1848                62 Water Street, Over Monson Hawley Store, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

1848 May 9.  Republican Farmer.  (Bridgeport, Connecticut.)  May 9, 1848, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1986, New Series Vol. VI, No. 332, P. 3.

Daguerreotype Room.  The undersign would respectfully inform the citizens of Bridgeport and vicinity, that he has taken rooms at No. 62 Water-street, at the foot of State, over the Store of Monson Hawley, where he will be happy to supply all who desire a correct likeness.  The instrument which he uses is a superior one—he can therefore warrant a perfect likeness.  Rooms open at all hours of the day.

N. B.  Operations performed as well in cloudy as clear weather.  Wm. H. Frear.

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