# BostonPhotographersDatabase-Access-V-1(ReadOnly)

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Letter from E. L. Allen, minor information regarding journal subscriptions


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Good financial information; Several Boston photographers mentioned


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E. L. Allen reports on trends & business conditions in Boston; Article contains reports from other areas of New England & the country


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A. Hesler, Evanstown, IL (author); Allen acknowledged; Business practices discussed


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Advertisement & information on magnesium


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Editor comments on a picture taken with magnesium reproduced in last issue & that they will be testing magnesium lamps


Keywords:
Equipment - Lighting; Magic Lantern; illus


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Use of magnesium when photographing at Mammoth Cave [KY?]


Keywords:
Equipment - Lighting; Process - Enlarging


Keywords:
Equipment - Lighting; illus; obp; Process - Copying

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Use of magnesium for copying; Apparatus by G. K. Proctor (likely Salem, MA)


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Describes a pamphlet published by American Magnesium


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Use of magnesium when photographing at an English lead mine


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Professor Tower (author); Instructions for use of magnesium flash


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Patent for a night photography device by G. K Proctor, Salem, MA


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T. Barbour, 88 Hanover Street, wishes to sell his gallery, $1500


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Currently in Roxbury, MA; Producer of the "American Historical Series" of stereoviews


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Minor Information: Barnum known for views in & around Boston


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Barnum, formerly of Boston, now in Solon, NY, receives praise for a package of stereoviews he submitted to the journal


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Barnum, formerly of Boston, now in Cortland, NY, receives praise for his stereoviews of the Saratoga & Lake George region


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Letter from W. H. B., Boston, likely William H. Barritt, reporting and commenting on an ad in the "Boston Sunday Herald" offering cabinet prints for $2 a dozen


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F. A. Wenderoth, Philadelphia: Black not first to make porcelain pictures in US


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Black & Case; Description of several views


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Minor information; Whipple & Black exhibit at Crystal Palace [NY?]


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Blurb: Black makes excellent negatives without the use of bromide


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Article on numerous photographers who photographed the total solar eclipse of 1869: J. W. Black set-up in Springfield, IL, J. A. Whipple in Shelbyville, KY; Article reproduces a short report by Whipple


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Blurb: Congress appropriates $5,000 to document the August 1869 solar eclipse (Black was one of the photographers of this event)


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John Dunmore's Greenland Expedition 1869, with painter William Bradford [Dunmore was a close associate of J. W. Black]


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Black & Batchelder send Boston balloon views to 3/11/1861 meeting of the American Photographical Society


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Black assists W. H. Helme making views of Providence, RI from a balloon


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Black's views of Boston from a balloon, reprint of "Boston Journal" report


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Article on the growth of paper prints, credit given to Whipple & Black for advancing the acceptance of this process


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Blurb: Black is taking White Mountain (NH) views


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Ten photographs reproduced in this issue, including two by Whipple & Black


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Whipple & Black send 4 large portraits, 18 x 22 inches


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Letter from Black regarding problems with negative varnish


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Report on W. H. Helme balloon views of Providence RI, assisted by Black


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Minor information: Mr. Tillman presents examples of Black's work, including balloon views of Providence RI to American Photographical Society


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Reprint of the "Boston Journal" report on views of Boston from a balloon


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Samuel King describes, at length, the flight he took with Black to secure Boston balloon photographs


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American Photographical Society meeting: discussion of Black's balloon views; Also Black & Whipple regarding photographs of the moon, Whipple presents photographs including Hayes' expedition to the Arctic


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J. Dixon on Black & Whipple's role in first moon photograph


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Letter from J. W. Black clarifies that Whipple made first photograph of the moon


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First attempt at balloon photography in US by Prof. Wise, NY: it failed


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Names individuals, including Black, making of photographs on white glass: Opalotypes, Toovytypes


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J. W. Black & J. Dunmore injured in gas explosion during lantern slide presentation, 2/4/1870


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Article requests that photographers send landscape & figure negatives to Black, who will make slides for NPA grand lantern & stereopticon exhibition


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Black's use of a acid nitrate bath, as opposed to an alkaline bath


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Black speaks of his methods: collodion process


Keywords:
Exhibit; NPA Convention; Magic Lantern; Views

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Minor Information: Black gives a stereopticon exhibition


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W. J. Barker, Buffalo, takes issue with Black's use of an acidic bath


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Two letters from George K. Warren, Boston: (1) discusses Black's sliver bath, (2) discusses George K. Warren's improvement in a bath-holder


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Convention proceedings note that Black gives a negative opinion of Mumler's spirit photos


Keywords:
Aerial; Expedition; Process - Sensitizing; Views

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German contributor comments on Black's work: arctic, exploding torpedoes, acid bath, balloon


Keywords:
NPA Convention; Process - Toning & Sensitizing

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Black speaks about gold toning, also at length about his acid nitrate bath process


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Black named to the NPA Nominating Committee for election of officers


Keywords:
Exhibit; Magic Lantern; NPA Convention; Views

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Black presents a two hour stereopticon exhibition - his photographs, including Labrador views, and photographs of others: Kilburn (White Mts, NH), Carbutt, Landry


Keywords:
NPA Convention; Process - Vanderweyde Background

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Black speaks on Vanderweyde background effect (powered pumice & pastels)


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Blurb: Black's new stereopticon manual & catalogue of transparencies


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Blurb: Black's upcoming stereopticon show & stereopticon pamphlet


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Brief description of Black's stereopticon show


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Black appointed to NPA Relief Fund Committee


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Black, who endorsed the Edwards process (see The Philadelphia Photographer: v-10, #113, 5/1873) is reported to disavow it


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Black signs an appeal supporting a separate building for photography at the 1876 International Exhibition


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Black signs an appeal supporting a separate building for photography at the 1876 International Exhibition; Drawing of proposed building


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Report from NPA committee raising funds for a separate photography building at 1876 International Exhibition


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Review of images exhibited at 1876 International Exhibition; Brief mention of Black's Arctic views


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Report on results by a number of photographers nationwide who have used the "Lightning Process."


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Former executive committee of the moribund National Photographic Association meet to discuss reviving the organization: J. W. Black & Benjamin French (stockdealer) are from Boston


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Black reports on spending the summer of 1880 in Hull, MA


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Slate of candidates for PAA officers, Black nominated as vice-president from MA


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Description of two photographs by Black of the sailing regatta at Hull, MA


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Description of a demonstration using Carbutt "Keystone" dry plates at J. W. Black's studio; Ritz & Hasting's studio & their work is referenced


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James McClees took lessons from Black in 1854


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On 25th anniversary of "The Philadelphia Photographer," a list of first-year subscribers: two from Boston - Black, and Benj French & Company (stockdealer)


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In commenting on the formation of professional photographic associations, Bogardus mentions J. W. Black & George H. Loomis as key players


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Obit: C. R. B. Claflin [worked with Black on the illustrated book, "Portraits of Worcester Citizens"


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Obit: William Bradford, marine painter, traveled to the Arctic with J. W. Black & John Dunmore


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Blair reports being swindled by one of his operators at his branch studio in Medway, MA (may be T. H. Blair of Boston)


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Letter from Blair to T. H. Kent, President of the PAA presenting him with a gavel make from the famous "Washington Elm," Boston


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T. H. Blair, "inventor of theTourgraph," a dry-plate camera, demonstrates his new view camera at a meeting of the Boston Photographic Association, 6/2/1880


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Blurb: Acknowledging receipt of Blair Tourgraph & Dry-Plate Company's "The Amateur Guide in Photography"


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Two letters from Blair criticizing the PAA's treatment of contributors


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Lengthy response from the PAA acknowledging Blair's complaints (see "The Philadelphia Photographer," February 1885, pg. 41-42)


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Blair Tourgraph & Dry Plate Company opens branches for professional and amateurs in NYC & Cincinnati


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Floor Plan for Exhibition Space, 1885 PAA Convention, Buffalo


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Brief description of Blair's exhibition, 1885 PAA Convention, Buffalo


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Blurb: Blair Tourgraph & Dry Plate Company changes name to Blair Camera Company


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Blurb: Blair issues an advertising circular, "Important to Know"


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Blurb: The Blair branch office in Cincinnati, Blair & Prince, has dissolved


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Blurb: Blair will "Decorate" [advertise on ?] the "4th page of our cover for the rest of the year";  Also compliments Blair's operation & growth


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Blurb: Blair opens a new branch in Philadelphia, home office Boston, other branches NY & Cincinnati


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Samuel C. Partridge, Blair's agent in San Francisco places a large order; An even larger order, over 300 cameras alone, placed by Prince & Co., Blair's agent in Ohio


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Letter to PAA, Blair sets ground rules for the competitive cup his firm sponsors, and laments that commercialism is replacing quality in photography


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Acknowledgement & illustration of the T. H. Blair cup, awarded by the PAA


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Description of stockdealers' exhibition at PAA Convention; Blair attended as did his brother, E. C. Blair


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Blurb: Describes Blair employee picnic & some employees


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[Page xxiv]  Ad announces that supplies of "Hub Brand Dry Plates" have been shipped to Philadelphia & Chicago warehouses


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Description of competitive categories, rules for judges & competitors, including The Blair Cup (this year's subject, the poem, "Hiawatha")


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[Front index, pg. I]  Ad for Blair orthographic lenses


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[Front index, pg. ii & iii]  Ad for Blair - plates, cameras, etc.


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[Front index, pg. iv]  Ad for Blair rubber trays


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Discussion: Blair Cup & subject, the poem, "Hiawatha"


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Brief review of American Cameras, from England, now carried by Blair


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[Page xxiii]  Ad announces that Henry G. Thompson will take charge of the stock department in Chicago


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PAA's response to Blair's criticism of Association regarding the Cincinnati Convention


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Description of Blair's equipment exhibition at PAA Convention


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Blair announces intention to create an award for amateur photographers


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Letter from Blair describing conditions for awarding the Blair Cup


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Article on awards at PAA Convention; Blair Cup designed by Tiffany, NY, value $250


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Letter to PAA, Blair sets ground rules for the competitive cup his firm sponsors and laments that commercialism is replacing quality in photography


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Blair Cup for best picture in exhibition, James Landy, Cincinnati


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Description of stockdealers' exhibition at PAA Convention, including Blair


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James Landy, Cincinnati, wins Blair Cup for his photographic representation of "Hiawatha"


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Announcement: winners of PAA competition, including Blair Cup to James Landy of Cincinnati


Keywords:
Equipment - Miscel; Exhibit; PAA Convention - Boston; Stockdealer

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Description of the equipment exhibit at the PAA Boston Convention; The Blair Company is referenced


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Description of stockdealers' exhibits at PAA Convention, including Blair's


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T. H. Blair is named to the Nominating Committee for PAA Officers


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Blurb: Notice of a new Blair hand camera


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Obit: Darius Goff, former director & president of the Blair Camera Company, 1882-1885: his son, D. L. Goff, took over & now holds the position


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Letter by Blair to British Journal of Photography regarding film-making processes


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Blurb: Blair takes roll film machinery to England, had opened a branch there in 1893


Keywords:
Kodak; Patent; Process - Bromide Paper; Stockdealer

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Patent suit: Letter from E. & H. T. Anthony regarding transfer of the bromide paper process to Blair (& on-going suit against Eastman Company)


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Letter from American Camera Company regarding the Blair Bull's-Eye camera, and the sale of the Company to Eastman Kodak


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Blurb: Blair's new endeavor, the American Camera Company opens a plant in Northboro, MA


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Patent Suit: Blair vs. Frank R. Barker & Blair vs. W. H. Robey, for patent infringements, both dismissed


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Blurb: Blair sells his Philadelphia branch to George J. Wolf & Company


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Obit: O. R. Blaisdell of Benjamin French & Company, 49, dies at Charlestown, MA


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Blurb: Description of 4 cabinet prints by Burnham, 316 Washington Street


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Reports on the Cabinet print gaining popularity and that Burnham, and others, have submitted some excellent examples to the journal


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Announcement of photography contest, $50 prize


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Update on photography contest, $50 prize


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Details entries to the photography contest in which Burnham won the $50 prize; Burnham's photographs will be reproduced in a later issue.


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Describes a photograph by J. H., Rochester, NY, & notes it was a close rival to Burnham's $50 prize winner


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Discussion & reproduction of photograph by Burnham which won the $50 competition (photo not reproduced in microfilm copy of journal); Description of his studio, noting it is very rough


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Burnham's new studio, 419 Washington Street, was destroyed by fire


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Blurb: Praise for T. R. Burnham's 28" x 32" plates of European views


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Burnham wins a special silver medal for largest picture from a single negative


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Awards at PAA Convention, Burnham wins a silver medal


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Description of Butterfield's 20 x 24 views in Philadelphia Exhibition, includes White Mountains (NH) & Bunker Hill Monument


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Butterfield receives an award for his photographs in the Philadelphia Exhibition


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Description of David W. Butterfield's work (Cambridge, MA) in the New Orleans Exposition; Also A. H. Folsom, Heliotype Printing Company, & James R. Osgood


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Cahill receives a "soft" compliment for photographs taken by his new developing process


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[6/1900]  Obit: Marsena Cannon, former Boston photographer, dies at 87, 4/29/1900 in Salt Lake City, UT; Additional info on Cannon, see Hoobler, "Photographing the Frontier", NY: Putnam's Sons, 1980, pg. 22


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Blurb: Chickering has opened a new studio, R. M. Wilson is "chief poser."


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G. H. Loomis' column, "Photographic Pencillings," discusses Walter Chickering's new studio, mentions Walter's brother (Elmer ?), and other topics


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Letter from R. J. Chute, Boston, describes some of his studio practices


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Describes views submitted by Chute: including Masonic Hall, Melrose, MA


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Blurb: (1) Chute reads a paper at the NPA, formerly of Boston he is now an operator for Gutekunst, Philadelphia; (2) Chute helps design a demonstration skylight for NPA Convention with A. Trask (Trask's description of skylight in this issue)


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Chute comments on the large response to his ad for an operator, printer, toner & colorist to work at (his brother's ?) studio in South America


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Describes a reproduced image by John L. Gihon of the firm, Chute & Brooks, Montevideo, S. America; Chute & Brooks, formerly of Massachusetts, went to Montevideo around 1868


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Obit: John L. Gihon, noted photographer in Philadelphia, who worked in studio of Chute & Brooks, Montevideo, S. America, ca. 1871-1876 (the Chute here may be R. J.'s brother)


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Obit: A memorial to the late Ch. Codman is delivered at the 6th meeting of the Photographic Merchants' Board of Trade [Photographic Stockdealers of America ?] held in Cincinnati, July 28, 1884 (Codman died in an accident 9/19/1883)


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Obit: Lengthy obit for Charles H. Codman, killed by flames & fumes of nitric acid


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Blurb: Mrs. C. H. Codman will continue her deceased husband's business [Business eventually taken-over by Horgan, Robey & Company]


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Blurb: F. E. Davis has moved from Codman & Company to W. H. Holmes; Notes Davis was hurt in the accident that killed Codman


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Obit: Lengthy obit for Charles H. Codman, 9/17/1883, work accident, killed by nitric acid fumes


Keywords:
Ad; Process - Paper Prints; Studio; Stockdealer

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Ad for sale of an established studio, with more than 20,000 negatives on file


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Ads, jobs wanted: (1) operator & retoucher, contact J. O'M, c/o Codman; (2) operator, contact W. B. Davidson, 9 Hancock Street


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Blurb: Reports short lived firm of George S. Bryant has been sold to C. H. Codman & Company


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Blurb: Codman reads one of his poems at the New England Woman's Club


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Blurb: Mrs. Codman donates $5 to the Bardwell Fund (a relief fund apparently low on funds)


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Blurb: Horgan, Robey & Company succeeds C. H. Codman; John Stalker is a jr. partner


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Obit: John Stalker, partner in Horgan, Robey & Company


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Obit: John Stalker: Horgan, Robey & Company, 1/3/1899, age 44, with illustration


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List of dealers exhibiting at PAA Convention, including Horgan, Robey & Company


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Blurb: Describes a cabinet print of little girl dressed as Mother Hubbard submitted by J. F. Conly [sic, Charles F.] successor to Warren


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Conley [sic, Conly] advertises for a printer


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Describes Conly's attempts to photograph audience at Bijou Theatre under electric light


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Mrs. Conly's comments to photographer J. F. Ryder, Cleveland regarding a cookbook he has distributed; Mr. Conly was once Ryder's assistant


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Describes the frontispiece, a photograph by Conly


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Blurb: Conly photographs the audience of the Park Theatre by flash


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Blurb: Describes Conly's flash photograph of Park Theatre


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B. Coolidge serves as one of the judges for an exhibit at the Boston Society of Amateur photographers


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G. H. Loomis writes from Martha's Vineyard, MA, noting photographic activity there and that Baldwin Coolidge (Boston) has run the photographic department of the Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute for one or two years


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Baldwin Coolidge is one of the judges for a competitive exhibit mounted by the Boston Society of Amateur Photographers


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Lengthy article on the Boston Society of Amateur Photographers, Baldwin Coolidge is one of the judges for a competitive exhibit; The Society was organized in October 7, 1882, making it one of the first amateur societies


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Blurb: Cutting's bromide patent; Founding of New England Photographic Society


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Long article on Cutting's Bromide Patent, Fredericks' case


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Cutting's bromide patent;  Also see Taft, "Photography & the American Scene," pg 123-137 &  footnote #457


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Cutting's bromide patent, Fredericks' case


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[No page number]  Ad for Cutting's bromide patent, references the Fredericks' case


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Variation on Ambrotype process by Albert Bisbee, Columbus, OH & Y. Day, Nashville, TN


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[possibly related]  Comments on sealing daguerreotypes with balsam


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Comment on fees & secrecy bonds required to use Whipple's & Cutting's patents on paper processes


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[In "Specialties" section, no page number]  Obit: James Cutting, died ca. 9/1867 in Insane Asylum, Worcester, MA


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Cutting heirs plan to file for extension of bromide patent


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Editorial: Application to extend patent has been made


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Blurb: J. W. Black, Boston, makes excellent negatives without the use of bromide


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Editorial: Berates photographers for not fighting extension of Cutting's bromide patent


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First page in journal is numbered 1 [sic?]; Application for extension of the Cutting's bromide patent is turned down


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Description of frontispiece image by James Cremer, Philadelphia, showing lawyers who opposed extension of the Cutting's bromide patent


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[possibly related]  Photographer describes use of balsam


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Cutting & Rhenn [sic, Rhen] give lessons on paper photography in NY [Likely James A. Cutting]


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Discussion of lithographs by Pretsch; Journal will visit Cutting, Bradford, & Turner regarding their lithographic process


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Cutting & Bradford's photo-lithographic process and their patents


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[End papers]  Two photo-lithographs reproduced, one using the Cutting & Bradford process, one by Cutting & Turner


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[pg. 277 may be incorrect]  Blurb: "Death of the Bromide Patent"


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Supplement to journal: extensive report on the Cutting's bromide patent


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Comments on defeat of Cutting's bromide patent


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Comments on funding "The Philadelphia Photographer's" fight against the Cutting's bromide patent


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Comments on defeat of Cutting's bromide patent and role of Bogardus and Anthony


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[No page number]  Blurb: Swindlers in the South still trying to collect fee for Cutting's bromide patent


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Blurb: Question regarding expiration date of Cutting's bromide patent


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Brief reference to the Cutting patent in a lengthy discussion of the Wing vs. Schoonmaker sliding plate-holder suit


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Letters regarding Cutting's bromide patent, one from Cutting himself


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Cutting's 3 patent statements: collodion on glass, balsam, & bromide


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Correspondence between Cutting & the US Patent Office


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[possibly related]  New collodion varnish, inventor is not named


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Cutting's patents, including bromide & balsam


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Cutting's bromide & balsam patents, Fredericks' case


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Cutting's bromide patent & the origin of bromide (part 1)


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Cutting's bromide patent & the origin of bromide (part 2); Also, reproduction of a circular opposing Cutting's Patents


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Fredericks' case, financial report on Fredericks' fund


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J. H. Fitzgibbon, St. Louis opposes the Fredericks' case


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Reply to J. H. Fitzgibbon's opposition to the Fredericks' case


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Letter from J. H. Fitzgibbon on responses to his 6/1/1860 letter opposing the Fredericks' case


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Financial report on the Fredericks' Fund


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Cutting's patents, including the Fredericks' Fund


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Samuel Masury of Boston comments on the Cutting patent suits


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Letter commenting on Cutting's bromide patent


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Early users of bromide for photographic purposes


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John Goddard's early use of bromide for photographic purposes


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Cutting & Bradford lithographic patent mentioned in discussion of the original basis for lithography discovered by Morgo Ponto, ca. 1838


