PHOTOGRAPHS! Ambrotypes. L. W. F. Mark, late of Boston, has now the pleasure of informing the inhabitants of this town and vicinity, that he has taken rooms at for a few days only, for the purpose of taking Photographs, Ambrotypes, and Lettertypes

[Photographic Literature and Ephemera] [L.W.F. Mark]

Verlag: New England, 1850

Beschreibung

A charming broadside advertising the services of the itinerant photographer L.W.F. Mark of Boston and his photographic equipment. Itinerant photographers travelled through towns offering their services beginning with the invention of the daguerreotype in the late 1840s and continuing through the eras of varied photographic processes. This example is most likely from the late 1850s or early 1860s, though it is undated, as tintypes replaced ambrotypes by the early 1860s. The broadside advertises his "superior German Instruments, and the best of Stock," promises "to please even the most fastidious" and implores potential customers to "Come One, Come All, Give the Lame Man a Call!" It is unclear what this refers to, as the illustration of the photographer gives no hint as to his ailment. A fine example with minimal foxing to extremities. Three separate OCLC entries locate a total of six copies held institutionally. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers List118

Bibliografische Details

Titel: PHOTOGRAPHS! Ambrotypes. L. W. F. Mark, late...

Verlag: New England

Erscheinungsdatum: 1850

Einband: 6 1/2 x 9 inches

Zustand: Fine

Auflage: First Edition.