1843                Concert Hall, opposite the Mansion House, Augusta, Maine.

1843 September 15.  Kennebec Journal.  (Augusta, Maine.)  September 15, 1843, Vol. XIX, No. 38, P. 1.

Daguerreotype Miniatures, Taken With Colors.  The subscribers beg leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Augusta, Hallowell and Vicinity, that they have taken the Concert Hall, in Augusta, opposite the Mansion House, where they are prepared to take Daguerreotype  Miniatures is a superior style.  Having practised the art of Photography at the best Institute in the United States, (Plumbes,) the public may rely upon a first rate Miniature, taken with colors, thereby removing the deathlike appearance of the face, which has heretofore been an objection to Daguerreotype Miniatures.  A good likeness warranted, or no pay.

Rooms opened to visitors at all hours of the day.

Prices for Miniature set in frame…………………………………………….……………….$2.50.

Prices for Miniature set Prices for Miniature set in elegant morocco case………….$3.50.

Prices for Miniature set in locket……………………………………..……………………….$5.00.

Masury & Melzeard.

N. B.  Full sets of Daguerreotype Apparatus, with instruction, furnished on reasonable terms.  Samuel Masury, Thos. Melzeard, Jr.  Augusta, Aug 31.

Advertisement was recorded twice on September 15 & October 6, 1843.