Two related items today... On this day (August 27) in the year 1853, the following advertisement appeared in the "New York Clipper" (a weekly paper. The ad ran for a couple of months.): - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DAGUEEREOTYPE HATS RAFFERTY & LEASK are selling their beautiful Drab, Beaver, and Pearl Felt Hats at their usual low price of $3 and $4; and in addition giving each customer his likeness in his hat, free of charge. They are the only Hatters in the U.S. that can do this. Rafferty & Leask No. 57 Chatham, opposite Chambers and on the corner of Chatham and Pearl Streets. (With thanks to Philip F. Gura for the above.) * * * * * * * * * * * * The following related advertisement appeared in the August 1854 issue of the "American Phrenological Journal" (New York; [a monthly journal.] page 45): HAVE YOUR DAGUERREOTYPE I N Y O U R H A T F R E E O F C H A R G E . --------- FALL FASHIONS FOR HATS READY. --------- RAFFERTY AND LEASK, THE CELEBRATED D A G U E R R E A N H A T T E R S, HAVE introduced, their FALL STYLE of Hats, and assure the Hat-buying public, that nothing superior, either in regard to taste, material or workmanship, can be bought in the city for the same money. BEAVER AND MOLESKIN HATS, $3 AND $4, Soft Hats, Fur and Wool; fine CAPS, of every style and shape; UMBRELLAS, &c., &c., RAFFERTY & LEASK Aug 1t. D. tr. 57 Chatham street, and corner Chatham and Pearl. (Another mention of Rafferty and Leask can be found in a previous DagNews post: http://www.daguerre.org/resource/dagnews/05-28-95.html) -------------------------------------------------------------- 08-27-97