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Blurb: D. D. T. Davie's problems around Fredericks' Fund, & L. L. Hill


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D. D. T. Davie comments on Fredericks' case


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NY photographers oppose Cutting's bromide patent & Ormsbee & Wing's multiplying camera boxes patent


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NY photographers oppose Cutting's bromide patent & Ormsbee & Wing's multiplying camera boxes patent (2nd meeting)


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Blurb: (1) On patents generally, (2) American Photographical Society's informal view: not worth the time to for individuals to contest the patent, (3) notice of a 60 page book by Humphrey listing all of Cutting's patents & his correspondence


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NY photographers oppose Cutting's bromide patent; Fredericks' case (4th meeting)


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Blurb: M. M. Griswold on Cutting's bromide & balsam patents


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"Cementing Glasses on Opal Pictures" mentions Cutting's balsam patent


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Cutting's bromide patent, its effect in Boston & elsewhere; Fredericks' case


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Cincinnati photographers meet to discuss Cutting's bromide patent (3rd meeting)


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Northwestern Photographic Society, Chicago, & Cutting's bromide patent


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Letter from T. H. Hubbard, NY, Cutting's bromide patent assignee


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Comment on letter from T. H. Hubbard, NY, Cutting's bromide patent assignee


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Blurb: A Maine court sustains Cutting's bromide patent


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Details on the Maine court case sustaining Cutting's bromide patent


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Claim by some that the Maine court case sustaining Cutting's bromide patent was a fraud


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Letter from Prof. H. Dussauce, chemist, regarding Cutting's bromide patents (1st letter); Reprint of Cutting's original patent letter, 7/11/1854


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Letter from Prof. H. Dussauce, chemist, regarding Cutting's bromide patents (2nd letter)


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Notice of a 2-day NYC convention to oppose Cutting's bromide patent; Notice on suits brought for infringement of Cutting's bromide patent in NY


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Photographers' Benevolent Association formed in NYC to protect photographers against "unjust & illegal patents"


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Report on 2 day National Photographic Convention held in NYC to oppose Cutting's bromide patent


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Response to inquiry regarding how to purchase rights to use bromide patent


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Article announcing the defeat of Cutting's bromide patent


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Distribution of the $5,000 raised by the National Photographic Convention to defeat the Cutting bromide patent (1st article)


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Distribution of the $5,000 raised by the National Photographic Convention to defeat the Cutting bromide patent (2nd article)


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Letter stating that the way funds raised by the National Photographic Convention to defeat the Cutting bromide patent were used amounted to a swindle


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Blurb: On the Cutting Patent suit & knocking "The Philadelphia Photographer," referred to as "Our Philadelphia cotemporary"


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Blurb: Second blurb knocking "The Philadelphia Photographer"; Also see 11/1/1868 issue, pg. 204


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Blurb: Reference to the "anti-bromide suit," & knocking "The Philadelphia Photographer"


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Letter from T. W. B., Boston (possibly Thomas Barbour) on the anti-bromide suit mounted by the National Photographers Convention


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Letter from an anonymous photographer praising "Humphrey's Journal" for it's resistance to the Cutting patent


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A paper process developed by Cutting (not confirmed as James Ambrose Cutting)


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Blurb: Patent granted for using bromide in the paper process, likely Cutting's bromide patent


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Blurb: Praise for Cutting & Rhen's ambrotypes (Philadelphia), & reference to Cutting patent issue


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Reprint from "Boston Atlas" on improvement by Cutting & Bowdoin to the process of photographs on glass


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Letter from M. A. Root, Philadelphia on origins of collodion glass photographs and Cutting's improvements to the process


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Letter from J. J. B., Marshall, MI on his experiences with the ambrotype process


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R. A. Root of Philadelphia visits Boston studios: Cahill, Cutting, Hale, Ives & Chase, Masury & Silsbee, Southworth & Hawes, Whipple & Black


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Letter from Webster & Brother, Louisville, KY on interest there in ambrotypes and claimants to its development: Cutting, Troxel, Rehn


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Comments on the ambrotype & Cutting's patents


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Blurb: Two entries regarding ambrotypes & Cutting's patent


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Letter from M. A. Root, Philadelphia condemning Cutting's patent


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Letter from M. P. Simons, Richmond, VA regarding Cutting's balsam patent


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Letter from W. R. Howes, Mattapoisett, MA explaining Cutting's views on his patent


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Letter from M. P. Simons regarding court case on right to make ambrotypes


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Describes an ambrotype by M. R. Root & compares it's price of $.50 to "any $5 work"


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Letter from M. A. Root discussing Cutting's patents & controversy


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Comment on Root's patent letter in same issue, pg 60-61


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Letter from M. P. Simons, Richmond, VA on Cutting's balsam patent


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Letter from H. H. Richardson regarding Cutting's balsam patent and alternatives names to the ambrotype process to avoid patent infringement


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Letter from J. J. B. on competition in teaching the ambrotype process


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Suit brought against Brady of NY (possibly Mathew Brady) for patent infringement


Keywords:
Patent - Cutting's; Process - Collodiotype

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letter from Webster & Brother, St. Louis, on ambrotype patents, suggests using "collodiotype" as a substitute name for ambrotype


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Editorial & letter from F. Langenheim, Philadelphia regarding Cutting's patents


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Letter from M. P. Simons, Richmond, VA regarding delays in Cutting's agents bring infringement cases to court


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Editorial: Response to S. J. Scott labeling the ambrotype patent "bosh"


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Editorial & several letters to the editor regarding Cutting's patents


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Editorial & a letter from M. P. Simons, Richmond, VA on Cuttings' balsam patent


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Letter from A. J Crane, Counsel for P. E. Gibbs, Richmond, VA in case against M. P. Simons of that city


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Cutting visits the journal's office and discusses his patents; Cutting has just opened a new Boston studio with A. A. Turner


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Letters on patent issue from W. A. Tomlinson, NYC & M. P. Somons, Richmond, VA


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Reprint from the "Boston Ledger," a positive review of the Cutting & Turner's new studio


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Court case regarding the use of the term "Ambrotype"


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A. A. Turner of Cutting & Turner injures both eyes opening a bottle of ammonia


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Letter from Joseph Dixon, Taunton, MA, about his role in the lithographic process, ca 1840


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Editorial: Comment on Joseph Dixon's letter, same issue


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H. Garbanati comments on Joseph Dixon's letter in 7/1/1858 issue, and on Cutting's photo-lithographic patent


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Editorial: Cutting's photo-lithographic patent, adding that A. Turner is now associated with Cutting & Bradford


Notes:
Editorial: The photo-lithographic process & the quality work done by Cutting, Bradford & Turner, Boston, and Isaac Rehn, Philadelphia


Notes:
Specifications of Cutting & Bradford's' photo-lithographic patent


Notes:
Cutting's patents sustained: report on the Tomlinson vs. Bogardus court case


Notes:
Letter from "Gossip," commenting on Cutting's bromide patent and the Tomlinson vs. Bogardus court case


Notes:
New York State court case on the use of the term, ambrotype


Notes:
Letter commenting on the Cutting bromide patent


Notes:
Blurb: Reports that patent infringement action has been taken in NY, & in Boston all photographers, save one, have paid the $25 license fee


Notes:
H. Garbanati comments on Cutting's patents


Notes:
Editorial: Opposition the Cutting patents, and offering to support a defense fund


Notes:
Letter from W. Campbell, Jersey City, comments the use of bromide previous to the Cutting bromide patent, as does D. B. in a short article


Notes:
Letter from " Gossip," containing a brief reference to the reaction of "country artists" to the Cutting patents


Notes:
Letters: Extracts regarding Cutting's patents, including one disputing that all but one Boston photographer have purchased a license (see 1/15/1859 issue, pg. 258


Notes:
Letter from "Trojan," comments on problems using balsam, and the lack of utility using bromides


Notes:
Blurb: Report that William A. Tomlinson, NYC, has filed an injunction against C. D. Fredericks, NYC


Notes:
Letter from Wm A. Tomlinson, NYC, on injunction against F. C. Fredericks, NYC, and Fredericks' response


Notes:
Blurb: Report that in the injunction against C. D. Fredericks, NYC, Wm A. Tomlinson's case is not going well, & that a fire occurred in Tomlinson's studio


Notes:
Joseph Dixon's photo-lithography process could be used to counterfeit currency


Notes:
Article on photo-lithography with reference to the work of A. A. Turner, formerly of Boston, now in NYC


Notes:
Overview of Cutting's patents and report on actions taken by NYC photographers to fight the patents


Notes:
Listing of contributors to the Fredericks' defense fund


Notes:
Description & reproduction of photo-lithographs by J. A. Cutting & L. H. Bradford


Notes:
Blurb: Describing why one (or all) of the photo-lithographs mentioned on pg. 93 is missing from this issue


Notes:
Blurb: Announcing that patent infringement action has been taken against Bogardus, NYC


Notes:
Cutting & Turner, Boston send the journal several photo-lithographs of microscopic objects


Notes:
The development of photo-lithography, with reference to Cutting & Bradford


Notes:
Discussion of John Pouncy's carbon printing process & photo-lithography with reference to Cutting, Bradford, & Turner


Notes:
Description of photo-lithography by J. A. Cutting & J. [sic L.] H. Bradford; Second article on Photographic engraving, with reference to Cutting & Bradford


Notes:
Discussion of the Tomlinson vs. Bogardus case


Notes:
Discussion of the Tomlinson vs. Bogardus case; Blurb: Cutting's photo-lithographic process


Notes:
Meeting of New York Photographers at the Cooper Institute to discuss the implications of the Cutting patents


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the American Photographic Society's annual meeting in NYC includes a brief entry on Cutting's bromide patent


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the third meeting of NY photographers to discuss resisting the Cutting patents


Notes:
Report on the Fredericks' defense fund & a listing of contributors


Notes:
Discussion of photo-lithography with a reference to the Cutting & Bradford process


Notes:
Discussion of the Tomlinson vs. Fredericks' patent suit


Notes:
Letter from Thomas Asquith, NYC, regarding Tomlinson vs. Fredericks' patent case


Notes:
Blurb: Updating the Tomlinson vs. Fredericks' patent suit


Notes:
Editorial: Response to the charge that the Fredericks' fund was misused


Notes:
Cutting & the ambrotype process are mentioned in an overview of photographic history


Notes:
Blurb: M. B. of Maine has been contacted by Smyth & Hubbell, Boston, requesting a $50 payment for a license to use the Cutting patent


Notes:
Blurb: Many photographers in the East are being pressured to pay a $25 Cutting license fees; Text of a letter to photographers is provided


Notes:
Blurb: Bromide patent agents are contacting photographers


Notes:
Letter from F. M. of VT inquiring if the Cutting bromide patent had been sustained as he had been contacted by agent requesting a $25 fee; F. M had previously paid $300 for a county license


Notes:
Letter from C. D. Fredericks, NYC, describing the patent suit brought against him by William A. Tomlinson


Notes:
Letter signed by C. D. Fredericks, Scovill Manufacturing Company, E. & H. T. Anthony & Co, among others, declaring that the Cutting patent could not be defeated and urging photographers to comply


Notes:
NYC photographers meet at Cooper Institute to discuss the viability of further resistance to Cutting's bromide patent; L. D. Fredericks (C. D.'s brother) speaks against further resistance


Keywords:
Patent - Cutting's & Sliding Plate-Holder

Notes:
Meeting of photographer at the Cooper Institute, NYC, to discuss the Cutting and Wing patents


Notes:
Blurb: 2 notices - J. J. Clark, NYC, & N. L., VT, each propose a way to avoid the Cutting bromide patent


Notes:
Letter from C. Ferris, Malone (NY?), & editorial response regarding the Fredericks' defense fund


Notes:
Editorial: Comments that a recent report in "Humphrey's Journal" on the meeting of NY photographers to discuss the Cutting patents was misleading and intended to ridicule the event


Notes:
"Experiments on the Developer - Substitutes for the Bromide" by William A. Terry, Bristol, CT


Notes:
Letter from E. Bookhout, Williamsburgh, NY, providing an alternative to using bromide


Notes:
Editorial: Alternatives to using bromide


Notes:
[No page number]  Ad by O. S. Follett, stockdealer, NYC for collodion made without any bromides


Notes:
Report on the status of the Cutting bromide patent in Cincinnati, OH


Notes:
Blurb: W. H. of O (Ohio?) recommends alternatives to bromide and comments that Cutting sold the patent just in time


Notes:
Blurb: M. M. of NY asks if Cutting's bromide patent applies to photographers who purchase their collodion


Notes:
A St. Louis photographer comments that the narrow focus of Cutting's bromide patent renders most claims of infringement no more than a fraud


Notes:
Letter from T. H. Hubbard, assignee of the bromide patent, comments the status of the patent and plans to enforce it


Notes:
Brief question from A. Sinclair, St. Paul, MN, about validity of Cutting's bromide patent


Notes:
Blurb: Development of photo-lithography, mentioning J. Dixon of Taunton, MA & Cutting & Bradford of Boston, among others


Notes:
Letter from "Zepher," St. Paul, MN, regarding T. H. Hubbard's appeal to photographers regarding the validity of Cutting's patent that appeared in the October issue of "The Philadelphia Photographer" [Hubbard was an assignee of the Cutting bromide patent]


Notes:
Letter from Charles A. Seely, a personal overview of the Cutting bromide patent


Notes:
Blurb: An apology to T. H. Hubbard regarding the journal's claim that he was involved in a bromide issue in St. Louis, MO


Notes:
Proceedings of the National Photographic Association, Cleveland, OH: J. F. Ryder of Cleveland cites resistance to the Cutting patents as the beginning of the Association


Notes:
Proceedings of the National Photographic Association, Cleveland, OH: Executive Committee report on Cutting's bromide patent; J. W. Black, Boston is a member of the committee


Notes:
Letter from H. Howson, Esq. on attempt to revive Cutting's bromide patent for the third time


Notes:
Discovery & history of gun-cotton & collodion by M. A. Root


Notes:
James W. [sic, A.] Cutting is mentioned in a lengthy article about "process-mongers"


Notes:
Editorial: Comment & letter from H. Howson, Philadelphia, on photographic patents in general, Cutting's patent is mentioned


Notes:
Biographical sketch of Professor Oscar G. Mason, NYC, once an operator in Cutting's studio


Notes:
Letter from D. J. Smith, Detroit, MI, advocating that a fund be established to aid Jex Bardwell, now elderly; Bardwell was a principle in the defeat of the Cutting bromide patent


Notes:
Editorial: Supports the creation of a fund to aid Jex Bardwell, a principal in defeating the Cutting bromide patent


Notes:
Report on efforts to purchase a home for Jex Bardwell, a principal in the defeat of the Cutting bromide patent; Article illustrated with portrait of Jex Bardwell, Jr., & sister


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Photographers' Association of America regarding aid to Jex Bardwell, a principal in the defeat of the Cutting bromide patent


Notes:
Two notices on the Jex Bardwell fund, one by J. F. Ryder, Cleveland, OH [Bardwell was a principal in the defeat of the Cutting bromide patent]


Notes:
Financial report of the Committee on the Jex Bardwell fund [Bardwell was a principal in the defeat of the Cutting bromide patent]


Notes:
[8/1900]  Brief letter from Jex Bardwell with regards for a successful convention of the Photographers' Association of America


Notes:
[3/1901]  Blurb: Jex Bardwell is recovering from "a severe attack of the "grip'"


Notes:
[9/1901]  Jex Bardwell, one of the principals in the defeat of the Cutting Bromide patent, attends the convention of the Photographers' Association of American, Detroit


Notes:
On his retirement in 1893, Jex Bardwell is cited for his role in defeating the Cutting bromide patent


Notes:
[No page number]  Notice that Dodge & Leahy have dissolved their partnership, business becomes Dodge, Collier & Perkins


Notes:
Notice that Dodge & Leahy will market a multiplying camera that does not infringe on the Wing & Ormsbee patent


Notes:
Dodge & Leahy dissolve their partnership, business becomes Dodge, Collier & Perkins


Notes:
[possibly related]  Citation for H. S. Dunshee, Toledo, OH; A number of photographers named Dunshee in Boston & other Massachusetts towns, including an Horace S. Dunshee: Woburn 1877, Boston 1878-1881


Notes:
Description of A. H. Folsom's work in the New Orleans Exposition; Also James R. Osgood, Heliotype Printing Company, & David W. Butterfield (Cambridge, MA)


Notes:
Foulley receives a patent for a device to cut photographs, #46,099


Notes:
[possibly related]  French & Sawyer, Keene, NH in new studio, old rooms burned 10/1865, loss of $3,000 and 7,000 negatives


Notes:
[No page number]  Ad for Benjamin French & Company


Notes:
Blurb: Reduced price on Voigtlander, & Jamin's lenses


Notes:
Blurb: Description of a visit to Benjamin French's firm, some equipment & prices cited


Notes:
Blurb: Description of backgrounds by Peter Fales, and sold by Benjamin French


Keywords:
Exhibit; Process - Wothytype; Stockdealer

Notes:
Blurb: Benjamin French sends the journal a sample of the Wothytype process (British)


Notes:
Blurb: First shipment of Steinhel lenses from Voigtlander & Son consigned to Benjamin French


Notes:
Blurb: Description of a visit to Benjamin French's firm, Jamin cameras are cited


Notes:
Sentence in an article about the Cleveland Exhibition: : Benjamin French supports the "relief fund"


Notes:
Blurb: Benjamin French is the sole importer of Voigtlander, & Darlot lenses


Notes:
Benjamin French is appointed to a 3-year term on the Board of Trustees of the Relief Fund


Notes:
J. H. Hallenbeck joins Benjamin French & Company, Boston


Notes:
Only damage sustained by Benjamin French's firm during the Great Fire of 1872 was the loss of his windows when the building across the street was blown-up.


Notes:
[Frontispiece]  Portrait of Benjamin French


Notes:
Biography of Benjamin French and description of the frontispiece portrait of French


Notes:
Benjamin French & Scovill Manufacturing Company donate a Voigtlander lens & Scovill camera worth $550 for an NPA raffle; Article references poor business conditions in the profession


Notes:
Benjamin French offers to ship all images submitted for the Chicago NPA Exhibition: Also reference to the camera/lens raffle


Notes:
Former executive committee of the moribund National Photographic Association meet to discuss reviving the organization: J. W. Black & Benjamin French are from Boston


Notes:
J. W. Bryant & Benjamin French are mentioned in the listing of stockdealers exhibiting at the convention


Notes:
Two letters from Benjamin French: one promoting a new Voigtlander lens, the other a publication called "The Mosaics for 1879"


Notes:
Blurb: Formation of a national stockdealers' association, Benjamin French is one of 39 member dealers


Notes:
Description of the Exposition at the PAA Convention in Milwaukee, WI; Benjamin French's firm is represented by W. A. French [Wilfred, his son], The exhibit features lenses, French's specialty


Keywords:
Exhibit; Equipment - Miscel; obp; PAA Convention; Stockdealer

Notes:
Description of the exhibition at the 5th PAA Convention, Benjamin French's firm exhibits Voigtlander, & Darlot lenses; Also examples of work done with them; Simon Wing, Boston, is also mentioned


Notes:
Letter from Benjamin French, sending in his $25 dues to the PAA [& supporting the move to form a stockdealers' association?]


Notes:
Letter from Benjamin French, contribution $100 to the PAA, and supporting its growth


Notes:
Blurb: Benjamin French & Company claim to have sold 40,000 Voigtlander lenses since beginning their business


Notes:
Review of a competitive exhibit at the Boston Society of Amateur Photographers, an 11x14 print of the "Waverly Oak," by Wilfred A. French receives positive comment.


