P. 2.

Ambrotypes.  Iles’s Gallery Of Art.  A New Discovery In Ambrotypes.  Acknowledged to be the best and most correct likeness in America.  Beautifully colored, with case from 20 Cents upwards.  Pictures in Lockets, Rings and Pins, at the lowest price and the shortest notice may be had at Iles’s Skylight Gallery, 2d floor, 285 Hudson St., Near Spring, N. Y.

New York City Directories.  (New York, New York.)  Published by John Fowler Trow.

1853.  Not Listed.

1854.  Iles, George—billiards, 594 Broadway, h-155 Spring.

1855.  Iles, George—bartender, 594 Broadway, h-155 Spring.

1855.  Iles, George—clerk, h-155 Spring.

1856.  Not Listed.

1857.  Iles, George—artist—155 Spring.

1858.  Iles, George—ambrotypes—285 Hudson, h-155 Spring.

1859.  Iles, George—Not Listed.

1859.  Iles, Hester—milliner—155 Spring.

1860.  Iles, Hester—wid. George, bonnets, 155 Spring.

Kimball & Iles

1856                347 Broadway, New York, New York.

Kimball & Iles (Myron H. Kimball & [George] Iles) appeared in four advertisements in The New York Herald (New York, New York).  The first advertisement ran on September 17, 1856.  20 Cent Ambrotypes, with a Case.—Cheapest ever before offered in the world.  Messrs. Kimball & Iles will open their large and commodious ambrotype and daguerreotype gallery, 347 Broadway, corner of Leonard street, on Thursday, the 18th inst., when will be offered to the public beautiful and imperishable likenesses for only twenty cents, each with case.  Mezzographs, photographs, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes and microtypes executed in the first style of the art, at less than half the price asked in any other establishment in America.

The second advertisement ran on September 24, 1856.  Twenty Cent Likenesses, with Case, at Kimball & Iles’ cheap picture factory, 347 Broadway, four hundred taken daily.

The third advertisement ran on October 7, 1856.  20 Cent Likenesses, with Case.—A Beautiful ambrotype likeness, with a case, for only twenty cents.  N. B.—The only establishment in the world where twenty cent portraits can be had.  Kimball & Elis, 347 Broadway.

The fourth advertisement appeared on October 10, 1856.  20 Cent Ambrotype Likenesses, with a case, at Kimball & Iles’, 347 Broadway.  One thousand taken daily.

The partnership of Kimball & Iles is mentioned in Craig’s Daguerreian Registry under Myron H. Kimball, without a hard date, John speculates that George Iles is the other partner, even though George is not listed as a daguerrean until 1858-1859 at 285 Hudson Street.  Myron H. Kimball and George Iles are both recorded in other photographic directories as being active in New York city.  Myron H. Kimball continues to advertise without Iles at the 374 Broadway address.