On this day (November 1) in the year 1856, the following advertisements appeared in the "Public Ledger" (Philadelphia; Vol. XLII, No. 36.) Today's group of brief items demonstrates the demise of the daguerreotype and its supplanting by both paper photography and the ambrotype. - - - - - - - - - - - FROM AN ORDINARY Daguerreotype a beautiful Photograph may be made, of any size, either in oil or water colors, Indian ink or Crayon, by applying to McClees, Photographer, No. 160 Chesnut street, near Jones' Hotel. * * * * * * THE MOST FASTIDIOUS are pleased with their Daguerreotypes or Ambrotypes, if made at REI- MER's Rooms, SECOND Street, above Green. *313 * * * * * COLORED PHOTOGRAPH MINIATURES for the coming Holidays, are made in great numbers at GERMON'S Rooms, 168 CHESNUT St. *420 * * * * * DAGUERREOTYPE MINIATURES and POR- TRAITS faithfully copied and colored, true to the original, by the Photograph process, at GER- MON'S ROOMS. 168 CHESNUT St. no1-1t*421 * * * * * A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY --Any one wishing to learn the DAGUERREOTYPE BU- SINESS, with all the new improvements, will call at BENNET'S, S. E. corner of EIGHT and RACE Streets, over the Drug Store. no1-1t*327 -------------------------------------------------------------- 11-01-97