On this day (January 19) in the year 1854, the following advertisement appeared in the "California Courier" (San Francisco): - - - - - - Excelsior Gallery. STARR & JOHNSON'S Daguerrean Rooms.--Daguerreotypes and Stereo- scopes now taken in THREE SE- CONDS! Family Groups and Children taken with life-like accuracy.-- Messrs. STARR & JOHNSON have now completed their new arrange- ments, and have conformed their sky- lights to the new inventions in the Art. The celebrated Stereoscopes will be taken by them in the greatest perfec- tion, and they can now say that their galleries and facilities for taking like- nesses are equal to any in the world, and excelled by none. Ladies and gen- tlemen are invited to view their exten- sive establishment, and see speci- mens. Prices to suit the times. Jan. 19, RABE'S BUILDING, 163 Clay st. -------------------------------------------------------------- 01-19-00