Notes:
Wilfred A. French (Benjamin's son) mans the firms display of Voigtlander & Dermot lenses


Notes:
Blurb: B. French & Company issues a new catalogue for Voigtlander & Darlot lenses; Catalogue, complied by Wilfred A. French, includes recommendations & instructions for use


Notes:
On 25th anniversary of "The Philadelphia Photographer," a list of first year subscribers, two from Boston: Black & Benj. French & Company


Notes:
French named as a member of the PAA Foreign Exhibits Committee


Keywords:
Exhibit; PAA Convention; Stockdealer; Views

Notes:
At the PAA Convention in Cincinnati, Wilfred A. French, Benjamin French's son, exhibited 23 views showing colonial homesteads in & around Boston; He also provides an annotated list of those views


Notes:
Description of a marine view taken with a Darlot lens and submitted by Benjamin French; Article is illustrated with a reproduction of the view by the Moss Engraving Company, NY


Notes:
Blurb: French has presented the journal with a portrait of himself, taken by A. Marshall (possibly Augustus Marshall, Boston)


Notes:
Wilfred A. French, Benjamin's son, exhibits Bermuda views and carbon enlargement of yacht races at the "First Annual Exhibition of Photographers," a show of both professional & amateur work


Notes:
Description of stockdealers' exhibit at PAA Convention, including French's Voigtlander lenses


Keywords:
Exhibit; PAA Convention - Boston; Stockdealer

Notes:
Wilfred A. French, son of Benjamin French, wins a bronze medal for landscape photography


Notes:
Mrs. Benjamin French invites conference attendees to a social held each night of the conference


Notes:
Landscapes by Wilfred A. French, son of Benjamin French, are described in a review of the convention's photographic exhibit


Keywords:
obp; PAA Convention - Boston; Stockdealer

Notes:
During the sixth session of the PAA convention, Benjamin French is thanked for his hospitality; A. S. Southworth & G. H. Loomis speak briefly


Notes:
Obit: John Franklin Dodge, 8/23/1893, for a time a partner in Benjamin French & Company; Also a principal in Dodge & Leahy & Dodge, Collier & Perkins


Notes:
Wilfred A. French, son & senior partner in Benjamin French & Company marries Clara Frederika Nichols of Roxbury, MA, 4/4/1893


Notes:
[2/1900]  Obit: Benjamin French, daguerreotypist & stockdealer, born Enfield, NH, 1819


Notes:
Obit : John H. Hallenbeck, died 3/2/1893, early photographer, once associated with Benjamin French & Company, Boston


Notes:
Thomas Gaffield clarifies his experiments with glass discussed in the 6/1868 issue of the journal; States he is a (glass) merchant, not a scientist or photographer, however he is a friend of John B. [sic, A.] Whipple & Mr. Rowell [Likely Frank Rowell]


Notes:
Thomas Gaffield reports to the Photographic Section of the American Institute on his experiments with glass; Article references that he was aided by John A. Whipple, Boston


Notes:
Letter from T. G., Boston (possibly Thomas Gaffield) on "exfoliated glass"


Notes:
E. L. Wilson exhibits several prints at a meeting of [???], among them "leaf prints" by Thomas Gaffield


Notes:
Blurb: Describing "leaf prints" by Thomas Gaffield [the prints are likely photograms]; Also see pgs. 108-109


Notes:
Thomas Gaffield describes his process for making "leaf prints" [likely photograms] & indicates that photographic reproductions are available from Mr. A. Marshall (Augustus)


Notes:
Describes & illustrates Thomas Gaffield's "leaf printing" process (photograms), noting that A. Marshall, Boston (Augustus) prints his images


Notes:
Thomas Gaffield provides some hints ifor doing "leaf printing" (photograms)


Notes:
Blurb: Thomas Gaffield & A. Marshall, Boston (Augustus]) depart for Europe, with their wives


Notes:
Letter from Thomas Gaffield, from Baden-Baden, Germany, reporting the photographic elements of his trip to England & Europe with Augustus Marshall


Notes:
Results of Gaffield's experiments on best glass for skylights, exhibited at 1876 International Exhibition


Notes:
Lengthy report, "Glass for the Studio & Dark-room," by Thomas Gaffield, manufacturer & dealer of glass


Notes:
Thomas Gaffield on, "Glass for Skylight," a follow-up to his 10/1876 article


Notes:
Letter from Prof. E. Stebbing, Paris on experiments with various glass, refers to different results than Thomas Gaffield obtained; Also to refers to work by another Bostonian, R.J.C. [Possibly Robert J. Chute]


Notes:
Discussion of using blue glass in studios; Reference made to work of Thomas Gaffield and notes he is associated with the Lennox Glass Works


Notes:
Letter from Thomas Gaffield responding to a question regarding the term "most actinic" that Gaffield had used an earlier article


Keywords:
Equipment - Lighting; obp; PAA Convention

Notes:
Thomas Gaffield presents a paper, "The Uses of Glass in Photography," at the PAA Convention; References aid of Augustus Marshall, Boston


Notes:
Thomas Gaffield discusses "Lighting the Dark-room for Gelatin-Bromide Plates" & refers the use of colored glass in Augustus Marshall's studio, Boston


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 4/7/1880; Thomas Gaffield presents his studies of photographic glass


Notes:
Article makes a brief reference to Thomas Gaffield's experiments with glass twenty years ago


Notes:
Two letters from M. M. Griswold's brother, V. M., Peekskill, NY, on his process for photographs on metal, and a controversy with F. A. Wenderoth, Philadelphia [Note: articles on Opalotypes may appear in February & March issues of the journal]


Notes:
Letter from F. A. Wenderoth, Philadelphia, on Opalotype process


Notes:
Letter from M. M. Griswold, Columbus, Ohio, testifies to the quality of V. M. Griswold's process, sending samples that met with favor from the editors of the journal [May not be same person as Boston's M. M. Griswold]


Notes:
Letter from M. M. Griswold, Columbus, Ohio, describing his "double vignetting" or "mask vignetting" process [May not be same person as Boston's M. M. Griswold]


Notes:
V. M. Griswold, Lancaster, Ohio: reproduction of his patent for albumenized collodion [V. M. is M. M. Griswold's brother, but may not be same person as Boston's M. M. Griswold]


Notes:
A picture by "Mr. Griswold" will appear in the February issue of the journal [May not be same person as Boston's M. M. Griswold]


Notes:
Obit?: Mrs. M. M. Griswold donates formulae left by her "lamented" husband to the journal (implies his death) [May not be related to Manfred M. Griswold, active in Boston 1877-1882]


Notes:
Blurb: Announces a book of formulae by M. M. Griswold, may not be same person as Boston's M. M. Griswold, or the apparent obit that appears in "The Philadelphia Photographer," Vol. 10, #113, 5/1873, pg. 159


Notes:
M. M. Griswold, Boston submits a new method for silvering paper


Notes:
"A white ferreotype," article references early experiments by V. M. Griswold; See v-12, #134, 2/1875, pg. 51 for more information on the process [V. M was brother to a M. M. Griswold, but this may not be same person as Boston's M. M. Griswold]


Notes:
Biography of Luther Holman Hale, his older brother, Charles E., is also cited; See frontispiece for Luther's portrait


Notes:
Letter from A. W. [sic] Hardy regarding his exhibition at the NPA Convention, Chicago


Notes:
Mr. Ritz, an operator for A. N. Hardy, submits Hardy's formula for the collodion process


Keywords:
Exhibit; Process - Cabinet Prints (Promenade)

Notes:
Description of A. N. Hardy's "Promenade" cabinet prints, and his 13 x 16 prints exhibited at the Philadelphia Exposition


Notes:
Two brief articles by A. W. Hardy: "Skylights," & "How Young Photographers May Succeed"


Notes:
A. N. Harding is elected a vice-president and member of the By-laws Committee at the PAA's first convention, in Chicago


Notes:
A. N. Hardy is nominated for the vice presidency and to the Executive Committee at the PAA's first convention, in Chicago


Notes:
Blurb: Description of A. N. Hardy's new studio, 493 Washington Street; An extant CDV indicates: "22 Winter, will remove to 493 Washington, corner Temple Place 11/1/1877"


Notes:
A. N. Hardy, Boston, is nominated as a vice-president of the PAA  [Possibly a regional vice-president]


Notes:
A. N. Hardy, Boston, is nominated secretary of the PAA


Notes:
A. N. Hardy is appointed to a committee of three to recommend where the next PAA convention should be held


Notes:
A. N. Hardy finishes third in ballot for next president of the PAA; Hardy withdraws his name as a nominee for secretary; Boston is suggested as the site for the next convention, Hardy advocates one of the Western states, Indianapolis is chosen


Notes:
Blurb: A. N. Hardy publishes vol. 1, #1 of the "Boston Photographer," containing hints to his patrons


Notes:
A. N. Hardy, among other photographers, responds to a questionnaire from the journal on studio operation


Notes:
A. N. Hardy is a member of the PAA committee on the constitution for the organization


Notes:
A. N. Hardy is elected vice-president of the PAA from Massachusetts & is nominated to become a member of the executive committee


Notes:
A. N. Hardy is listed among the exhibitors at the PAA convention, Chicago


Notes:
A. N. Hardy comments on elements of studio practice, including posing, printing, retouching, toning


Notes:
The PAA Selection Committee names A. N. Hardy treasurer, and vice president from Massachusetts


Notes:
A. N. Hardy submits a composition [composite?] view of several hundred people, entitled "Olympian Roller-Skate Carnival"


Notes:
Article on the Talcott Mount reproduces an ad by A. N. Hardy, with prices


Notes:
Description of prints displayed by F. W. [sic] Hardy, Boston, at the New Orleans Exposition, included are two frames of portraits and Hardy's "famous" "Boston Skating Rink Carnival" [See 10/1883 issue of the journal]


Keywords:
Exhibit; PAA Convention; Process - Dry Plate

Notes:
Description of A. N. Hardy's' display at the PAA Convention, 9 works make on Stanley 10x12 dry plates


Notes:
Description of A. N. Hardy's' display at the PAA Convention


Notes:
Description of A. N. Hardy's' display at the PAA Convention, 9, 11 x14 prints using Stanley dry plates


Notes:
A. N. Hardy, Boston, wins a bronze medal for portrait photography


Notes:
Hardy, and others, use "Mantello" style mounts


Notes:
G. H. Hastings is mentioned in an article entitled "The Pictures at the Boston Convention: Second Notice"


Notes:
George H. Hastings holds a number of positions in the PAA, including first vice-president, member of the auditing committee, member of the exhibition committee for the 1890 PAA Convention, Washington, D.C.


Notes:
George H. Hastings is elected President of the PAA by acclamation


Notes:
Blurb: Announcement by "G. H. Hastings" that a notice of the buildings to be used for the PAA convention in Washington (8/1890) will be placed in all journals


Notes:
George H. Hastings is nominated to be the next PAA president


Notes:
George H. Hastings advocates that late submissions to the PAA convention exhibit not be accepted


Notes:
George H. Hastings makes some suggestion about prizes & medals to be awarded at the PAA convention


Notes:
Letter from George H. Hastings, President of the PAA, reporting on the first year of Daguerre Memorial Fund


Notes:
Description of stockdealers' exhibits at PAA Convention, T. H. Blair's exhibit includes photographs by George H. Hastings


Notes:
Article on the PAA's influence on photography & art, both reference G. H. Hastings, Boston who won the grand prize at a PAA exhibition


Notes:
G. H. Hasting's" home in Newton, MA was damaged by fire


Notes:
Letter from George H. Hastings, Boston: will not be able to attend the PAA's August convention due to "rheumatic trouble (over a year's duration)"


Keywords:
illus; Equipment - Lighting; Process - Dry Plate

Notes:
Reproduction of a photograph by George H. Hastings made with electric light & using a Climax plate


Notes:
Description of George H. Hastings' negative washing tank


Notes:
Letter from Ella Wheeler Wilcox praising & describing a photograph by George Hastings, Boston, entitled "Maurine"; The photograph was published in "The International Annual," vol. 8, & won a prize at "the Convention," possibly the PAA convention


Notes:
Article on electric light in the studio, mentions George Hastings as a supporter of using it; Reproduction of an image made by Hastings under electric light  (elsewhere in this issue)


Notes:
Blurb: George H. Hastings wins the grand prize at the PAA convention in Washington for his series of "Enoch Arden" photographs; An illustration of the award accompanies the description


Notes:
Biographic sketch of George H. Hastings; Boston photographer Ernest Ritz, partnership of Ritz & Hastings, & B. F. Gage (VT) are referenced; A portrait of Hastings in the frontispiece to this issue


Notes:
[4/1900]  Blurb: On Josiah Johnson Hawes' 92nd birthday [sic, 93rd], references some of the famous people he photographed


Notes:
[11/1901]  Obit : brief obit for Josiah Johnson Hawes, d 8/7/1901


Notes:
[No page number]  Ad: John A. Heard Gallery, 20 Temple Place, is for sale


Notes:
Invitation from C. W. Hearn to the opening reception for "Hearn's Palace of Photography," Portland, ME, 11/3/1881 [Not confirmed this is Charles W. Hearn of Boston]


Notes:
C. W. Hearn is selling his branch studio in Bridgton, ME: fully equipped, occupies entire building, price is $50-$750 [Not confirmed this is Charles W. Hearn of Boston]


Notes:
C. W. Hearn contributes to an on-going discussion regarding pricing in the profession [not confirmed this is Charles W. Hearn of Boston]


Notes:
C. W. Hearn is cited in an on-going discussion regarding pricing in the profession [Not confirmed this is Charles W. Hearn of Boston]


Notes:
C. W. Hearn advertises his Bethlehem, NH, studio is for sale [Not confirmed this is Charles W. Hearn of Boston]


Notes:
Charles W. Hearn is awarded a prize for photographs at the [2nd] annual convention of the Photographers' Club of New England; The Club was open to both professional & amateur photographers [Not confirmed this is Charles W. Hearn of Boston]


Keywords:
Patent; Photo-lithography; Process - Artotype

Notes:
Article on the Artotype states the Heliotype Company, Boston, is purchasing a license for the Artotype patent


Notes:
History of the Heliotype Printing Company on the occasion of a recent fire in which the company suffered major loses, including 25,000 negatives


Notes:
Blurb: The Heliotype Company is doing a "large and constantly increasing business."


Notes:
Blurb: The Heliotype Printing Company will do "photo-process work of all kinds and relief plates"


Notes:
At the April meeting of the Boston Society of Amateur Photographers, Ernest Edwards of the Helliotype Company demonstrates the preparation of gelatin dry plates


Notes:
Blurb: Heliotype Printing Company has relocated to 124 & 126 Pearl St, Boston, after recent fire


Notes:
Description of the Heliotype Printing Company's work in the New Orleans Exposition; Also mentioned: A. H. Folsom, James R. Osgood, & David W. Butterfield (Cambridge, MA)


Notes:
Blurb: Describes the types of work done by the Heliotype Printing Company, including photo-mechanical and photo-engraving processes; Also lists some of its clients


Notes:
Obit: Donald Ramsey, Treasurer, Heliotype Printing Company


Notes:
Blurb: Heliotype Printing Company covers whole field of photo-mechanical printing


Keywords:
Photo-lithography; Process - Color Printing

Notes:
Blurb: Describes merits of Heliotype Printing Company's 3-color printing from collotype plates


Notes:
Obit: Brief obit for J. B. Heywood, "the original 25 cent daguerreotype man"


Notes:
Letter from J. B. Heywood, sending a package of stereoviews [As partial payment for his subscription?]


Notes:
Blurb: Positive comments on stereoviews submitted by J. B. Heywood: exteriors, marine, some interiors; Heywood's views are published by Frank Rowell, 25 Winter St.


Notes:
[No page number]  Ad: Frank Rowell offers to sell stereo equipment & J. H. Heywood's stereo negatives: including sets of Boston & vicinity; Maine, New Hampshire, New York, & Vermont


Notes:
Blurb: Lay & Heywood, Boston, submit work, some will be reproduced in January & February 1858


Notes:
Lincoln from Dorchester, MA wins a silver medal for "pictures, not portraits" [NB there is an A. H. Lincoln in Boston]


Notes:
Blurb: Praising Holmes, Booth & Hayden's Camera (formerly Litch's company) [Possibly Albert Litch after he moved to NYC ca. 1848]


Notes:
Blurb: Loomis busy & has spent $200 fighting the tax on photographs


Notes:
Blurb: Loomis is in Luzerne "recuperating his health"


Notes:
Loomis makes a motion to invite Homoeopathic Physicians to the NPA photographic exhibition


Notes:
Loomis speaks to the formation of the NPA, Cutting's patent, & the resignation of NPA Vice-President Holmes


Notes:
Blurb: Loomis misses NPA convention due to poor health


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 11/7/1873, notes that Loomis was a founding member of the National Photographic Association


Notes:
Letter from G. H. Loomis, dated 2/28/1874, due to ill health he has sold his business to D. K. Prescott


Notes:
G. H. Loomis comments on White Mountain (NH) views by D. W. Butterfield (Boston)


Notes:
Poem: "Business on the Brain," by G. H. Loomis


Notes:
Blurb: G. H. Loomis still in ill health, 108 Throndike St., East Cambridge, MA [Likely his home]


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic" of William H. Rulofson (San Francisco), by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis); Rulofson learned photography from L. H. Hale (Boston), J. W. Black was at Hale's studio at same time


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic #2" of James Wallace Black, by G. H. Loomis


Notes:
"Paragraphic Pencillings," by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis); Short reports on Allen & Rowell, D. K. Prescott, A. N. Hardy, Augustus Marshall, D. W. Butterfield, T. R. Burnham, Balch Brothers, H. G. Smith


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic #3" of Napoleon Saron (NY), by G. H. Loomis


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," on artist & sculptor Prof. Rimmer's talk before the Boston Photographic Association


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic #4" of J. H. Fitzgibbon (St. Louis), by G. H. Loomis


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic #5" of I. B. Webster (Kentucky), by G. H. Loomis; Webster received some photographic instruction from Boston's Turner, Whipple & Black


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic #5 [sic, #6]" of Henry Rocher (Chicago), by G. H. Loomis


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic #7" of D. H. Anderson (Richmond, VA), by G. H. Loomis


Notes:
Column, "Away from Home," by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis), reports on an apparently non-photographic trip to the White Mountains (NH)


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic #8" of F. G. Weller (Littleton, NH), by G. H. Loomis; Weller does White Mountain (NH) views and stereos


Notes:
"Pencillings from Boston," likely by Loomis, discusses Boston studios, and visits to Allen & Rowell, Marshall & Warren


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Here's to Your Heath," discusses health issues associated with the profession, concentrating on life style rather than dangerous materials


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," on competition & business ethics


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column ,"Boston Correspondence," brief comment on economic conditions, mentions deaths of O. R. Blaisdell & Leland Blach


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," on insurance & rents


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," comments on spirit photography


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," comments on  stereopticon performances


Notes:
Blurb: Reports G. H. Loomis "is seeking to restore his health on Martha's Vineyard, MA


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," on NPA Convention


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," discusses the "Lambertype," and its first American licensee, Augustus Marshall (Boston)


Notes:
G. H. Loomis speaks to the value of the NPA, the Convention, & the rebuilding of Chicago after the great fire of 1871


Notes:
"Pencillings from Boston," by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis), comments on slow business in Boston, the on-going Lambert-Wilson "discussion" (?), and the Boston Photographic Association; Mentions J. W. Black (Boston) & Weller (NH)


Notes:
G. H. Looms submits a clipping from the "Boston Post" on traveling photographers


Notes:
"Recollections," by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis), anecdotes about customers & post-mortem photography


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Recollections," musings on sittings, customer's dress, etc.


