On this day (September 12) in the year 1848, the following advertisement appeared in the "Boston Daily Evening Transcript: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (This advertisement is headed with a small wood-engraving of a eagle over an embellished, round crest: "PLUMBE'S DAGUERREOTYPES / 50 CENTS / 75 COURT St. BOSTON / GOLD MEDAL AWARDED TO PLUMBE") R. PLUMBE, 75 COURT STREET, the only manu- facturer in the world of the following novel and beauti- ful Plumbeotype articles, for which measures have been taken to secure a Patent, viz: Breast and Scarf Pins; Walking Canes; Heads for Canes, Umbrellas and Para- sols; Medals: bureau and Door Knobs; Curtain and Hat Pins; Work, Wafer and Snuff Boxes; Coat, Vest and Ladies' Buttons; Ink and Cologne Stands; Letter Stamps; Thread Spools; Ornamental Screws; Furniture Ornaments; Picture Frames; Mantel Ornaments, &c. These articles are embellished with PLUMBEOTYPES of Distinguished characters, such as all the different Can- didates for the Presidency: Messrs J. Q. Adams, Web- ster, Clay, Calhoun, Winthrop, Choate, Hale, Longel- low, Neal, Conrad, Halleck, Poe, Pakenham, &c; and the exceedingly low prices at which they are sold aston- ish every purchaser. 1c sept12 (Note from Gary: This advertisement is intriguing: Are these "Plumbeotype "embellishments" referring to daguerreotypes or rather to lithographs/engravings made from Plumbe daguerreotypes? Does anybody know of extant examples? And is the "R." in "R. Plumbe" a mis-print instead of a "J." for "John"? Or is this another Plumbe-relative operating a side business of daguerreian-embellished articles?) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 09-12-96