Tag Archives: St. Joseph Missouri

A. J. Sites

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1851                Kempt’s Row, St. Joseph Missouri.[1]

1852                Main Street, St. Joseph, Missouri.

A. J. Sites was recorded in one advertisement on April 28, 1852 in the St. Joseph Gazette (Saint Joseph, Missouri).  Sites’ Daguerreotype Rooms, East Side Of Main Street, Three doors South of Jule, St. Joseph, Mo.  The proprietor would announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of St. Joseph and vicinity, that his rooms are now ready for the reception of all who may favor him with a call.  Miniatures taken in every style of the art, and of any desirable tone regardless of weather.  Invalids and deceased persons waited on at their residences.  Land-scapes, &c. taken.

Instructions given in the art, with all the late improvements, and apparatus furnished.  March 17.

A. J. Sites is recorded as being active in St. Joseph, Missouri from June 4 to at least September 24, 1851 in Pioneer Photographers From The Mississippi To The Continental Divide A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865.

[1] Pioneer Photographers From The Mississippi To The Continental Divide A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865.

J. M. Lyle

Daguerreotypes, ,

1853                Main Street, St. Joseph, Missouri.

J. M. Lyle was recorded in two advertisements.  The first advertisement was recorded on  November 30 & December 7, 1853 in the St. Joseph Gazette (Saint Joseph, Missouri).  J. M. Lyle Permanent Daguerreotype Rooms, East Side Main Street, St. Joseph, MO.  Pictures taken in every Style of the art.—Instructions given and Stock, Chemicals and instruments furnished.  November 16, 1853.

The second advertisement was recorded on December 16, 1853 in the Weekly Commercial Cycle  (Saint Joseph, Missouri).  J. M. Lyle’s Permanent Daguerreotype Rooms Main Street, St. Joseph, Mo.  Constantly on hand a complete assortment of Stock and Instruments, at the lowest prices.  Pictures put up in his late and superior style, with dispatch and neatness, and [ ? ] never to fade.  sept 2.

J. M. Lyle is not recorded in other photographic directories.