Notes:
"Paragraphic Pencillings," by G. H. Loomis, reports on the January meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Photographers


Keywords:
econ; Health; PAA Convention; Process - Cabinet Prints

Notes:
"Paragraphic Pencillings," by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis), reports his health now allows him to once again "observe" the photographic community; Speaks about prices of cabinet prints, the NPA convention, western photographers


Notes:
"Pencillings from Boston," by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis), on visits to Boston Studios, including Allen & Rowell, A. N. Hardy, Augustus Marshall, & others


Notes:
"Pencillings by the Way," by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis), writes from Chicago & mentions Rocher, Hesler, others


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," contains a poem & mentions Loomis retired as an active photographer ten years ago due to poor health


Notes:
Poem by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis): "Trial & Submission"


Notes:
Column by G. H. Loomis reflects on posing & other studio practices


Notes:
Blurb: Note on G. H. Loomis' heath, & a tribute to his contributions to photography; He is now living in Newtownville, MA


Notes:
"Gallery Gleanings," by G. H. L. (likely G. H. Loomis), mentions Ritz & Hastings, R. J. Chute, A. N. Hardy, Fred G. Low


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Photographic Pencillings," discusses Boston conditions; The Massachusetts Photographic Association, and mentions various photographers, including Walter Chickering, Warren Gallery, Baltzy, Whitney & Son, and others


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Photographic Pencillings," discusses weather, economic issues, Boston photographers: Allen & Rowell, Ritz & Hastings


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Photographic Pencillings," on stockdealers, economic issues, several Boston photographers


Notes:
G. H. Loomis writes from Martha's Vineyard, MA, notes photographic activity there and that Baldwin Coolidge (Boston) has run the photographic department of the Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute for one or two years


Notes:
Letter of condolence from G. H. Loomis, dated 10/12/1884, on death of H. T. Anthony


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," a tribute to H. T. Anthony & mention of the Boston Photographic Association, (Arthur A.) Glines is president


Notes:
Letter from G. H. Loomis to Anthony & Company praising the Fairy Camera outfit ($25) with its Platyscope lens


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencillings," comments on economic issues & industry trends


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencilings [sic, Pencillings]," comments on several Boston studios, prices, & the Boston Photographic Association


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencilings [sic, Pencillings]," comments on value of photographic associations


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencilings [sic, Pencillings]," reports on visits to several Boston studios & stockdealers


Notes:
Letter from G. H. Loomis, he is in Florida & using a detective camera


Notes:
G. H. Loomis praises the detective camera & Stanley plates


Notes:
Obit: G. H. Loomis' son, Ernest G., 25 years, typhoid fever


Keywords:
NPA Convention - Boston; PAA Convention - Boston

Notes:
Letter from G. H. Loomis, 7/1889, reflection on the 1868 convention in Boston [sic, 1869], and advances in photography since then


Notes:
A. S. Southworth & G. H. Loomis speak briefly during the sixth session of the PAA convention; Benjamin French is thanked for his hospitality


Notes:
Mr. Loomis, also addressed as Professor Loomis, reads a paper at the PAA Convention, it will be reported in the next edition of the journal


Notes:
Long poem, "My Resitters," by G. H. Loomis


Notes:
G. H. Loomis discusses the cost of setting up a photographic gallery


Notes:
Obit: Grover [sic, Grove] H. Loomis, 75 years


Notes:
Blurb: Journal corrects a mistake in Ives' name & location


Notes:
Blurb: Burnham & Ellis of Bangor, ME, possibly T. R. Burnham of Boston


Notes:
Blurb: G. F. Cushman, formerly of New York & Boston will assist in the Oliver P. Hanks studio, Cleveland, OH


Notes:
Blurb: Holmes, Booth & Hayden's camera, previously called the Litch Cameras (likely Albert Litch, formerly of Boston) are being used by high end NY studios


Notes:
Mr. Bryant, formerly at John Sawyer & Company (Boston) buys Holmes, Booth & Hayden's Stockhouse (not a Boston firm); Also see George S. Bryant


Notes:
W. M. Gardner is secretary for the New England Photographic Society [Possibly Walter J. of Boston]


Notes:
Article reports that Mr. Channing (likely William Francis) appears to have been the first to publish a simplification of the calotype process


Notes:
Article on the calotype process discusses Channing's simplified process [likely William Francis]


Notes:
Short essay, by "A Boston Artist," on the nature of the business, sharing information & tips on buffing daguerreotype plates


Notes:
Blurb: Boston Diatite Company receives bronze medal for good work at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association exhibition, 11/11/1869


Notes:
Charles Pollack, 132 Washington St, submits several views of the interior of the Boston Coliseum


Notes:
Description of the Heliotype process & its use in Boston by Osgood & Company; May be the same as the Edwards Process; Also see Heliotype Printing Company


Notes:
Obit: A. C. North (Toledo, OH), late of North & Oswald, commits suicide [Possibly related to William C. North]


Notes:
North of Cleveland, OH has invented a new daguerreotype case


Notes:
Walter C. North, Mansfield, OH sends information on coloring ambrotypes [Possibly related to William C. North]


Notes:
Blurb: describing images by Mr. North at the Ohio State Fair (possibly related to William C. North)


Notes:
W. C. North, Cleveland, OH, comments on Smith's dry process [Also search "North" in Notes column of "Boston Photographers - Multiple Names"]


Notes:
W. C. North moves to Rondout, NY, sells Utica Gallery, will teach the Glace Process


Notes:
North will open a school in Columbus, Ohio


Notes:
Woodbury & Company, East Cambridge, MA, manufactures picture molding


Notes:
Blurb: Mrs. F. S. Russell, well-know solar printer, has made a full recovery


Keywords:
Ad; Equipment - Camera & Lenses; Stockdealer

Notes:
Cameras & Lenses for sale by Mr. Edwards, 93 Federal Street, Boston


Notes:
Blurb: J. Hallenbeck (once associated with Benj. French & Company) comments on old formulae, including the use of nitrate of lead for redeveloping


Notes:
J. W. Bryant & Benjamin French are mentioned in the listing of stockdealers exhibiting at the convention; In vol. 14, 6/1183, pg. 187 a J. W. Bryant is listed in Laporte, Indiana


Notes:
I. J. Cross advertises he will take a job anywhere in the country as an operator or dark-room man, has 10 years experience


Notes:
Gardner advertises he is seeking a job as an out-door photographer in either the South or West; Will supply own lenses


Notes:
Augustus Story addresses the Boston Photographic Association, ca. 6/1883, regarding the U.S. expedition to Auckland, New Zealand to photograph the transit of Venus; Story was chief photographer for the expedition


Notes:
I. J. Gross, 35 years, temperate, 12 years experience as assistant in a large gallery seeks employment


Notes:
Blurb: Walter C. North, formerly of Limpert & North, Columbus, Ohio moves to Cleveland, Ohio to teach photography


Notes:
Blurb: After traveling the country, Walter C. North returns home & opens a studio in Utica , NY


Notes:
Obit: Allen C. North (Toledo. OH) commits suicide; His gallery goes to G. M. Elton, see vol. 13,11/1882, pg. 381 [Allen C. is possibly related to William C. North]


Notes:
Blurb: North & Oswald, Toledo, Ohio end partnership, North continues alone


Notes:
Two ads by A. C. North (Toledo, OH): (1) he wishes to sell studio equipment: cameras, backgrounds, etc.; (2) seeks to hire an assistant operator and a colorist


Notes:
T. H. Gafney seeks employment as a printer & toner; Five years experience in Boston with Warren Cook & others


Notes:
An operator & business manager with 12 years experience wishes to become a working-partner in a gallery; Contact "Franklin" at C. D. Codman, Stockdealers


Notes:
P. Lathrop advertises for negatives of exteriors & interiors of "picturesque & notable American homes"


Notes:
C. E. Hartshorne seeks employment as a negative retoucher


Notes:
Article by Dr. John Janeway on bichromate poisoning, cites a Boston photographer working in his darkroom and drank a solution of bichromate thinking it was ale.


Notes:
Article on the Talcott Mount reproduces an ad by Hastings, and by Notman [William?], with prices


Notes:
[Following pg. 32]  E. K. Talcott will mount cabinet size prints for $1 each, postpaid; Offers "The 'live' photographer everywhere to issue special-rate photo. checks …"


Notes:
Alice Hart, a colorist, wants a position with a photographer for the summer, Maine preferred


Notes:
An operator & business manager with over 15 years experience wishes a position or a partner in a gallery; Contact "M.C.T. at Benjamin French & Company


Notes:
[Following pg. 32]  Odin Fritz seeks employment as an operator & artist; 12 years experience in Boston & Europe, fluent in several languages


Notes:
[Following pg. 96]  Two Ads: (1) Odin Fritz seeks employment as an operator & artist; 12 years experience in Boston & Europe, fluent in several languages, will travel, including Mexico & South America; (2) Fitz seeks employment as a stock salesman


Notes:
[Page xxiii, at end]   Ad: F. H. Cady seeks employment as a printer, five years experience


Notes:
A. Bushby of Bushby & McCurdy retires after 22 plus years


Notes:
W. R. Hawkes places an ad for someone skilled in printing, toning, & retouching


Notes:
W. R. Hawkes retires due to poor health, offers his East Boston studio for $1350


Notes:
A. A. Glines, Newton, MA, advertises for a hot press [Possibly Arthur A. Glines, Boston 1888-1923]


Notes:
George H. Hastings named to the position of First Vice-President of the PAA


Notes:
Obit: Simon Taylor, 55 years, a photographer's assistant, commits suicide


Notes:
Blurb: Comments on E. K. Talcott's images at St. Louis, MO exhibition


Notes:
Blurb: Frank Barentzen has developed a method of developing gelatin-bromide negatives by electric current


Notes:
Obit: E. H. Derham, 38 years, well-known carbon printer


Notes:
Odin R. Fritz returns from South America & opens Boston studio


Notes:
N. W. Starbird buys out C. K. Selee [sic, C. R.] of Selee & Barker, firm to be known as Barker & Starbird


Notes:
Blurb: Frank E. Gillies [sic, Gillis] is charged with setting fire to his studio to collect on insurance


Notes:
Blurb: Dr. George Bailey describes  photographing a dynamite explosion from a close point of view


Notes:
Blurb: A Dallimeyer lens is stolen from C. G. Hill


Notes:
G. Waldon Smith opens branch studios in Portland, ME & Old Orchard Beach, ME, the latter summers only


Notes:
Obit (possibly): W. L. Bradely, 72 years, a photographer at 14 Hanover St., Boston has been missing since 1/21/1892


Notes:
Hathaway & Sprague's building struck by lightning, $100,000 damage; Also see Sprague & Hathaway


Notes:
Obit: Joseph C. Batchelder, "wealthy, retired photographer of Boston," died 8/20/1892, in Nashua, NH


Notes:
Blurb: "The Young Republican" publishes a biography & portrait of G. Waldon Smith


Notes:
Sprague & Hathaway mount a large exhibit of "crayon enlargements, colored transparencies, frames, moldings, etc."; Also see Hathaway & Sprague


Notes:
Obit: George Gies, 54 years; Photographer, crayon artist & early motion picture pioneer


LastName:
Z-Topic: Environmental Issues & Photography

Notes:
[9/1900]  Twentieth Century Club of Boston offers a $25 prize for 12 photographs illustrating the harm of outdoor advertising on the environment


Notes:
[6/1901]  Obit: Oliver H. P. Stoddard of Dame, Stoddard & Company


Notes:
[9/1901]  William Armstrong of Boston is appointed to a committee charged with exploring a separate building for photography at the 1903 St. Louis World's Fair; Armstrong is all appointed to the Nominating Committee of the PAA


Notes:
[Following Page 96]  A. W. Elson, a photoprinter, advertises for a wet & dry process photographic operator


Notes:
Blurb: A Boston woman transfers small photographs of herself onto articles of her clothing


Notes:
Blurb: A "certain magazine" tries to publish photographs of Boston society women, similar to that done in other cities, Boston women refuse


Keywords:
obp; Process - Cabinet Prints (Diamond Cameo)

Notes:
Report on visits to several Boston studios, including B. French & Company (stockdealer), Marshall, Whipple


Notes:
Column citing photographic activity around the country: Benjamin French, John Sawyer, Dodge & Leahy (stockdealers); Black & Case, Augustus Marshall, Whipple are mentioned


Notes:
Reports on Boston & New York photo exhibitions: Allen, Black & Case, Burnham, Marshall, Whipple are mentioned


Notes:
Reports on Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Fair (Boston) & New York photo exhibitions: Black & Case, Chute, Masury, Marshall, Sonrel, Soule, Whipple, & others  receive awards


Notes:
[No page number]  Ads by B. French & Company; Dodge, Collier & Perkins; John Sawyer & Company


Notes:
Awards given by "The Philadelphia Photographer" to: T. R. Burnham; Barbour, Nova Scotia (a Thomas Barbour in Boston, 1869 on); M. M. Griswold, Columbus, OH (possibly in Boston 1877-82)


Notes:
Column citing photographic activity around the country: C. North, Cleveland, OH & Wm C. North are mentioned  [Also search "North" &  in "Notes" of other Multiple Names listings]


Notes:
Column citing photographic activity around the country: North, Litch, Gurney & Litch (photo supplies) are mentioned  [Also search "North" & in "Notes" of other Multiple Names listings]


Notes:
Column citing photographic activity around the country: Litch, Chase are mentioned


Notes:
Discusses the Daguerreotype process & exhibit at the Crystal Palace; Masury & Silsby [sic, Silsbee], Whipple are mentioned


Notes:
Column citing photographic activity around the country: Masury & Silsbee, Whipple, stockdealers Benjamin French & John Sawyer; William Shew & Vance (formerly of Boston) are mentioned


Notes:
Column citing photographic activity around the country: Hale, Southworth & Haws [sic, Hawes] are mentioned


Notes:
Column citing photographic activity around the country: A. Litch, Litch & Whipple, Moulton, Whipple are mentioned


Notes:
Column citing photographic activity around the country: A. Litch, John Sawyer & Company (stockdealers), Partridge & Brother, Wheeling, W. VA are mentioned


Notes:
Letter from S. B., A. M. praising Boston Daguerreotypists: Olmesbee [sic Ormsbee], Southworth & Haws [sic, Hawes], Whipple


Notes:
Column citing photographic activity around the country: James Cremer (stockdealer), John A. Whipple are mentioned


Notes:
Report on exhibit at Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Fair: Exhibits by Black & Batchelder, Hamilton, Heywood & Heard, Masury, Silsbee, Southworth & Hawes, Whipple are described


Notes:
Blurb: On the business activities of (1) B. French & Company, (2) John Sawyer & Company


Notes:
Meeting of Boston photographers to discuss the tax stamp


Notes:
Letter from "Plus Ultra" (Boston) commenting on business there, especially use of CDV's, & lamenting the practice of not charging for proofs


Notes:
Article on the eclipse of August 7, 1869, J. W. Black, George Clark, J. Pendergast, J. A. Whipple are mentioned, along with other non-Boston photographers


Notes:
Two articles on the World's Fair Crystal Place exhibit; Boston photographers Masury & Silsbee and Whipple are mentioned, as is North (W. C. formerly of Boston?); Journal editors observe one of the authors is not very knowledegable about photography


Notes:
Blurb: Whipple has taken 3 daguerreotypes at night using a Drummond light


Notes:
Review of daguerreotypes displayed at the NY World's Fair, Crystal Palace Exhibit; Work by Whipple of Boston & North of Cleveland (possibly William C., formerly of Boston) is discussed


Notes:
Review of daguerreotypes displayed at the NY World's Fair, Crystal Palace Exhibit; Work by North (possibly William C., formerly of Boston), Massury & Silsbee [sic, Masury], and Whipple is discussed; Author feels judges slighted many


Notes:
Article on the status of photography, mentioning Whipple & Cutting's contributions to the collodion process; Turner is also mentioned but may not be the Boston Turner


Notes:
This month's illustrations include 4 portraits of Boston celebrities by J. B. Heywood & a view of a Winchester, MA house by Whipple


Notes:
Article discussing state of photography in Boston with descriptions of a number of studios, including J. W. Black, & J. A. Whipple


Notes:
Article on a visit to Boston Studios: Black, Marshall, Whipple


Notes:
Letter from J. W. Black, E. L. Allen, Frank Rowell: they are using the PhotoCrayon Process, inexpensive & prints can easily sell for $15


Notes:
E. L. Allen, J. W. Black, G. H. Loomis are nominated to Offices in the National Photographers' Association


Keywords:
Exhibit; NPA Convention; obp; Stockdealer

Notes:
Review of the exhibition at the NPA Convention in Cleveland; Photographers J. W. Black, Thomas Gaffield, A. Marshall, A. Marshall & Frank Rowell, & John P. Soule; Stockdealers B. French & E. J. Foss


Notes:
Letter from Fitzgibbon of St. Louis, names Whipple, Ormsbee, French, & Marshall as supporting L. L. Hills' claim to a color process


Notes:
Obit: Brief obits for Heywood, George Boynton, & a notice that G. S. Bryant & Company has moved


Notes:
Nominations for NPA Officers & Committees: F. Rowell (vice-president), Southworth (committee on location)


Notes:
Exhibit of images & equipment at NPA Convention, Philadelphia: J. W. Black, E. J. Foss, G. H. Loomis, Frank Rowell; Stockdealers B. French, S. Wing


Notes:
J. W. Black is chair of the nominating committee and is a nominee for the executive committee


Notes:
Exhibit of images & equipment at NPA Convention: J. W. Black, Thomas Gaffield, A. S. Southworth; Stockdealer B. O. Woods


Notes:
Article on image fading: Masury & Silsbee, Whipple are mentioned


Notes:
Article on the Great Boston Fire of 1872 and the damage to photo studios & stockdealers [Little damage considering the extent of this fire]


Notes:
[End papers]  Ad for Edwards process, endorsed by: E. L. Allen, J. W. Black, Augustus Marshall, Frank Rowell


Notes:
Proceedings from the NPA Convention in Buffalo mention Black, Loomis, Southworth


Notes:
NPA Convention, Buffalo: G. B. Critcherson (MA) [possibly Boston, was there later] & B. W. Kilburn (NH) nominated as vice-presidents


Notes:
Exhibit of images at NPA Convention, Buffalo: J. W. Black, including views of the 1872 Boston Fire, & Blach Brothers are mentioned


Notes:
Contributors to the NPA Debt Removal Fund include A. Marshall (Boston) $10 & R. J. Chute (Lynn, MA) $6; John Dean (Worcester, MA) has paid $500 to become a life member of the NPA


Notes:
F. Rowell, Massachusetts (likely Frank Rowell, Boston) is nominated as a vice-president


Notes:
Names of exhibitors at the NPA Convention: J. W. Black, E. J. Foss, G. H. Loomis


Notes:
J. W. Black, Chair of the NPA Nominating Committee, presents the slate, including E. F. Smith, Massachusetts (likely Boston) for vice-president; J. W. Black & O. E. Blaisdale for the executive committee


Notes:
Article on the NPA Convention in Chicago identifies J. W. Black, Executive Committee & A. S. Southworth, Committee on the Progress of Photography; Others, including B. French & Company donate equipment & materials to help wipe out the Association's debt


Notes:
Names of exhibitors at the NPA Convention: Allen & Rowell, J. W. Black, T. R. Burnham, A. N. Hardy, A. C. Partridge, D. K. Prescott; Stockdealer B. French & Company


Notes:
Responses to a survey regarding photographic processes & practices from Allen & Rowell, J. W. Black, D. K. Prescott, & Milton Carter (Worcester, MA)


Notes:
Report of an NPA Executive Committee meeting: J. W. Black, A. N. Hardy, G. H. Loomis, A. C. Partridge, A. S. Southworth are mentioned


Notes:
In a letter praising the Lambertype, Metcalf & Welldon state they are successors to Whipple at 24 Temple Place


Notes:
Letter from Lambert thanks Boston photographers for their response to his process; Demand was greater than the 10 licenses available: Turner acquired one; J. W. Black, J. T. Soule were not able to secure them


Notes:
Several letters from Boston photographers commenting on the Lambertype Process: Allen & Rowell, Metcalf & Welldon, A. Marshall, D. K. Prescott


Notes:
Proceedings of the NPA; Elections: J. W. Black, Executive Committee, A. S. Southworth, Committee on the Progress of Photography; Loomis (likely G. H., Boston) is mentioned & Boston selected as site of the 1875 Convention, under J. W. Black's direction


Notes:
Names of exhibitors at the NPA Convention, Chicago: Allen & Rowell, J. W. Black, T. R. Burnham, A. N. Hardy, A. C. Partridge, D. K. Prescott; Stockdealer B. French & Company


Notes:
Meeting of the Boston Photographic Association regarding possible 1875 NPA Convention in Boston; Also discussed the Massachusetts Mechanics Association fair: Allen & Rowell, J. W. Black, W. T. Bowers, Burnham, Wing are cited


Notes:
Proceedings of the NPA Executive Committee, 11/12/1874, problems with a 1875 convention in Boston discussed; J. W. Black, A. N. Hardy, G. H. Loomis, A. C. Partridge, A. S. Southworth are mentioned


Notes:
Blurb: Exhibit & awards at Massachusetts Mechanics Association fair: Allen & Rowell, J. W. Black, D. W. Butterfield, A. Marshall, J. R. Osgood & Company are mentioned


Notes:
Report on the proposed Photographic Hall to be built for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; A number of Boston photographers have applied for exhibit space


Notes:
Comments on some of the work shown at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; A number of Boston photographers are mentioned


Notes:
Report of the NPA Executive Committee; J. W. Black; Also appointment of A. N. Hardy to Auditing Committee, A. S. Southworth to Committee on the Progress of Photography


Keywords:
Awards; Exhibit; NPA; obp; Process - Miscel

Notes:
By action of the "Centennial Committee," a supplemental [?] list of awards for work in a variety of processes shown at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia: Allen & Rowell, J. W. Black, Thomas Gaffield, A. Marshall, J. R. Osgood & Company


Notes:
Blurb: A. N. Hardy expected to move to new quarters at 493 Washington at end of December


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Photographic Pencillings," discusses Boston conditions, the Massachusetts Photographic Association, and mentions various photographers, including Walter Chickering, Warren Gallery, Baltzy, Whitney & Son, and others


Notes:
Remarks by T. T. Whitney on the history of photography at the PAA Convention; brief references to J. W. Black (taught Whitney photography), John Dimmore, A.S. Southworth


Keywords:
Exhibit; obp; PAA; Process - Albertype & Carbon

Notes:
Description of the exhibit at the 2nd Annual Convention of Photographers (likely PAA); Partridge, Forbes & Company, Hardy are mentioned


Notes:
Exhibit at the PAA Convention: Lincoln (Cambridgeport, MA), Ritz & Hastings are mentioned


