1852-1855       Corner Fifth and Main Streets, Louisville, Kentucky.

1852 March 10.  Bardstown Herald.  (Bardstown, Kentucky.)  March 10, 1852, Vol. 2, No. 41, P. 2.

Hewett’s National Daguerrean Gallery.  Louisville, KY.  Next To Northern Bank, Corner of Fifth And Main, And Opposite Louisville Journal Office.

Hewett’s old friends in Bardstown and vicinity will please call and see him when in Louisville, “The latch string is never pulled in.”  J. M. Hewett, T. F. Brown, Operators.           

Advertisement ran from March 10, 1852 to January 13, 1853.

1853 January 20.  Bardstown Herald.  (Bardstown, Kentucky.)  January 20, 1853, Vol. 2, No. 41, P. 2.

Hewett’s National Daguerrean Gallery.  Louisville, KY.  Next To Northern Bank, Corner of Fifth And Main, And Opposite Louisville Journal Office.

Hewett’s old friends in Bardstown and vicinity will please call and see him when in Louisville, “The latch string is never pulled.”  J. M. Hewett, T. F. Brown, Operators.           

Advertisement ran from January 20 to May 31, 1853.

1855 June 5.  Daily Louisville Democrat.  (Louisville, Kentucky.)  June 5, 1855, Vol. XI, No. ?, P. 2.

Daguerreotypes and Photographs, Corner of Fifth and main streets.  Hewett & Brown are sending out daily the finest specimens of the two arts.

They will at all times be found ready to fill all orders on short notice, either taken from life or copies from Portraits or Daguerreotypes.  Life-size Photographs made from the smallest Daguerreotypes, and furnished colored in oil or water—the best artist in the city employed to do the coloring.  Call and see specimens.

Hewett’s former customers can here obtain the same superior Daguerreotypes that have secured him premiums over all competitors at the Mechanics Fairs.  my. 9.

Advertisement ran from June 5 to July 17, 1855.

1853 July 15.  The Louisville Daily Journal.  (Louisville, Kentucky.)  July 15, 1853, Vol. XXIII, No. 196, P. 1.

Hewett’s National Daguerrean Gallery.  Next door to Northern Bank, corner Fifth and Main sts.  S. P. Brown, Proprietor.  After selling out the old Gallery, over Isaac [Cromte’s] paper store, Hewett visited the Eastern cities, where he purchased for the proprietor a large and choice stock of Materials, Cameras of the late improved order [an] also several valuable improvements in the style and execution of Daguerreotypes.  These, with his long practice in the art, fully justify the proprietor in saying that he can now furnish to his former customers and friends finer and more exquisitely finished Miniatures than have ever been offered to this community.  n19.

1853 July 15.  The Louisville Daily Journal.  (Louisville, Kentucky.)  July 15, 1853, Vol. XXIII, No. 196, P. 4.

A Romantic Thief!  It was in the morning of a beautiful day in the month of April, 1853, that I strolled into the streets of Louisville to take a view of the busy throng as they passed.  Each one, save myself, seemed to have some object in view.  As I wandered along Main street, just above Fifth, I was suddenly arrested by observing a gilt eagle perched upon a show-case containing daguerreotypes.  I stopped to take a view of the beauties of art for a moment, and, being attracted by those before my eyes, I concluded to walk up and see what was in the room above, when, lol and behold!  I observed a magnificent likeness of our gifted and universally admired poetess, Miss Mattie.  The temptation was too strong—and evil spirit seized upon me—and, there being no one in view, I seized upon the picture, put it my pocket, and sneaked out just like any other rogue.

That picture was stolen from Brown’s Gallery, and the individual will please “sneak” in and return it, for every time they look upon and admire its beauties they must draw the contrast between the purity and innocence of character there exhibited and that base and depraved disposition in themselves which led to the act of stealing.  may2d.

1855 July 17.  Daily Louisville Democrat.  (Louisville, Kentucky.)  July 17, 1855, Vol. XI, No. 286, P. 2.

Just think of it, at Brown’s Gallery you may obtain a fine Daguerreotype of yourself for the trifling sum of One Dollar, enclosed in a neat case.  Now, don’t delay any longer, but take your family down and have their pictures taken, and you will not regret it.  Sam is hard to beat.

Advertisement ran from July 17 to September 7, 1855.

Note: This is a work in progress, Kentucky newspapers have not been thoroughly searched. Craig’s Daguerreian Registry identifies Brown as Samuel F.