Found this in Craig's Daguerreian Registry - http://craigcamera.com/dag/


Watson, John F.

Or John S. Watson, daguerreian and lithographer, Philadelphia, Pa., 1841-1851. In 1841 he was listed as a daguerreian at the northeast corner of Eighth and Lodge Streets. He was not listed again until 1847, when he appeared as a lithographer at 80-1/2 Walnut Street. He was listed as a lithographer until 1851. Another source placed Watson at the northwest corner of 8th Street and Lodge Alley, opposite Robert Cornelius' establishment, in 1840. He advertised as the successor to Cornelius from November, 1840 until April, 1841. Information corrected to November, 1997; © 1996, 1997 John S. Craig
Hope this helps.

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On 13 May 2012, at 20:17, Shannon Lefebvre wrote:

We were scanning old case photos today and one of them had the image package fall out on its own, revealing a notation in apparently original handwriting behind that says

[P M?] Cole  Taken by W L German Sept 9th 1846 80 1/2 Walnut St below 4th [Nott?]

If there are typos, please forgive, the handwriting was old.  The written paper in the cover (probably later and we are guessing erroneous) Identifies as Robert Stewart, and he looks too young for any Dag if he was born c 1800, about in his 20s, holding a book with pictures in it.

I did search the 1846 McElroy's (Phil) as posted online, and most of the studios seem to be on Chestnut.  What are the odds that this is in another city?  Does anyone know of a resource to locate this address?

Thank you!
Shannon Lefebvre, MA
Curator, Pottstown Historical Society

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