Notes:
Report on the 1st meeting of the Photographic Stockdealers' Association of America in Cleveland; Benjamin French and C. H. Codman are mentioned


Notes:
Second annual meeting of the Photographic Stockdealers' Association is held in Saratoga Springs, NY, Tuesday July 12; T. H Blair & C. H. Codman are mentioned


Keywords:
Exhibit; obp; PAA Convention; Stockdealer

Notes:
PAA Convention Exhibitors: E.J & W. H. Partridge, Benjamin French & Company (stockdealer); A. N. Hardy is elected a vice-president


Notes:
PAA Convention Exhibitors: A. N. Hardy, Lincoln (Cambridgeport, MA), E. J. & W. H. Partridge, Ritz & Hastings; Blair Tourgraph & Benjamin French & Company (stockdealers)


Notes:
PAA Convention Exhibitors: Bushby & Macurdy, W. (Wilfred) A. French, A. N. Hardy; Wilfred A. & James French are in change of the stockdealers' exhibit


Notes:
R. J. Chute (likely Boston) is among a long list of "authorities" who are quoted in "Wilson's Quarter Century of Photography"


Keywords:
Awards; obp; PAA Convention; Stockdealer

Notes:
Awards given at the PAA Convention, Washington: G. H. Hastings, grand prize; Miss E. J. [possibly C. E.] Sears, sliver medal for landscapes; C. P. Wilcox, bronze medal for retouching; C. D. Codman & Company, silver medal for best improvement in apparatus


Notes:
Exhibitors at PAA Convention, Washington: Allen & Rowell, George H. Hastings, Miss C. E. Sears


Keywords:
Award; Exhibit; obp; PAA Convention; Stockdealer: Views

Notes:
PAA Convention, Buffalo; Attendees: G. H. Hastings, W. H. Partridge; Stockdealers T. H. Blair & Wilfred French; Prize Winners: H. G. Peabody, marine views, Miss C. E. Sears, landscapes


Keywords:
Exhibit; obp; PAA Convention; obp; Stockdealer

Notes:
Exhibit of apparatus, PAA Convention, Buffalo: Benjamin French & Company, Harvard Dry Plate Company; Packard Brothers


Notes:
Congress of Photographers affiliated with Columbian Exposition; advisory members from Massachusetts: Wilfred A. French, H. G. Peabody, Frank Rowell


Notes:
Boston commercial photographers, D. W. Butterfield, W. A. French, & E. J. Foss are among the judges for the Newton Camera Club's annual exhibition


Notes:
Awards for the Cramer Prizes: Badge - George H. Hastings, W. G. Hussey (Salem, MA); Also, note from Hastings that he cannot attend convention


Notes:
Letter from A. Marshall (likely Augustus) on his process for making solar prints


Notes:
Letter from A. Marshall (likely Augustus) on camera adapter for making double pictures on one plate


Notes:
Visit to studio of A. Marshall (likely Augustus), reports on his process for making solar prints, at the rate of 6 per hour


Notes:
Reference to a portrait of Benjamin French taken by A. Marshall (likely Augustus)


Notes:
Letter from Augustus Marshall describing his washing apparatus


Notes:
Photographs by A. Marshall (likely Augustus) submitted to the journal (see front page); Letter from Marshall describes the spilling of 2 lbs. of silver [nitrate?] and attempts to recover it.


Notes:
Description of A. Marshall's (likely Augustus) vitrified enameled prints at the Philadelphia Exposition


Notes:
Letter from Masury & Silsbee describing their daguerreotype process


Notes:
Silsbee is seriously injured in an explosion while Silsbee & Masury were attempting to make a daguerreotype by gas light [Later corrected, Masury, not Silsbee, was injured; See 5/5 issue, pg. 160]


Notes:
Blurb: Reporting that it was Massury [sic] who was injured, not Silsbee


Keywords:
Exhibit; Process - Daguerreotype (Crayon)

Notes:
Letter from "Veritas," commenting on criticism given Masury & Silsbee daguerreotypes in the April 1854 issue of the "Photographic & Fine Art Journal"


Notes:
Journal provides a biography of the Boston painter, [John?] Pope, reproduces a portrait of him by Masury & Silsbee (see frontispiece)


Notes:
Article comments on portraits by Masury & Silsbee, the advantages of daguerreotypes over painted miniatures, & the silver medal awarded to Masury & Silsbee at the Mechanic's Fair, Portland, ME


Notes:
Blurb: Report on the state of the profession references both Whipple, and Masury & Silsbee; Notes that Whipple has received an order for 60,000 photographs from a NY publishing house


Notes:
S. Masury is admitted to the Photographic Exchange Club [For information on the Exchange Club see pg. 222, same issue]


Notes:
[2/15/1909]  Obit: Russell A. Miller, died 2/14/1909, in the "Boston Transcript," 2/15/1909, pg. 2, col 6


Notes:
Blurb: Mumler is denounced by the Spiritualists and has been arrested


Notes:
Letter from Chas. Woodward, MD, on his method for making spirit photographs; Also refers to the Mumler trial in NYC


Notes:
Lengthy article on the Mumler NYC trial & spirit photography


Notes:
Blurb: Sir David Brewster discussed archiving the "spirit" effect in photographs


Notes:
Brief discussion of how to achieve a "spirit" photograph


Notes:
Article on spirit photography & reporting a Boston photographer who is making them (likely Mumler)


Notes:
Article relating retinal afterimages to photographic images


Notes:
Letter from C. B. Boyle on how he exposed Mumler's Boston activities


Notes:
Article on the Mumler NYC trial including defenders of spirit photography


Notes:
Letter from Amelia Brooks to the judge in Mumler trial requesting that Article on Mumler's NYC trial requesting that women be allowed at the proceedings


Notes:
Letter from D.D.T. Davie regarding Mumler & spirit photography


Notes:
Article on residual images & spirit photography


Notes:
Good overview of Mumler and his relationship to Mrs. Stuart


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia; Spirit photography is discussed and report notes receipt of a letter from (J. W.) Black of Boston giving a short history of spirit photography, but the letter is not reproduced


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia: spirit photography is discussed & mention of a letter from a man in Boston [Likely J. W. Black]


Notes:
Description of a theatrical phantasmagoria show


Notes:
Amusing anecdote about spirits aiding photographic discoveries


Keywords:
NPA Convention; Poetry; Spirit Photography

Notes:
Mumler is referenced briefly in a long poem on photography, read at the NPA Convention by J. Lee Knight, St. Louis


Notes:
Report on the practice of spirit photography in Britain


Notes:
Report from Long & Smith, Quincy, IL, describes a flyer on spirit photography that is being circulated


Notes:
Letter from Long & Smith, Quincy, IL, people are incorrect in thinking their firm makes spirit photographs


Notes:
The monthly meeting of the Boston Photographic Society, either 12/1872 or 1/1873, was devoted to 2 lectures on spiritualistic matters


Notes:
Article on Michigan photographer B. S. Gifford, who is still practicing spirit photography


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Photographic Section of the American Institute: discussion of spirit photography, and appointment of a committee to look into it


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Photographic Section of the American Institute citing the progress of the committee charged with looking into spirit photography


Notes:
Article on "successful" spirit photograph, likely in NYC, but possibly Boston


Notes:
Blurb: Moore (likely Hiram Charles) of Springfield, MA exposes a spirit photographer named Brown; Moore is also a spirit photographer


Notes:
Report on exposé of a spirit photographer by Charles Moore [sic, Hiram Charles Moore] of Springfield, MA; Moore is also a spirit photographer


Keywords:
Process - Phosphorescent Photographs; Spirit Photography

Notes:
Article on making phosphorescent photographs


Notes:
Spirit photographs made at Miss Hedley's gallery, Rochester, NY


Notes:
Instructions on making a spirit photography


Notes:
Blurb: Spirit Photography is discussed at the June meeting of the London Photographic Society


Notes:
Blurb: Instructions on making a spirit photograph


Notes:
Description of simulated outdoor scenes taken by William Notman in his Montreal studio [William Notman was also associated with Boston studios, late 1870's to 1890's]


Notes:
William Notman of Montreal submits 7 photographs of simulated outdoors scenes made in the studio [William Notman was also associated with Boston studios, late 1870's to 1890's]


Notes:
William Notman of Montreal sends the journal a copy of his promotional brochure, which also contains a photograph of his building


Notes:
Description & reproduction of a photograph by William Notman, Montreal


Notes:
William Notman of Montreal sends the journal several cabinet prints of Ristori & her family


Notes:
Description & reproduction of a cabinet print by Mr. Notman


Notes:
Comments on William Notman's photograph reproduced in "The Philadelphia Photographer," vol. 3, #32, 8/1866


Notes:
Biographic sketch & photography of William Notman


Notes:
Article on the Talcott Mount reproduces an ad by Hastings, and by Notman, with prices


Notes:
[Frontispiece]  Photograph of the late William Notman


Notes:
Blurb: Description of John S. Notman's new studio, 174 Tremont Street, and price of $5/dozen for cabinet prints [John is William Notman's brother]


Notes:
[No page number]  Notice that John S. Notman, brother and former associate of William Notman opens a studio at 174 Tremont Street


Notes:
Excerpts from John S. Notman's brochure to clients: how to dress, what to expect, etc.


Notes:
Blurb: Complimenting the quality of Mr. Notman's work (likely John S. Notman)


Notes:
Formation of the Harvard Society of Amateur Photographers; James Notman of Boston is engaged to take portraits of each graduating senior, he establishes a studio in Cambridge & provides one room tfor the Society to use


Notes:
Blurb: Mr. O. (likely Marcus Ormsbee, Boston) has a mammoth plate of the ten Gross sisters, ages 80 to 57 years


Notes:
Blurb: Praise for CDV's produced by Ormsbee's studio


Keywords:
econ; Patent - Ormsbee Camera; Stockdealer; Studio

Notes:
Ormsbee has opened his NYC studio/stockhouse and has apparently left Boston; Article describes the equipment he is selling, including the Ormsbee & Wing Tri-Patent camera, and discusses his Boston operation


Notes:
Blurb: Ormsbee (Boston) has purchased and is refitting Holden's Gallery in NYC; He will also sell equipment


Notes:
Brief reference to Ormsbee's "Unique Patent Rubber Rolls" for mounting photographs


Notes:
Ad for Ormsbee & Wing's Multiplying Camera; An editorial reference to the ad appears on pg. 368


Notes:
Visit to Ormsbee NYC Studio & description of "Ormsbee's Patent Improved Multiplying Camera Box"


Notes:
Blurb: Ormsbee has warned photographers & dealers not to infringe on his multiplying camera patent; Ad for camera in this issue


Notes:
Report on challenge to Ormsbee multiplying camera patent by A. Semmendinger, NYC


Notes:
Ormsbee's brief reply to Semmendinger's patent challenge is printed in the 4/1/1868 issue


Notes:
More input on the challenge to the Ormsbee-Wing camera patent, here referred to as the Wing & Ormsbee sliding plate-holder patent; Earlier 1862 patent by Southworth (Boston) mentioned


Notes:
Discussion of recent solar eclipse, photographs by Ormsbee are mentioned


Notes:
Ormsbee receives an award for a photographic washer at the Philadelphia Exhibition


Notes:
Ormsbee's patent for a "multiplying plate holder" is referenced in an article on early photography by Alexander Beckers


Notes:
Listed at 203 Washington St., Boston, in the "Daguerreian Artists Section" of the journal


Notes:
W. H. Partridge is present at the PAA's first convention, in Chicago


Notes:
W. H. Partridge is listed among the exhibitors at the PAA convention, Chicago


Notes:
Reports on design for novelty mounting of a child's photograph


Notes:
W. H. Partridge visits the journal and leaves a cabinet portrait of a young lady and a Newfoundland dog


Notes:
Blurb: W. H. Partridge, on his way back from Alaska, delivers some photographs to the journal


Notes:
W. H. Partridge loses election for first vice-president of the PAA


Notes:
Describes W. H. Partridge's method for incorporating small photographs into stationery letterhead


Notes:
[No page number]  Ad for sale of A. C. Partridge's Studio, Wheeling, West Virginia


Notes:
A. C. Partridge, Wheeling, VA [now West Virginia] is selling his studio, ad on pg. 20


Notes:
Blurb: A. C. Partridge opens a new studio at 351 Washington Street, formerly Burnham's gallery; Also, Partridge has developed a new way to display samples of his work


Notes:
"A. C. Partridge of Wheeling, Va. was awarded a premium at the Belmont County Fair." [Partridge will later relocate to Boston]


Notes:
Obit: E. J. Partridge, died 6/30/1891; Owned a studio in Boston with his brother, William H., 1881-1886


Notes:
Blurb: Sam C. Partridge, Oakland CA is dangerously ill (son of A. Cheney Partridge who relocated from Boston to California in 1881, to San Francisco in 1886)


Notes:
[2/1900]  Obit: Samuel C. Partridge, photographer & brother of William H. Partridge [& son of A. Cheney Partridge], died San Francisco, 1/8/1900, age 35


Notes:
Obit: Edward J. Partridge, son of A. C. Partridge, brother of W. [William] H. Partridge, Boston


Notes:
Obit: Edward J. Partridge, died 6/30/1891, son of A. Cheney Partridge & educated at MIT


Notes:
H. G. Peabody is present at the PAA's first convention, in Chicago; Peabody is not confirmed in Boston until 1886


Notes:
H. G. Peabody is awarded silver medals for best Interiors & best Instantaneous Views at the PAA Convention


Notes:
Peabody wins 2nd place in Class F, marine photography [sic? -  see 8/27/88 issue]


Notes:
Henry G. Peabody, Boston, wins a silver medal for marine views


Notes:
Blurb: Henry G. Peabody has illustrated a printed volume about points of interest on the coast of Maine


Notes:
H. G. Peabody is awarded a prize for marine views at the PAA Convention


Notes:
Henry G. Peabody will read a paper on marine photography at the Congress of Photographers, World's Fair, Chicago, 1893


Notes:
Report on the Congress of Photographers to be held at the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893, H. G. Peabody is referenced


Notes:
[2/8/1904, pg. 3, col 4]  Obit: Arthur F. Pepper


Notes:
Obit: John Plumbe in Dubuque, Iowa, by suicide


Notes:
Article on chromo-lithography references the importance of photography, and of Prang & Company


Notes:
[No page number]  Ad for new chromo-lithographs


Notes:
Blurb: Description of Prang & Company chromo-lithographs copied from animal paintings


Notes:
Blurb: Description of a Prang & Company chromo-lithograph of "The Boyhood of Lincoln," from a painting by Eastman Johnson


Notes:
Blurb: Description of a Prang & Company chromo-lithograph of Mt. Washington from a painting by George L. Brown


Notes:
[1/23/1901, pg. 7]  Obit: Alfred N. Proctor [Not confirmed this is the Boston photographer]


Notes:
Letter from Ernest F. Ritz, Boston, responds to another photographer's inquiry about process problems; Ritz suggests it's impure chemicals, apparently a major problem in the industry


Notes:
Blurb: From NYC, Mr. Ritz, formerly of Boston, is an operator for Dana, 14th Street & 6th Avenue


Notes:
Blurb: From NYC, Mr. Ritz "formerly operator with Dana, has succeeded Mr. Wells at Bogardus's…"


Notes:
Description of their studio, which includes an elevator to the "working room" & praise for their work


Notes:
Reprint from the "Boston Sunday Times," Ritz & Hastings received the grand silver medal at the recent Mechanics' Charitable Association Fair


Notes:
Brief description & critique of Ritz & Hastings photographs exhibited at the PAA Convention, includes a large portrait of Sadie Martinot in a plumbed hat & white scarf


Notes:
Brief description of Ritz & Hastings' photographs, also noting one image of theirs in a display of photographs by several photographers using Seavery backgrounds


Notes:
Ritz & Hastings dissolve their partnership


Notes:
Biography of Japanese photographer, K. Ogawa, who studied with several photographers in the U.S., including Rizey & Hastings [sic, Ritz], Allen & Rowell


Notes:
Description of J. B. Heywood's views of Niagara Falls in winter, published by Frank Rowell


Notes:
Frank Rowell submits samples of Porcelain Pictures


Notes:
The journal reports it has been trying to get samples of Swan's carbon tissue for 3 years without success, now has samples of Frank Rowell's tissue


Notes:
Blurb: Journal reports experimenting with Frank Rowell's carbon tissue; Rowell also sells varnish & transfer solution for the carbon process


Notes:
[No page number]  Notice that J. W. Black has succeeded in producing large carbon prints using tissue make by Frank Rowell: John A. Whipple is also using the process and is taking orders for prints


Notes:
Blurb: Correction to a Massachusetts newspaper report that the carbon process was discovered by Mr. Robinson of Lowell, it was Mr. Rowell of Boston


Notes:
Excellent description of Frank Rowell's carbon process, with comparisons to the Swan Carbon Process


Notes:
Discussion of the Swan carbon process and the Crossman New American carbon process, apparently licensed to Frank Rowell


Notes:
Obit: John Mawson, partner & brother-in-law to Joseph Wilson Swan, inventor of the Swan Carbon Process


Notes:
Blurb: The Swan Process, and the Edwards & Johnson carbon patents have been assigned to the Autotype Company


Notes:
Letter from M. Placet (France) claiming infringement by the Swan Carbon Process


Notes:
Discussion of the Swan Carbon Process, with reference to the Autotype process


Notes:
Letter from Samuel F. Du Bois, Doylestown, PA, regarding the patent on the Swan Carbon Process


Notes:
Letter from Gage & Rowell (possibly Frank Rowell) discussing the Hallotype & samples seen at Whipple & Black, Boston


Notes:
Letter from Gage & Rowell (possibly Frank Rowell) discussing various "Humbugs," including plate holders, also praising the Moulton Process, & the Patent Leather Process


Notes:
Frank Rowell provides directions for using his tissue to make carbon prints


Notes:
Frank Rowell submits samples of carbon prints made from his tissue by C. D. Fredericks, NYC


Notes:
Frank Rowell replicates the look of the "Berlin Process" for CDV's by making negatives on ground glass


Notes:
Brief letter from J. A. Whipple describes 3 x5 foot prints on glass made 10 years ago with the help of Allen & Rowell


Notes:
Brief mention of Allen & Rowell's exhibit of carbon prints at the Philadelphia Centennial


Notes:
Letter from Allen & Rowell describing how they make carbon prints


Notes:
Description of Allen & Rowell exhibit of 17 carbon prints at the Philadelphia Centennial


Notes:
Overview of the carbon process ten years after its introduction, Frank Rowell's role is referenced


Notes:
Frank Rowell comments on the carbon process


Notes:
In comments on the carbon process, F. A. Wenderoth references both the Swan Process & Frank Rowell


Notes:
In comments on the carbon process, E. Z. Webster references both the Lambertype Process and Allen & Rowell


Notes:
Report on the formation of the PAA; F. Rowell, Boston, is a member of the Executive Committee


Notes:
Frank Rowell is named a regional vice-president for the American Carbon Association, an organization for Licensees of the Lambert License


Notes:
Notice that the patent for the Swan Process has expired in the United States


Notes:
The status of Swan Process patent in the U.S.


Notes:
Frank Rowell submits two carbon prints & comments on his use of the carbon process, with additional comments about his studio


Notes:
Blurb: Allen & Rowell submit some examples of carbon printing, offered to supply carbon tissue to photographers


Notes:
Letter from C. Gentile, Boston, also president of the Carbon Society of America, discusses the status of the carbon process, references Allen & Rowell


Notes:
Letter from S. H. Parsons, St. Johns, Newfoundland, responding to article on the carbon process in the 1/1879 issue


Notes:
Article on when the patents on several carbon processes will expire: Johnson, Lambertype, Swan Process, etc


Notes:
Discussion of the carbon process and prices charged in several cities


Notes:
Blurb: Allen & Rowell issue a pamphlet on the carbon process written by "a well-known Boston author"


Notes:
Discussion at the NY Society of Amateur Photographs on problems encountered with celluloid negatives along with a letter from Allen & Rowell on problems reported with their celluloid product, "Ivory Film"


Notes:
[6/1900]  Obit: Brief obituary for Frank Rowell, died 5/11/1900


Notes:
Blurb: Comments on splendid views by William Shew of San Francisco, formerly of Boston


Notes:
Blurb: Cites William Shew of San Francisco (formerly of Boston) as a pioneer in the San Francisco stock trade


Keywords:
econ; Process - Ambrotypes & Prints on Canvas

Notes:
Article describes how William Shew (formerly of Boston) made photographs of San Francisco & Honolulu on canvas, ca. 1857; Also discusses prices for ambrotypes in 1859


Notes:
William Shew (formerly of Boston) & Jacob Shew are elected officers in the San Francisco Photographic Artists' Association


Notes:
Obit: The death of George M. Silsbee is noted at the 3/17/1866 meeting of the New England Photographic Society, S [am] Masury, president; a brief resolution of condolence is passed


Notes:
[11/28/1904]  Obit: John P. Soule, died in Seattle, WA, age 77


Notes:
Blurb: Albert S. Southworth's plate holder patent (#12,700), part of the Wing-Ormsbee patent has been extended for ten years; [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Keywords:
NPA Convention; Patent - Sliding Plate-Holder

Notes:
A. S. Southworth, upset with a discussion of the sliding plate-holder suit at an earlier committee meeting, engages Edward L. Wilson, publisher of "The Philadelphia Photographer," in a "friendly" exchange on the issue


Notes:
Speech by A. S. Southworth on the early days of photography, given at the 1870 NPA Convention in Cleveland OH; Discusses Gouraud and the early years of Southworth in Boston


Keywords:
Equipment - Lighting; NPA Convention; Post-Mortem

Notes:
A. S. Southworth's remarks at the NPA Convention, Buffalo, NY; Discusses his first skylight, posing subjects, post-mortem work


Notes:
Article on photographic societies, quoting A. S. Southworth's address to the National Photographic Association convention where he states the strength of the national association rests with the local societies


Notes:
Boston is suggested as next site for the PAA Convention, Southworth opposes the idea


Keywords:
NPA Convention; Photography & Art; Studio

Notes:
A. S. Southworth's remarks at the NPA Convention, Buffalo, NY; Discusses the use of the camera, posing subjects, etc.


