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 THE DAGUERREOTYPE: AN ARCHIVE OF SOURCE TEXTS, GRAPHICS, AND EPHEMERA


  The research archive of Gary W. Ewer regarding the history of the daguerreotype

On this day (July 5) in the year 1852, the following advertisements appeared in the "New-York Daily Tribune" (Vol. No. ): - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...under the "Business Notices" (pg.4).. DO IT, NOR LEAVE THE TASK TO ME. If, the Fourth of July you would properly spend. Take your wife if you have one, if not take a friend, Go to ROOT'S for your pictures, and as years roll by You'll remember with pleasure this Fourth of July. _______________________________________________________ BRADY'S National Gallery of Da- guerreotypes, No. 265 Broadway, containing the largest col- lection of valuable Portraits in existence, will be open on Monday, the 5th of July, from 8 A.M. till 6 P.M. All in want of fine Pictures are invited to call. ...in pg. 7 "[Advertisements.]": To enjoy the Fourth of July, go to ROOT'S for your Picture, for you know Keats says-- "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." ----------------------------------------------------------------- 07-05-96

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