Tag Archives: Unknown Location

Crafts, C. B.

Daguerreian Case Maker, ,

1856                Address and Location Unknown.

1856 May 1.  The Evening Post.  (New York, New York,)  May 1, 1856, Vol. LV, P. 2.

Destructive Fire At The Harlem and New Haven Depot–$100,000 worth of property destroyed—800 hands thrown out of employment…

The upper portion of the building was rented by Edward Anthony, and by him rented to sub-tenants.  Mr. Anthony occupied a portion of the building in the daguerreotype manufacturing business, in which he employed a large number of hands.  His loss is about $24,000, fully covered by insurance….

C. B. Crafts, daguerreotype case manufacturer, lost $400.  No insurance.

G. Rand Thompson

Daguerreotypes, ,

N. D.               Address and Location Unknown.

G. Rand Thompson was recorded in one article on March 16, 1852 in the Trenton State Gazette  (Trenton, New Jersey).  G. Rand Thompson arrested at Philadelphia, on Friday night, for swindling, is one of the most celebrated criminals of the day.  He is a Kentuckian—a man of genius and education—affable and gentlemanly, and very polished manners.  He is an excellent engraver, a perfect penman, a daguerreotypist, and a nice workman in gold and silver.  In 1837, at the United States Hotel, in Philadelphia, he robbed a New Yorker of a large amount of Jewelry, which he afterwards gave up, on being sent to prison at Washington for a forgery on the U. S. Treasury.  In 1813, he robbed a gentleman at Boston of $2,000, for which he was sent to the Massachusetts prison for two years.  In 1817, he committed many hotel robberies at Louisville, by one of which he got $25,000 of jewelry of Mr. Thibault.—This property was recovered and he was sent to prison for the crime.  The prisoner will be detained for the present.  Pennsylvania has the immediate right to him, but Kentucky and New York both claim him.  As Kentucky has the best right to him, he will, no doubt, be taken back to Frankfort [ ? ].  He has a sister living in Philadelphia.

G. Rand Thompson is not recorded in other photographic directories.

M. L. Winter

Photographs, ,

1859                Address and Location Unknown.

M. L. Winter appeared in one advertisement on October 20, 1859 in The New York Herald (New York, New York).  An Experienced Photographer Wishes An engagement.  Address M. L. Winter, Box 188 Herald office.

M. L. Winter is not recorded in other photographic directories.  Since the contact information is the Herald office it is possible that he did not reside in New York City.

C.V. Ussam

Daguerreotypes, , ,

1858                Address and Location Unknown.

C.V. Ussam appeared in one announcement in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York)  on December 10, 1858.  New-York City News.  Burning of the Harlem R. R. Depot.  Great Loss Of Property.  Four Men Buried in the Ruins.

This morning sometime between 3 and 4 o’clock, the Harlem Railroad Depot, in Centre street, caught fire on the White street side, and was partially destroyed, together with a large amount of property….

…C. V. Ussam, daguerreotype apparatus, loss $500.

C.V. Ussam is not recorded in other photographic directories.  It is unknown if Ussam was a daguerreotypist or supplier.