Notes:
[Unnumbered page following pg. 384]  Special supplement to the journal announcing the decision of the Patent Office not to extend the Wing patent [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Obit: Charles H. Swift, died 1/20/1892, 76 years


Notes:
G. M. Carlisle, a Providence, RI photographer is robbed by a man posing as a printer formerly employed by Mr. Turner of Boston


Notes:
Blurb: Mr. Vance has returned from California and is exhibiting a large collection of California views in NYC


Notes:
Description of Vance's collection of 300 daguerreotypes of California scenes


Notes:
Vance's entire collection of California views is purchased by J. H. Fitzgibbon, St. Louis, MO


Notes:
Blurb: Description of Mr. Vance's new gallery, built to replace one lost in the Great Fire of San Francisco


Notes:
Description of a Sacramento, CA daguerreotype made by R. H. Vance


Notes:
Article on photography in California, references R. H. Vance, also one of the Shew Brothers


Notes:
Letter from R. Waitz, Boston, refutes claim that Mr. Rhen of Philadelphia invented a new process for printing-on-canvas; Discusses his own work with various approaches to printing on canvas


Notes:
George K. Warren receives a silver medal for photographs, & a diploma for ambrotypes at the Middlesex, MA County Fair


Notes:
Blurb: Describes Warren's Boston & Cambridge operations


Notes:
Obit: George Kendall Warren, died 11/29/1884, 51 years, by accident


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Paragraphic Pencilings [sic, Pencillings]," comments on several studios, including Warren's, prices, & the Boston Photographic Association


Notes:
[5/13/1911]  Obit: William Shaw Warren; Photographed many persons of note, including Mary Baker Eddy


Notes:
[No page number]  Notice that John A. Whipple of Boston is using the carbon process & is taking orders for prints


Notes:
Blurb: Congress appropriates $5,000 to document the August 1869 solar eclipse (Whipple was one of the photographers of this event)


Notes:
Article, possibly by S. D. Humphrey, describing the making of a daguerreotype of the moon 9/1/1849


Notes:
Description of an exhibition at the American Institute, including a number of daguerreotypes by M. A. & S. Root using Whipple's Crayon Process


Notes:
Description of a daguerreotype of the moon submitted to the journal by Whipple & Professor Bond (Harvard University)


Notes:
G. P. Bond (Harvard University) presents a daguerreotype of the moon that he and Whipple made to the French Academy of Sciences


Notes:
Letter from J. A. Whipple describes making a daguerreotype of the sun


Notes:
Blurb: John A. Whipple is awarded a silver medal at the World's Fair for his daguerreotype of the moon


Keywords:
Astronomy; Process - Calotype & Daguerreotype

Notes:
Blurb: Comments on J. A. Whipple's work: astronomical photographs, Calotypes, crayon daguerreotypes


Keywords:
Exhibit; Process - Crystalotype & Daguerreotype & Talbotype

Notes:
Discusses the daguerreotype, problems with Fox Talbot's paper process, & Whipple's improvement of paper prints using glass rather than paper negatives, the Chrystolotype [sic] process; References the contribution of William B. Jones


Notes:
Discussion of Levi L. Hill's color daguerreotype process with testimonials from several photographers, including John A. Whipple


Notes:
Blurb: Reports that Whipple is still experimenting to improve his glass negative process: States no two daguerreotypists do more for the profession than Whipple & Mr. Hawkins of Cincinnati


Notes:
Blurb: Description of three Crystalotypes submitted by Whipple: the moon, Daniel Webster, Traveller Buildings, Boston


Notes:
Whipple disavows any connection in the attempt to create a paper photograph monopoly, also states he will soon be selling the right to use his Crystalotype process at a very reasonable price


Notes:
Whipple will be selling the right to use the Crystalotype process for $50, and $25 for instruction [instruction is corrected to $50 in the 10/15/1853 issue]; The Daguerreian Journal feels this is quite reasonable


Notes:
Extract of a letter from Whipple offering the sale of licenses to the Crystalotype process for $50, & offering instructing for an additional $50


Notes:
Blurb: Notes that Whipple has changed the Crystalotype prints on display at the Crystal Place, NY; Images are well received except for those which have been colored


Notes:
Journal comments on their dislike for operators who claim "secret processes"; Also cites Whipple & Cutting for keeping their process secret [assume this means two separate processes]


Keywords:
econ; Fraud; Patent; Cutting's & Whipple's; Process - Crystalotype

Notes:
A presumably unauthorized salesman in Western NY State is offering the use Cutting's collodion process for $25, Whipple's patent (possibly the crystalotype) for $15


Notes:
A tepid review of Whipple's photographs exhibited at World's Fair in Belgium; Whipple's exhibit includes a photograph of Harriet Beecher Stowe


Notes:
Letter from G. B. C., Baltimore, comparing the lack of amateur photography in the U.S. with the surfeit in Europe; Whipple's albumen process is referenced


Notes:
Article describing Whipple's Honey & Albumen glass plate process


Notes:
Brief article describing Whipple's Honey & Albumen glass plate process


Notes:
Letter to the "Liverpool [England] Photographic Journal" argues that photography from a balloon is not possible


Notes:
Blurb: Cites John Whipple's successful photography of Donati's comet, & his difficulty with photographing a very weak comet in July of 1861


Notes:
J. A. Whipple, Boston, places an ad for two positions: an operator familiar with the daguerreotype process, and an ammonio-nitrate printer


Keywords:
Patent; Process - Daguerreotype (Crayon)

Notes:
Article on J. A. Whipple's Crayon Daguerreotype and his patent on it; Corrects an earlier article which attributed the process to another photographer


Notes:
Discussion of crayon daguerreotypes, with credit to J. A. Whipple for its invention


Notes:
Blurb: Favorable comments on paper prints submitted by Whipple


Notes:
J. A. Whipple describes his method of polishing plates with the use of a steam engine


Notes:
Whipple's work with paper photography is cited in a article advocating the use of paper as a suitable, if not better, alternative to the daguerreotype


Notes:
Letter from John A. Whipple, dated 10/7/1852, discusses his 1846 experiments making daguerreotypes through a microscope


Notes:
Letter from John A. Whipple, dated 8/30/1852, states he has examined Levi L. Hill's color daguerreotypes, and finds Hill's claims to be true


Notes:
Two articles discussing paper prints, and J. A. Whipple's crystalotypes


Notes:
Blurb: J. A. Whipple is listed as a competitor for Anthony Prize Pitcher & Goblets


Notes:
Blurb: Reference to Whipple's success with the crystalotype and its economy as a source for magazine illustration


Notes:
Description of a portrait in the journal of E. H. Anthony, using the crystalotype process and presumably executed by Whipple


Notes:
An overview of the history of photography; Whipple is not named, but the Harvard daguerreotypes of the moon are discussed


Keywords:
Astronomy; Exhibit; Process - Crystalotype & Daguerreotype

Notes:
Letter from John A. Whipple discussing the submission to the journal of moon crystalotypes; Also discusses his daguerreotypes of the moon


Keywords:
Exhibit; Process - Daguerreotype (Microscopic)

Notes:
Letter from John A. Whipple, describing the submission of an insect photograph; Original image was a daguerreotype made in 1845


Notes:
Blurb: J. A. Whipple describes an illustration in this journal, a view of the Fitchburg Depot, Boston


Notes:
Whipple's moon daguerreotype is referenced in an article reporting the photography of a recent solar eclipse


Notes:
Blurb: The state of the profession references both Whipple and Masury & Silsbee; Notes that Whipple has received an order for 60,000 photographs from a NY publishing house


Notes:
Article reports that L. W. Whipple [perhaps NOT J. A. Whipple, or even related] has patented a process for engraving or "printing" on glass


Notes:
Brief letter from John A. Whipple, dated 2/26/1855, states he has visited L. Hill, examined many daguerreotypes, and can verify Hill's claim of producing color images


Notes:
Description & portrait of A. A. Turner who learned photography from J. A. Whipple


Notes:
J. A. Whipple, a member of the Photographic Exchange Club, votes to increase membership to 50 individuals [For information on the Exchange Club see pg. 222, same issue]


Notes:
Description & reproduction of a collodion paper print by Whipple, showing the house of a Boston merchant


Notes:
Part 4 of a series on photography's history references Whipple's work with glass negatives; Also states the Talbot patent is faulty


Notes:
In a letter to "The Photographic & Fine Art Journal," D. D. T. Davie suggest photographers who might be called on to help form a national association, including Whipple, and Masury


Notes:
Images by Whipple & others are used to illustrate H. H. Snelling's talk on the fading of photographic prints, given at the American Photographic Society, 2/11/1861


Notes:
Blurb: Report on Whipple's failed attempt to get a picture of a comet


Notes:
Blurb: Notes that Whipple has placed an ad for a daguerreotypist in the journal's advertising section, and comments that this branch of photography is now fairly rare


Notes:
Two of Whipple's photographs taken at night by electric light are presented at a meeting of the American Photography Society


Notes:
Brief description of J. A. Whipple's studio & skylight


Notes:
Brief letter from J. A. Whipple describes 3 x5 foot prints on glass make 10 years ago with the help of Allen & Rowell


Notes:
Brief mention of Whipple & Crayon Daguerreotypes in an overview of early photographic history by H. H. Snelling


Keywords:
econ; Patent - Cutting's & Whipple's;; Process - Crystalotype

Notes:
Paper on Whipple's crystalotypes read at the Photographic Section of the American Institute; Also cites merger of Cutting & Whipple patents


Notes:
H. H. Snelling describes J. A. Whipple's activities during the daguerreian period


Notes:
Obit: John A. Whipple, died 4/11/1891, 68 years, retired in 1874


Notes:
[2/2/1911, pg. 7, col 6]  Obit: Simon Wing


Notes:
Discussion of the Wing vs. Schoonmaker suit regarding the sliding plate-holder [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Letter from J. B. Webster claiming he made a sliding plate-holder as early as 1848 [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
[In "Specialties" section, no page number]  Blurb: Regarding the Wing vs. Schoonmaker sliding plate-holder suit [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Lengthy discussion of the Wing vs. Schoonmaker sliding plate-holder suit [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
The Troy (NY) Photographic Association commends C. C. Schoonmaker of Troy for his efforts & raises money to defeat the sliding plate-holder patent, brief reference on pg. 321; [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Keywords:
Equipment - Camera; Patent - Ormsbee Camera

Notes:
NY photographers oppose Cutting's bromide patent & Ormsbee & Wing's multiplying camera boxes patent, 2nd meeting; Ormsbee speaks at meeting


Notes:
Suit by Simon Wing against Charles F. Richardson for infringement of the Southworth sliding plate-holder patent; [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Letter from C. C. Schoonmaker regarding "progress" on the Wing vs. Schoonmaker sliding plate-holder patent suit [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Notice from M. Ormsbee that R. E. Burns is no longer the agent for sliding plate-holder patent suit [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: Quotes from a letter by C. C. Schoonmaker on the status of the sliding plate-holder patent suit; [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: Quotes from a letter by C. C. Schoonmaker on the status of the sliding plate-holder patent suit [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: Announcing the court decision against Wing in the Wing vs. Schoonmaker sliding plate-holder patent suit [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Reprint of the court decision against Wing in the Wing vs. Schoonmaker sliding plate-holder patent suit [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Simon Wing of Waterville, ME (later in Boson) demonstrates a stereo/CDV camera (possibly using the contested sliding plate-holder) [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Keywords:
Ad; Equipment - Camera; Patent - Sliding Plate-Holder

Notes:
[At end, no page number]  Long advertising notice describing the "Wing Patent Multiplying Camera,"  its relationship to the earlier Southworth patent, and other patent issues [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: Appears to apply to the later sliding plate-holder patent suit, "Col. Pike claims the 1855 patent [held by Southworth?] is invalid [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Patent notice #37,635 to "Wm. Southworth" of Newcastle, ME for a multiplying camera [possibly related to Wing's multiplying camera?]


Notes:
Blurb: Status of the patent suit, Wing vs. Richardson, regarding a plate holder for gem portraits; [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: The Wing vs. Richardson patent suit has been settled in favor of Wing [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Letter from J. F. of Connecticut, inquires if all sliding cameras and plate-holders fall under the Wing-Ormsbee patent [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Meeting of photographers at the Cooper Institute, NYC to discuss the Cutting and Wing patents


Notes:
Reprint of the court decision, Wing vs. Richardson [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Letter from W. H. Merchant, Lawrence, PA, describing his approach to avoiding the sliding plate-holder patent; The editor of the Journal comments that his approach is not unique


Notes:
Article on the status of the sliding plate-holder suit [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Notice that the court will likely hear the sliding plate-holder suit at the end of March, 1870; Notice supports the defendant, C. C. Schoonmaker [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Report & discussion on correspondence from  A. Semmindinger of NY claiming he patented a multiplying camera years before Marcus Ormsbee, and that he challenged Ormsbee in March of 1869 [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Simon Wing loses his Chicago studio in the Great Fire of 1871, and contributes $100 worth of photographic equipment to the relief fund


Notes:
Lengthy article reporting the ruling on the sliding plate-holder suit against C. C. Schnoonmaker [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Letter from C. C. Schoonmaker is read; He is unable to attend Convention but talks about the defeat of both the Cutting and the sliding plate-holder patents; A. S. Southworth promises a response before the Convention adjourns


Notes:
A. S. Southworth's response to C. C. Schoonmaker letter reported on pages 195 & 196 of this issue [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Correction to claims that the sliding plate-holder patent was defeated in the Supreme Court, it was a tie decision and a retrial will be necessary [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Interchange between C. C. Schoonmaker and "Anthony's Photographic Bulletin" regarding the defeat of the sliding plate-holder patent [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Letter from I. B. Webster references the issue of patents generally, and the sliding plate-holder patent; [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: J. H. Tompkins, Grand Rapids, Michigan, requests information to help against a suit S. Wing has brought against several Michigan photographers [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Reprint of the Patent Office decision not to extend the Wing sliding plate-holder patent [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: References the decision by the Patent Office not to extend the Wing sliding plate-holder patent, states the Southworth patent is not effected by this decision [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: States the recent Massachusetts decision on Southworth vs. Dunshee (possibly Edward S. of Boston) is not conclusive; Suit also connected to Wing vs. Anthony [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Reprint of the Michigan Circuit Court decision, Wing, Southworth & Ormsbee vs. Joseph H. Tomkins [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Letter from J. H. Tompkins, Grand Rapids, Michigan announcing new evidence for the defense in the Wing, Southworth, Ormsbee vs. Tompkins suit, no details provided [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Additional information by J. H. Tompkins of Grand Rapids, MI regarding the Ormsbee, Southworth & Wing suit against him [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Lengthy article detailing the Wing patent extension case [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Reprint of the Michigan Circuit Court decision, Wing, Southworth & Ormsbee vs. Joseph H. Tomkins; In addition a short letter from J. H. Tompkins regarding contributions to his defense fund [ Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Notice by J. H. Tomkins of Grand Rapids, MI, citing the suit by Ormsbee, Southworth & Wing against him [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Article announcing the dismissal of the suit by Wing against E. & H. T. Anthony [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Brief notice on the defeat of the Wing patent extension, including a list of witnesses called [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Reprint of the New York Circuit Court decision, Wing, Southworth, Ormsbee vs. E & H. T. Anthony [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Notice by J. H. Tomkins of Grand Rapids, MI, announcing the defeat of the Ormsbee, Southworth & Wing patent suit  [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Obit: R. A. Robinson of Chicago; Formerly associated with Simon Wing in Toledo & Chicago


Keywords:
Exhibit; Equipment - Miscel; PAA Convention; Stockdealer

Notes:
Description of the exhibition at the 5th PAA Convention, Simon Wing "venerable father of multiplying cameras, was also present with one of his instruments"; Benjamin French is also mentioned


Notes:
Brief article on final decision in the Wing, Southworth & Ormsbee suit vs. E. & H. T. Anthony; Settlement in Anthony's favor; Suit was first filed in 1873 [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Overview of sliding plate-holder & multiplying box patents and reprint of Supreme Court decision, Wing, Southworth, Ormsbee vs. E. & H. T. Anthony [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Letter from Abe Lizzard claims that a "new " camera built by Simon Wing and being shown at the NY Society of Amateur Photographers is not based original designs


Notes:
[New series #]  Photograph of NPA Officers, Cleveland, 8/9/1870


Notes:
Greenland Expedition 1869, with painter William Bradford [Dunmore was a close associate of J. W. Black]


Notes:
American Photographical Society meeting: discussion of Black's balloon views; Also Black & Whipple regarding photographs of the moon; Whipple presents photographs including Hayes' expedition to the Arctic


Notes:
J. Dixon on Black & Whipple's' role in first moon photograph


Notes:
J. W. Black clarifies that Whipple made first photograph of the moon


Notes:
Two letters from George K. Warren, Boston: (1) discusses Black's sliver bath, (2) discusses his improvement in a bath-holder


Notes:
Note on growing popularity of the Magic Lantern


Notes:
Reports membership at beginning of convention 997, 224 more than in 1871, by end of convention 150 more: approx. total convention attendance, 1150


Notes:
Obit: James E. McClees, Philadelphia; Took lessons from Black in 1854


Notes:
Peabody wins silver medal in Class H, instantaneous photographs [sic?, see 8/27/88 issue]


Notes:
Description of stockdealers' exhibits at PAA Convention; T. H. Blair's exhibit includes plates by Allen & Rowell


Notes:
Blurb: Mrs. Martha Foster & son, Indianapolis, arrested again for making spirit photographs


Notes:
[New series #]  Article by Blair on manufacturing flexible film


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Photographic Pencillings," discusses Walter Chickering's new studio, mentions Walter's brother [Elmer ?], and other topics


Notes:
Blurb: Praises N. E. photographers for opposing extension of Cutting's bromide patent


Notes:
Cutting & Rhenn [sic, Rhen] give lessons on paper photography in NY (likely James A Cutting)


Keywords:
Patent - Cutting's & Whipple's; Process - Paper Prints


Notes:
Description & portrait of A. A. Turner, who learned photography from J. A. Whipple


Notes:
A. C. Partridge opens more elaborate rooms in Wheeling, W. VA


Notes:
Turner opens a new Boston studio with James Ambrose Cutting


Notes:
Brief, tepid review of North's daguerreotypes, ambrotypes & photographs exhibited at the Ohio State Fair


Notes:
Proceedings of the National Photographic Association, Cleveland, OH; J. F. Ryder, Cleveland, OH, cites resistance to the Cutting patents contributed to the founding of the Association


Notes:
Proceedings of the National Photographic Association, Cleveland, OH; Executive Committee report on Cutting's bromide patent; J. W. Black, Boston, is a member of the committee


Notes:
Report on the proceedings from the Photographers' Association of America regarding aid to Jex Bardwell, a principal in the defeat of the Cutting bromide patent


Notes:
Notice that Dodge & Leahy, stockdealers, will market a multiplying camera that does not infringe on the Wing & Ormsbee patent


Notes:
Description of James R. Osgood's work in the New Orleans Exposition; Also A. H. Folsom, Heliotype Printing Company, & David W. Butterfield (Cambridge, MA)


Notes:
John L. Gihon and Daniel Murphy, Gihon's special printer, have left for Montevideo, South America to join Chute & Brooks


Notes:
Luther Holman Hale's association Benjamin French is referenced in this biography of French


Notes:
John A. Whipple aids Thomas Gaffield in his experiments with glass


Notes:
Thomas Gaffield clarifies his experiments with glass discussed in the 6/1868 issue of the journal; States he is a (glass) merchant, not a scientist or photographer; However he is a friend of John B. [sic, A.] Whipple & Mr. Rowell (likely Frank Rowell)


Notes:
Thomas Gaffield describes his process for making "leaf prints" (likely photograms) & indicates that photographic reproductions are available from Mr. A. Marshall (Augustus)


Notes:
Describes & illustrates Thomas Gaffield's "leaf printing" process (likely photograms) noting that A. Marshall, Boston (Augustus) prints his images


Notes:
Blurb: Thomas Gaffield & A. Marshall, Boston, (likely Augustus) depart for Europe, with their wives


Notes:
Thomas Gaffield discusses "Lighting the Dark-room for Gelatin-Bromide Plates," & refers the use of colored glass in Augustus Marshall's studio, Boston


Notes:
Biography of Luther Holman Hale, his older brother, Charles E., is also cited


Notes:
Biography of Luther Holman Hale, Benjamin French is also cited


Notes:
[possibly related]  Article on photographic accidents by Robert J. Chute, possibly R. J. Chute, Boston


Notes:
G. H. Loomis supports the formation of a new association (presumably the stockdealers' association)


Notes:
Letter from J. B. Heywood, Boston, citing F. Rowell; Rowell is moving to 25 Winter St. & will send examples of work and a photograph of his new skylight


Notes:
Blurb: Whipple & Black submit two negatives, will be reproduced in January and February 1858 issue


Notes:
Blurb: Frank Rowell publishes stereoview by J. B. Heywood, Boston


Notes:
Obit: Leland Balch of Balch Brothers, 42, d. Thanksgiving Day 1875


Notes:
Comment by "G.H.L." (likely G. H. Loomis), advocates studio maintenance on dull days


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column, "Pencillings from Boston," on visits to Boston Studios, including Allen & Rowell, A. N. Hardy, Augustus Marshall, & others


Notes:
G. H. Loomis' column ,"Pencillings from Boston," on visits to Boston Studios, including Allen & Rowell, A. N. Hardy, Augustus Marshall, & others


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic" of William H. Rulofson, San Francisco, by G. H. Loomis; Rulofson learned photography from L. H. Hale (Boston), J. W. Black was at Hale's studio at same time


Notes:
"Gallery Biographic" of I. B. Webster (Kentucky), by G. H. Loomis; Webster received some instruction from Boston's Turner, Whipple & Black


Notes:
Obit: Ernest G. Loomis, G. H. Loomis' son, with reference to his mother's recent death; Other information on Loomis in the Newton, MA business directories, & in "The Blue Book" for Newton


Notes:
Obit: Ernest G. Loomis, G. H. Loomis' son; Other information on G. H. Loomis in the Newton, MA business directories, & in "The Blue Book" for Newton


Notes:
Obit: G. H. Loomis, 75 years, died 4/8/1898; Other information on G. H. Loomis in the Newton, MA business directories, & in "The Blue Book" for Newton


Notes:
Obit: George [sic] Loomis, other information on G. H. Loomis in the Newton, MA business directories, & in "The Blue Book" for Newton


Notes:
Obit: G. H. Loomis, other information on G. H. Loomis in the Newton, MA business directories, & in "The Blue Book" for Newton


Notes:
Journal reproduces Whipple's crystalotype of "Little Nell," a statue at the Boston Athenaeum


Notes:
Obit: The death of George M. Silsbee is noted at the 3/17/1866 meeting of the New England Photographic Society, S. [Sam] Masury, president; a brief resolution of condolence is passed


Notes:
Ad for Clark Brothers & B. L. Higgins; Studios in Syracuse, Utica, Boston, & NYC


Notes:
Blurb: The Clarks of Boston, Utica, Syracuse open a new studio in NYC


Notes:
Blurb: Comments on N. L. Stebbins photographs of yachts & steamers; Also Mexican views at St. Louis, MO exhibition


Notes:
Bushby advertises he is retiring and wants to help his printer of 12 years secure a new position


Notes:
A "crayon & water-color artist" seeks employment; Contact "Crayon" at Benjamin French's address


Notes:
Members of the Boston Camera Club have prepared "Illustrated Boston," a 67 slide series with script; Will loan to other amateur photographic societies


Notes:
G. C. Robinson, Lynn, MA wishes to sell his gallery


Notes:
Discusses the Daguerreotype process & exhibit at the Crystal Palace; North, Cleveland, OH is mentioned


Notes:
Blurb: North, formerly of Boston, is now in Cleveland


Notes:
Davis & Perry open a new studio at 257 Washington Street


Notes:
Obit: George H. Boynton commits suicide with prussic acid, 10/1870


Notes:
Comments on cartes & cabinet prints received from E. L. Allen, noting his success with Berlin (Germany?) dealers


Notes:
Blurb: Exhibit of images at NPA Convention, Buffalo: J. W. Black's contributions include views of the 1872 Boston Fire


Notes:
Abraham Bogardus mentions NPA meetings in Boston


Notes:
Southworth makes a brief comment on S. F. Morse & daguerreotypes; Also makes several motions


Notes:
Whipple receives a patent for engraving on glass


Notes:
A. Litch (likely Albert, formerly of Boston) has left Holmes, Booth & Hayden, his name will not appear on the cameras made by this firm


Notes:
Blurb: Information on various photographers & stockdealers: Cutting, Whipple (photographers); A. Litch, Myron Shew [formerly of Boston] (stockdealers)


Notes:
Mention of a Holmes, Booth & Hayden's camera (formerly called the A. Litch camera); Camera is a two-third size,"Quick Working Camera"


Notes:
Blurb: James Cremer [likely relocated from Boston] is opening a supply house in Philadelphia


Notes:
Blurb: Description of a flyer from A. C. Partridge, Wheeling, Virginia [Now West Virginia, Partridge will later relocate to Boston]


Notes:
Letter on gun cotton from "Mr. Marshall" (likely Augustus Marshall), chief operator for Ormsbee


Notes:
Description of an early display of outdoor electric lighting


Notes:
[New series #]  Obit: Walter Crane North, Utica, NY, photographer & nephew of William C. North


Notes:
Correction to article & reproduction in "The Philadelphia Photographer," vol. 3, #32, 8/1866, pg. 252


Keywords:
econ; Patent - Ormsbee Camera;  Stockdealer; Studio


Notes:
See Ormsbee, Marcus for additional information on the patent for Ormsbee & Wing cameras [Also search Keyword: Patent - Ormsbee Camera; Patent - Sliding Plate-Holder]


Notes:
The Blair prize is a solid silver Tiffany cup, costing $250


Notes:
[No page number]  Notice that J. W. Black of Boston has succeeded in producing large carbon prints using tissue make by Frank Rowell


Notes:
Also see Josiah Johnson Hawes; Albert Sands Southworth [For an extensive bibliography of these men see William S. Johnson's annotated bibliography in "Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes," Grant Romer & Brian Wallis, eds, 2005]


Notes:
[8/9/1901]  Obit: Josiah Johnson Hawes, age 94


Notes:
Brief reference to J. W. Black in an article by H. H. Snelling detailing Whipple's daguerreian career


Notes:
Part of a series by H. H. Snelling on the early history of photography; Focuses on J. A. Whipple


Notes:
Part of a series by H. H. Snelling on the early history of photography


Notes:
Part of a series by H. H. Snelling on the early history of photography, Boston photographers & stockdealers are mentioned


Notes:
Three articles on early photography by Alexander Beckers, Abraham Bogardus, & J. B. Gardner


Notes:
Speech by A. S. Southworth on the early days of photography, given at the 1870 NPA Convention in Cleveland OH


Keywords:
History; Equipment - Lighting; NPA Convention; Post-Mortem


Notes:
Article by Gabriel Harrison, NYC, references John Plumbe operating there in 1844


Notes:
In an article, "Days Gone By," J. W. Black remarks on the daguerreian period in Boston


Notes:
In an article, " Fifteen Years' Experience of a Daguerreotyper," Alexander Beckers remarks on the early daguerreian period; similar article in "Photographic Times," vol. 19, #391, 3/15/1889 [Ref: www.daguerre.org, accessed 7/7/2004]


Notes:
Blurb: Early use of electric lights in a studio


Notes:
Obit: Reference to death of Mr. Hemtz; His wife appears to continue the  business


Notes:
Report on a meeting of the Boston Photographic Society mentions that Ritz is now connected with A. N. Hardy's gallery


Notes:
In a meeting of the Boston Photographic Association Mr. E. A. Ritze [sic] solicits views on the Hollotype process; Association members do not recommend it


Notes:
E. A. Ritz is elected secretary of the Boston Photographic Association at their February meeting


Notes:
E. F. Ritz is elected secretary of the Boston Photographic Association


Notes:
A. F. Ritz [sic E. A.] has apparently returned to Boston; He exhibits his NY work at a meeting of the Boston Photographic Association


Notes:
Ritz & Hastings form a partnership at 58 Temple Place, Boston; Article indicates that they report "encouraging business prospects."


Notes:
Mr. Ritz is appointed secretary, pro tem, of the Boston Photographic Association


Notes:
Ritz & Hastings exhibit two 14 x 17 panel portraits of Sadie Martinot at a meeting of the Boston Photographic Association


Notes:
Ritz & Hastings sell their Temple Place branch to Homer & Company, and concentrate their business at the Marshall Gallery, Tremont Street


Notes:
Ritz & Hastings exhibit various size portraits at the PAA Convention in Milwaukee, WI


Notes:
In his column, G. H. Loomis compliments Ritz & Hastings for their success as a young firm & for their attention to posing subjects, comments they could be more careful about retouching


Keywords:
bpa; obp; Process - Collodion & Dry Plate; Studio

Notes:
The Boston Photographic Society holds their May meeting at the Ritz & Hastings studio, finds their rooms "well laid out"; Ritz & Hastings are working with both the collodion & emulsion (dry plate?) methods


Notes:
Ritz opens a new studio at 58 Temple Place, hires Mrs. Frye, his former receptionist at Ritz & Hastings


Notes:
Ritz exhibits a large number of photographs at the first regular meeting of the New England Photographers' Association [Successor to the Boston Photographic Society]


Notes:
R. H. Vance was awarded all prizes for photographs, ambrotypes, etc. at the State Fair in Stockton, CA


Notes:
William B. Jones is cited as assisting John Adams Whipple in developing the Crystalotype process


Notes:
Journal comments on their dislike for operators who claim "secret processes"; Also cites Whipple & Cutting for keeping their process secret [Assume this means two separate processes]


Notes:
William C. North operated a studio in Boston ca. 1848-49; See various North's: A. C.; Allen C.; North & Oswald; W. C.; Walter C.; William C. [Also search "North" in Notes column of "Boston Photographers - Multiple Names"]


Notes:
See: Hathaway & Sprague; Sprague & Hathaway


Notes:
Also see Black & Batchelder; Black & Case; Whipple & Black


Notes:
Also see Cutting, Turner & Bradford; Cutting & Bradford; Cutting & Bowdoin; Cutting & Rhen; Cutting & Turner


Notes:
Also see James Wallace Black; Joseph C. Batchelder


Notes:
Also see James Wallace Black; John Adams Whipple


Notes:
Also see James Ambrose Cutting; Austin Augustus Turner


Notes:
Also see George H. Hastings; Ernest A. F. Ritz


Notes:
Also see Samuel Masury; George M. Silsbee


Notes:
See various North's: A. C.; Allen C.; North & Oswald; W. C.; Walter C.; William C. [Also search "North" in Notes column of "Boston Photographers - Multiple Names"]


Notes:
Blurb: Mrs. C. H. Codman will continue her deceased husband's stock business [Business eventually taken-over by Horgan, Robey & Company]


Notes:
Blurb: Reports short lived firm of George S. Bryant has been sold to C. H. Codman & Company; Also see Bryant


FirstName:
(James Ambrose, Lodowick H., Austin Augustus)


Notes:
Cutting & Bradford's process and their patents


Notes:
See Cutting & Bradford; Cutting, Bradford & Turner


Notes:
Description of photo-lithography by J. A. Cutting & J. [sic, L.) H. Bradford; Second article on Photographic engraving, with reference to Cutting & Bradford


Notes:
Discussion of photo-lithography & referring to the Cutting & Bradford process


Notes:
Wilfred A. French (Benjamin French's son) mans the firms display of Voigtlander & Derlot lenses


Notes:
Mr. Bryant, formerly at John Sawyer & Company (Boston) buys Holmes, Booth & Haydens Stockhouse (not a Boston firm); Also see George S. Bryant


Notes:
Brief letter from John A. Whipple discussing failed attempt to form a joint stock company around the crystalotype process


Notes:
A letter from John A. Whipple is quoted in an article discussing the possibility of photographically counterfeiting bank notes with the Scropyan process; Whipple claims it is not possible to counterfeit bank notes by any known photographic process


Notes:
Black's contributions to Whipple's crystalotype process are noted in a paper on crystalotypes read at the Photographic Section of the American Institute


Notes:
A patent issue regarding a sliding plate-holder, under various names, extends over time, may be interrelated; Search key words: "Patent-Ormsbee Camera"; "Patent - Sliding Plate-Holder"; Appears Wing & Ormsbee Patent, built on earlier Southworth patent


Notes:
A patent issue regarding a sliding plate-holder, under various names, extends over time, may be interrelated; Search key words: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"; "Patent - Sliding Plate-Holder"; Appears Wing & Ormsbee Patent built on earlier Southworth patent


Notes:
Notice by J. H. Tomkins citing the suit by Wing, Southworth & Ormsbee against him [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Notice by J. H. Tomkins of Grand Rapids, MI, announcing the defeat of the Ormsbee, Southworth & Wing patent suit [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: Albert S. Southworth's plate holder patent (#12,700), part of the Wing-Ormsbee patent has been extended for ten years [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Suit by Simon Wing against Charles F. Richardson for infringement of the Southworth sliding plate-holder  patent [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Brief reference to the Cutting Patent in an article on The Troy [NY] Photographic Association's efforts to defeat the sliding-plate-holder patent


Notes:
Blurb: Status of the patent suit, Wing vs. Richardson, regarding a plate holder for gem portraits [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Brief reference to Cutting bromide patent & a more lengthy discussion of  the Wing/Southworth sliding plate-holder patent in a letter from C. C. Schoonmaker read at the NPA Convention; A. S. Southworth promises a response before the Convention adjourns


Notes:
Letter from I. B. Webster references the issue of patents generally, and the sliding plate-holder patent [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Reprint of the Michigan Circuit Court decision, Wing, Southworth & Ormsbee vs. Joseph H. Tomkins; In addition a short letter from J. H. Tompkins regarding contributions to his defense fund [Also search keyword: "Patent - Ormsbee Camera"]


Notes:
Blurb: Places the cost of the "instrument" Whipple used to photography the moon at $25,000; Also announces that image will be enlarged to a diameter of 13 inches, four times the original


Notes:
Blurb: Litch, formerly of Boston, now engaged in the manufacturing of chemicals with Gurney


Notes:
Second meeting of the Photographic Stockdealers' Association of America is held in Saratoga Springs, NY; Mr. Blair & C. H. Codman of Boston are mentioned


Notes:
Meeting of the Photographic Stockdealers' & Manufacturers' Association of America is held in Milwaukee; J. H. Blair (likely T. H.), C. H. Codman, & Wilfred A. French are mentioned


Notes:
Benjamin French is listed as First Vice-President in the minutes of the 6th meeting, Photographic Merchants' Board of Trade [Photographic Stockdealers' of America ?] held in Cincinnati, July 28, 1884


Notes:
Report on the meeting of the Photographic Merchants Board of Trade in NYC; Blair, Robey (of C. D. Codman), & Benjamin French are mentioned


Notes:
Mr. French [(likely Wilfred A., Benjamin French's son], exhibits some "excellent" transparencies at the Boston Society of Amateur Photographers


Notes:
Proceedings of the NPA Convention held in Boston; G. H. Loomis gives the welcoming address; Various Boston photographers are referenced


Notes:
[New series #]  Article describing the New England Photographers Club [Society] organized 11/1884; A number of Boston photographers & stockdealers are listed


Notes:
[New series #]  Blurb: Simon Wing of Charlestown, MA is a candidate for U.S. president under the American Proletariat Party


Notes:
Blurb: Reports CDV's are selling well in Boston at prices from $3-5 per dozen


Notes:
[New series #]  Article charging Walter E. Chickering is a fraud, contains part of a letter by Elmer E. Chickering (who may be his brother)


Notes:
Proceeds of the NPA Convention in NYC, considerable time spent discussing the renewal of the Cutting bromide patent and ways to defeat it


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Union, 2/12/1869


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Union,


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 4/6/1869


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 6/22/1869


Notes:
Description of the photographic exhibit at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 9/7/1869


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 11/2/1869


Notes:
Medals awarded to photographers at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association


Notes:
Blurb: Announcing the formation of a Boston photographic organization


Notes:
Blurb: The New England Photographic Society notes the passing of George M. Silsbee


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 7/5/1870


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the New England Photographic Association, 5/3/1870


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the New England Photographic Association, 4/5/1870


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the New England Photographic Society, 3/1/1870


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 1/1870 & 2/1870


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 12/7/1869


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 3/7/1871


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 5/1/1871


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 10 or 11/1872


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 12/1872 or 1/1873


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the New England Photographic Association, 1/1873


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the New England Photographic Society, 2/6/1873


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 4/1873 or 5/1873


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 11/7/1873


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 3/5/1875


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 5/7/1875


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 2/4/1876


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 11/2/1876


Notes:
G. H. L.  (likely G. H. Loomis) is the author of a report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 11/2/1876


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 12/7/1873, & a précis of an address by Mr. Loomis


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 12/7/1873, & the précis of an address by Mr. Loomis


Notes:
Report on a exhibition organized by the Boston Photographic Association


Notes:
Report on the annual meeting of the Boston Photographic Association, 2/6/1874, & the monthly meeting of 3/6/1874


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 6/5/1874


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 11/6/1874


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 12/4/1874


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 1/1/1875


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 2/5/1875


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 4/2/1875


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 6/4/1875


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 12/3/1875


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 1/7/1876


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 3/3/1876


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 4/7/1876


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 5/5/1876


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 6/2/1876


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 11/3/1876; Messrs. Lambert lecture on their carbon process


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 1/5/1877


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 2/2/1877


Notes:
G. H. Loomis, first president of the Boston Photographic Society, presents an address on the history of the organization at the 2/2/1877 meeting


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 3/2/1877


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 5/4/1877


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 10/5/1877


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 2/2/1877


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 3/1/1878; Ninth Annual Meeting


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 4/1878


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, ca. 6/1880


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the New England Photographic Association, 10/6/1880


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 12/1/1880


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, ca. 12/1877


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 3/1/1878


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, ca. 3/1879


Notes:
Article by David Bachrach, Jr. on carbon printing


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Society, 4/2/1879


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 2/2/1881


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 3/9/1881


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, ca. 5/1881


Notes:
Good description of Partridge's studio at 2823 Washington St., Boston Highlands ,in a report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, ca. 5/1881


Notes:
Blurb: On the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, ca. 6/1881


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Massachusetts Photographic Association, 1/2/1884; Principal subject of the meeting, dry plates, especially Eastman Dry Plates


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 5/5/1880


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 6/2/1880


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 10/6/1880


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the New England Photographic Association, 11/3/1880


Notes:
Blurb: Report that the New England Photographic Association is still active, and listing its officers


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 1/5 & 2/2/1881


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 3/3/1881


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 4/6/1881; Meeting included a discussion of post-mortem photography by D. T. Burrell of Brockton, MA


Notes:
Good description of Partridge's studio at 2823 Washington St., Boston Highlands, in a report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, ca. 5/1881


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, ca. 6/1881


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, ca. 11/1881


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 2/1/1882


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 4/5/1882


Notes:
Blurb: Proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, 10/3/1882


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the Boston Photographic Association, ca. 6/1883


Notes:
Blurb: Officers for the New England Photographic Association during 1884


Notes:
Report on the proceedings of the New England Photographic Association, 3/1/1886; First meeting of the 1886-87 season


Notes:
Special meeting of the New England Photographic Association, 3/8/1886; Presentation by David Cooper of the Eastman Dry-Plate Company


Notes:
Announcement of the first annual convention & exhibit of the Photographers' Club of New England; Grand prize was "The Hastings Cup," and George H. Hastings is president of the club [The club was open to both professional & amateur photographers]


Notes:
Article on the [2nd] annual convention of the Photographers' Club of New England; The club was open to both professional & amateur photographers


Notes:
Blurb: On the 2nd annual convention of the Photographers' Club of New England, July 27-29, 1898; The club was open to both professional & amateur photographers


Notes:
Rules & regulations for the [3rd] annual exhibit of the Photographers' Club of New England, a 'no-prize" exhibition; The club was open to both professional & amateur photographers; Also, a letter from the club's president explaining the "no-prize" policy


Notes:
Letter from H. Schervee describing an upcoming "no-prize" exhibition at the Photographer's Club of New England convention [The club was open to both professional & amateur photographers]


Notes:
Editorial: Discussion on professional vs. amateur photographers


Notes:
Blurb: On the convention of the Photographers' Club of New England, October 5, 6, & 7, 1899, in Boston


Notes:
[5/1900]  Blurb: The 4th annual convention of the Photographic Association of New England [formerly the Photographers' Club of New England ?] will be held September 12, 13, 14,1900


Notes:
[10/1900]  Blurb: Report on convention of the Photographers'  Association of New England [Formerly the Photographers' Club of New England ?] held September 12, 13, 14,1900 [Also note name change from 5/1900 issue of the journal]


Notes:
Article on the proceedings of the NPA Convention in Boston, several Boston photographers mentioned, including G. H. Loomis


Notes:
Blurb: Promotion for D. D. T. Davie's future report on the NPAA Convention in Boston; Davie is know as a "racy writer"


Notes:
D. D. T. Davie's less than enthusiastic review of the NPA Convention in Boston


Notes:
Letter from J. H. Fitzgibbon, St. Louis, rebutting D. D. T. Davie's appraisal of the NPA Convention in Boston (issue # 24)


Notes:
Blurb: Reporting the Boston Photographic Association held their most recent meeting as J. W. Black's studio


Notes:
Blurb: One on proposed statue of Boston's "eminent photographers," the other commenting on the photograph taken at the NPA Convention in Boston


Notes:
Snide comment on the NPA Convention in Boston


Notes:
Comment that the exhibit at the American Institute is not as large as in the past; Mention of several photographers who exhibit there, including Whipple


Notes:
Report on a meeting of PAA's Executive Committee, Buffalo, 1/21/1891; George H. Hastings is president


Notes:
Report on the PAA Convention, July, 1891, Buffalo; G. H. Hastings, president, is praised for his efforts


Notes:
PAA debate over site for 1889 convention, Boston is selected


Notes:
Editorial: Notes that 1889 will be the 50th anniversary of Daguerre's discovery


Notes:
Overview of the 1889 PAA Convention in Boston, several Boston photographers are mentioned


Notes:
Several articles regarding the 1889 PAA Convention in Boston, several Boston photographers are mentioned


Notes:
Description of the photograph exhibit at the PAA Convention in Boston, several Boston photographers are mentioned


Notes:
Review of the PAA Convention's photographic exhibit by G. O. Lightly; No photographers are identified


Notes:
Article entitled "The Pictures at the Boston Convention: Second Notice"; George H. Hastings is mentioned


Notes:
Several Boston photographers are referenced in the report on the convention's fourth session


Notes:
Announcement of the awards for exhibit categories at the PAA Boston Convention


Notes:
George H. Hastings works on several committees for the upcoming PAA convention in Boston


Notes:
Description of the grand prize to be awarded at the PAA Convention in Boston, a three foot bronze statue


Notes:
Article with an overview of the upcoming PAA Convention in Boston


Notes:
Miscellaneous information on the upcoming PAA Convention in Boston


Notes:
Information on some of the prizes to be awarded at the upcoming PAA Convention in Boston


Keywords:
Equipment - Miscel; Exhibit; obp; PAA Convention - Boston; Stockdealer

Notes:
Overview (second notice) of the equipment exhibit at the PAA Boston Convention: Several Boston photographers & firms are mentioned


Notes:
Overview (third notice) of the equipment exhibit at the PAA Boston Convention: Several Boston photographers & firms are mentioned


Notes:
Overview of upcoming PAA Convention in Boston


Notes:
Blurb: Regarding the upcoming PAA Convention in Boston; G. H. Hastings of Boston is quoted


Notes:
Blurb: One entry regarding steamer transportation to the PAA Convention in Boston; The second describing prizes to be awarded in the photograph exhibition


Notes:
Information regarding the upcoming PAA Convention in Boston, plus description of prizes to be awarded


Notes:
Lengthy report on the proceedings of the PAA Convention in Boston


Notes:
Brief notes on the PAA Convention in Boston


Keywords:
Exhibit; illus; PAA Convention - Boston; Pictorialism

Notes:
Illustrated overview of the "Evangeline" contest at the PAA Convention in Boston; Good example of pictorial photography


Keywords:
Exhibit; obp; PAA Convention - Boston; Pictorialism

Notes:
Partial report on the proceedings of the PAA Convention in Boston, including prizes awarded; Several Boston Photographers mentioned, including G. H. Hastings, G. H. Loomis, A. C. Partridge, A. S. Southworth


Keywords:
History; PAA Convention - Boston; Pictorialism

Notes:
Report on the progress of photography during the past year, read by W. I. Lincoln Adams at the PAA Convention, Boston


Keywords:
Dag. Memorial; obp; PAA Convention; Stockdealer

Notes:
Report on & contributions to the Daguerre Memorial Fund include one Boston photographer, George Hastings, $120 & two stockdealers: C. H. Codman, $100, Benjamin French, $100


Notes:
Contributions to the Daguerre Memorial Fund include one Boston photographer, George H. Hastings, $10 & $3; one stockdealer, W. A. French, $10


Notes:
Blurb: Warning of a "process-monger" operating out of Boston


Notes:
Blurb: David Cooper of the Eastman Kodak Company is demonstrating the dry plate in Boston, using the work of J. H. Kent, Rochester, NY


Notes:
Anthony's New Transparency Dry Plates are demonstrated at the studio of C. F. Conly, 465 Washington Street; Wilfred French of Benjamin French & Company helped with the arrangements


Notes:
Article comment on the variety of photographs available in Boston


Notes:
Blurb: Enforcement of the Sunday Blue Laws affects photographers


Notes:
Article on the state of photo-engraving cites an anecdote about a former Boston employee with a gambling habit


Notes:
Obit: C. R. B. Claflin [Worked with Black on the illustrated book, "Portraits of Worcester Citizens"]


Notes:
Article about tension between amateur & professional photographers


Notes:
Article comparing European vs. American practices, stating that Americans do not readily share information; Notable American photographers, including Cutting, Masury, & Whipple of Boston are named as being too secretive


Notes:
Blurb: Some Boston photographers are photographing on silk, portraits resemble line engravings


Notes:
Review of daguerreotypes displayed at the NY World's Fair, Crystal Palace Exhibit; Author feels judges were biased and slighted many, including Masury & Silsbee


Notes:
Review of daguerreotypes displayed at the NY World's Fair, Crystal Palace Exhibit (translated from French); John A. Whipple is the only Boston photographer mentioned, he exhibits a variety of portraits, groups & daguerreotype of the moon


Keywords:
Astronomy; History; Process - Daguerreotype

Notes:
An overview of the history of photography, principals and various processes are discussed


Notes:
[In "Specialties" section, no page number]  Blurb: Use of photography is resolving a forgery case before the Boston Courts


Notes:
Article on the new photographic laboratory at MIT, and the initiatives to teach photography there


Notes:
Reprint of a Boston Globe article on the progress of photography


Notes:
The Second Joint Exhibition of the Society of Amateur Photographers will be held in Boston, May 5-12, at the Boston Art Club


Notes:
Description of a proposed federal bill prohibiting photographers from displaying photographs of women in their advertising


Notes:
Blurb: Assignment of a patent for an autographic signature process from C. A. Gualemette to himself & G. P. Towle, Boston


Notes:
Short editorial on storage issues of glass plates and speculating on the possibly of safely removing the image from the glass


Notes:
Blurb: After a visit to Boston studios, the author states NY has 4 times the galleries, produces 20 times the number of photographs and cannot be beat in painted photographs, but Boston holds the lead in "plain" & landscape photography


Notes:
Letter from "Actis" of Boston responds to & seconds Mr. Root's proposal to "elevate the photographic profession"


Notes:
Blurb: Suggestion that the Executive Committee (of the PAA) invite Mrs. Benjamin French to prepare and deliver a paper on the progress of photography at the next PAA Convention in Washington


Notes:
Report on the finances of the 1889 PAA Convention in Boston


Notes:
Report on the 1889 PAA Convention in Boston


Notes:
Report on the finances of the 1890 PAA Convention in Washington, some comparison with 1889 Boston figures


Notes:
Report on the annual meeting of the Boston Camera Club, 1/6/1890


Notes:
Magnesium is now manufactured in the US, and sold at prices cheaper than in Europe


Notes:
Listed in the "Daguerreian Artist's Register" section of the journal; Also listed in Vol. 1, #5 (1/15/1851) & Vol. 3,  #3 (12/15/1851)


Notes:
The journal compliments DeLos Barnum on the stereoviews and card photographs he submitted


Notes:
J. W. Black's portrait of Edward Everett is reproduced


Notes:
Article on J. W. Black photographing in Providence, RI


Notes:
J. W. Black is elected to the Executive Committee of the NPA for 1873


Notes:
Blurb: J. W. Black is selling lantern slides of the Great Boston Fire of 1872


Notes:
Reference to J. A. Whipple's views of Latting Tower, and portraits of the Hayes Artic Expedition


Notes:
Dr. John W. Draper's address to the American Photographic Society (as president), mentions Whipple's views of Latting Tower, portraits of the Hayes Artic Expedition, & Black's Balloon photographs as among the high points of the year


Notes:
J. W. Black endorses the Megatype process


Notes:
J. W. Black returns from a European trip with dry plate negatives


Notes:
Blurb: Blair's improved reversible back camera


Notes:
Blurb: Blair Camera Company now sells "Hub" brand dry plates


Notes:
Blurb: T. H. Blair forms a stockhouse in Cincinnati with Mr. Prince, a Cincinnati business man


Notes:
Blurb: The Blair Trophy was won by J. Landry of Cincinnati; Photograph reproduced on pg. 554


Notes:
Volume 8 contains several short submissions and notices of inventions by R. J. Chute


Notes:
Volume 9 contains several short submissions and notices of inventions by R. J. Chute


Notes:
Information regarding R. J. Chute 's studio in Montevideo, Chile, South America


Notes:
R. J. Chute is a frequent contributor to "The Philadelphia Photographer," sometimes writing under the name, Roland Van Weike; Also see #109, pg. 1 & 19


Notes:
Several articles in Vol. 10 by John L. Gihon, under the title, "Hints from the Record of an Artist & Photographer" provide a good overview of R. J. Chute's South American operation


Notes:
Citation for L. W. Chute [sic] of Chute & Brooks, Montevideo, Chile, South America


Notes:
Listed at Tremont Row, Boston, in the "Daguerreian Artists Section," from Vol. 1, #1 (11/1/1850 - Vol. 3, #3 (12/15/1851); Also studios in New York City, Syracuse & Utica


Notes:
A photograph by C. F. Conly is reproduced [Likely May issue, but may be June]


Notes:
Boston photographers meet 10/8/1885 at Conly's studio for a demonstration of Eastman Dry Plates [Meeting is reviewed at length in the Boston Herald]


Notes:
Photography by Conly is reproduced on pg. 578; Information on photograph, pg. 595; Citation regarding Conly, pg. 576


Notes:
[Frontispiece]  A photograph by Conly is reproduced


Notes:
[Frontispiece]  A photograph by Conly is reproduced; Information on pg. 91


Notes:
[Frontispiece]  A photograph by Conly is reproduced; Information on pg. 54


Notes:
Mention of Canada balsam, a key ingredient in Cutting's patent


Notes:
An illustration by Cutting & Turner is reproduced


Notes:
Blurb: Dodge & Leahy open a stockhouse at 113 Washington St, Boston


Notes:
Blurb: Dodge & Leahy manufacture a machine to cancel tax stamps, sells for $7.50


Notes:
B. French is treasurer of the Shaw-Wilcox libel suit fund


Notes:
Benjamin French & Company, along with other stockdealers, contribute to the PAA Convention in NYC, French contributes $100; Range of contributions: $10-100


Notes:
Article on photographic glass by Thomas Gaffield


Notes:
[1902] Several frontispiece photographs by John Andrews & Son in Jan - April issues, 1902 [May not be the Boston photographer]


Notes:
A number of articles related to M. M. Griswold & V.M. Griswold appear in both "Humphrey's Daguerreian Journal" & "The Philadelphia Photographer"; How they relate to Boston's M. M. Griswold is unclear


Notes:
One of several articles related to M. M. Griswold, it is not know if he is the same person as Boston's M. M. Griswold


Notes:
One of several articles on V. M. Griswold, M. M. Griswold's brother, it is not know if the M. M. Griswold is the same person as Boston's M. M. Griswold


Notes:
Listed at 109 Washington St., Boston, in the "Daguerreian Artists Section" of the journal


Notes:
At the Milwaukee convention, A. N. Hardy is elected treasurer of the PAA & vice president for Massachusetts


Notes:
Blurb: G. H. Hastings moves from #147 Tremont Street to #146 on 6/16/1890


Notes:
Blurb: G. H. Hastings, First Vice-President of the PAA moves to a new studio 6/15/1890, "All rooms on 1st floor & only one floor above street"


Notes:
Description of frontispiece photograph by G. H. Hastings


Notes:
[Frontispiece]  Photograph by G. H. Hastings is reproduced


Notes:
Photograph by G. H. Hastings taken under electric lights is reproduced


Notes:
Photograph by G. H. Hastings is reproduced, along with several others in this issue


Notes:
Photograph by Hearn is reproduced [Not confirmed this is Charles W. Hearn of Boston]


Notes:
Description of photographs by J. B. Heywood that appear in this issue of the journal


Notes:
Listed as V. M. Joes [sic], at 142 Washington St., Boston, in the "Daguerreian Artists Section" of the journal; Correction printed in Vol. 2, #2, 6/1/1851 issue


Notes:
Journal index cites an article by G. H. Loomis on pg. 8 of this issue, item not found in microfilm


Notes:
Ca. 4/1874, G. H. Loomis announces the sale of his gallery due to ill health, begins to write on a regular basis for "Anthony's Photographic Bulletin"; All "Boston Correspondence," & "Boston Society Reports" appearing in Vol. 6 & 7 are likely by Loomis


Notes:
Blurb: A. Marshall endorses the Eagle Printing Board


Notes:
In Ads appearing in "The Philadelphia Photographer," Vol. 11& 12, Augustus Marshall is often quoted as endorsing various photographic products


Notes:
[Frontispiece]  A photograph by Augustus Marshall is reproduced


Notes:
Several photographs by Masury & Silsbee are reproduced in Vol. 7 & 8 of the "Photographic and Fine Art Journal


Notes:
Blurb: Brief mention of Masury & Silsbee


Notes:
Letter from Charles R. Mead, NYC, dated Paris, 4/24/1855; On pg. 254 Meade states he met Masury on the Boulevard in Paris, and that Masury was scheduled to return on the same steamer as Meade.


Notes:
"… Musury [sic] & Silsbee of Boston have removed their beautiful specimens from the Crystal Palace."


Notes:
Article on the one bath collodion process by "Helio," a Boston Amateur


Notes:
Letter signed, "Boston," provides a formula for enlarged solar prints, "long used in this city."


Notes:
[pg. not known] Letter from T. I. Bailey, Columbia, TN, dated 9/1854, possibly the 1860 Boston photographer, Tillinghast Bailey, 659 Washington Street


Notes:
Blurb: Howard A. Richardson, Boston, endorses Sheplie's Patented Strip Sealing


Notes:
Reference to A. C. North & Oswald, Toledo, Ohio


Notes:
Photograph by W. C. North, Cleveland, OH is reproduced


Notes:
An illustration by the Heliotype Printing Company, Boston, is reproduced; Many other examples of their work are reproduced in subsequent issues of the journal


Notes:
Joseph L. Bates, 4 Beacon Street, did interior photographs of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Hall [No other information on Joseph L. Bates has been found]


Notes:
W. C. North of Utica responds to a survey on business conditions; In 1877 W. C. North appeared to be in Toledo, OH


Notes:
[End papers]  E. H. Derham of Boston advertises for a position as a carbon printer


Notes:
From brief references in "The Philadelphia Photographer," it appears that W. C. North, possibly  William C. of Boston traveled and photographed in Ohio, and settled in Utica, NY, ca. 1880; Allen C. North was a principal in  North & Oswald, Toledo, OH


Notes:
Blurb: Mrs. Codman (Charles H. Codman & Company, Stockdealers) donates $5 to the Bardwell Fund (a relief fund, which is apparently low on funds)


Notes:
[End papers]  List of PAA members, from Boston: T. H. Blair, B. French, A. N. Hardy, W. H. Partridge, G. F. Parker


Notes:
North & Oswald dissolve their partnership in Toledo, OH, North continues alone


Notes:
[Ads at end]  I. J. Gross is looking for employment in a studio


Notes:
James Hastings [sic, George?] exhibits at the PAA Convention in St. Louis


Notes:
Listed in the "Daguerreian Artist's Register" section of the journal, at 75 Court Street


Notes:
Blurb: "Olmsbee [sic, Ormsbee, likely Marcus] is in a strife with Whipple to excell him in producing the finest crystalotypes."


Notes:
Blurb:  W. H. Partridge is at the Morse Gallery, San Francisco


Notes:
Blurb: An E. J. Partridge, brother of Samuel C. of San Francisco, has become a photographic merchant in Portland, OR


Notes:
Listed in the "Daguerreian Artist's Register" section of the journal, on Washington Street


Notes:
Ad reads: "Daguerreotype, John Sawyer.  Successor to William Shew, dealer in Daguerreotype Apparatus & Materials, wholesale & retail.  Also, Manufacturer of Cases.  # 123 Washington Street, Boston, Mass."


Notes:
A. Southworth, Boston, is an officer of the American Daguerre Association


Notes:
Robert H. Vance was active as a photographer in Boston, ca. 1846


Notes:
List of photographs available from R. H. Vance


Notes:
R. H. Vance contributes 50 francs to a fund for erecting a monument to Daguerre & Niepce in France


Notes:
Blurb: R. H. Vance of San Francisco was recently in New York City


Notes:
Blurb: List of the "Best Artists" includes Whipple, along with Brady, Morand, Gurney, & Root


Notes:
In a report on the World's Fair, Whipple is the only Boston photographer mentioned; He exhibited 5 single portraits, 3 family groups (9, 7, & 3 people), & a daguerreotype of the moon


Notes:
Several photographs by Whipple are reproduced in Vol. 7 of the journal, including crystalotypes


Notes:
Several photographs by Whipple are reproduced in Vol. 8 of the journal


Notes:
Notice that the following individuals are teaching the paper process: Whipple of Boston, Prevost of New York, Richards of Philadelphia


Notes:
Whipple wins the top prize, a sliver medal, for crystalotypes at the 1853 International Exposition in New York (The Crystal Palace)


Notes:
[Frontispiece]  A photograph by Whipple & Black is reproduced


Notes:
A photograph by Whipple & Black is reproduced


Notes:
Whipple experiments with 4 x 5 glass negatives


Notes:
[page missing from microfilm] Illustration of Wing's Card Camera (for making CDV's)


Notes:
Blurb: Cities disapproval of "Humphrey's Journal" for "subserviency to all sorts of Humbugs," perhaps in reference to Cutting's patents


Notes:
[In "Specialties" section, no page number]  Ad for Heywood


Notes:
[No page number]  Notice regarding Fraud


Notes:
Ads for Boston photographers: February (pg. 66, 67), May (pg. 163), August (pg. 223)


Notes:
Ads for Boston photographers: February (pg. 68), August (pg. 261), November (pg. 353), December (pg. 393)


Notes:
Ads for Boston photographers: January (pg. xi), May (pg. 165), September (pg. 289), November (pg. 354), December (pg. 387)


Notes:
Ads for Boston photographers: June (pg. 194), July (pg. 228), September (pg. 355), November ( pg. 387, 389), December (pg. 418, 420-421)


Notes:
Ads for Boston photographers: June (pg. 195), September (pg. 291), October (pg. 325), November (pg. 355), December (pg. 388)


Notes:
Ads for Boston photographers: February (pg. 66)


Notes:
Ads for Boston photographers: Front Index (pg. i, ii, iv)


Notes:
Samuel Masury comments on the Cutting patent suits


Notes:
Mention of Luther Holman Hale and John Adams Whipple in a article on the state of daguerreian art


Notes:
In an article on Edward Everett, author refers to the crystalotype of Everett by J. W. Black from a daguerreotype by Masury & Silsbee, "Two the best artistic operators in the U.S."


