Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-11-12
FIRST PREMIUM AGAIN!
Being the Seventh time Received
Against ALI Competitors
r, Ell, VANCE,
Corner Montgomery and Sacramento
Streets, San Francisco.

IIAVING again received the First Premium awarded
II at the State Fair for the best Ambrotypes and Pho
tOEraphs-it Is guaranteed that all who IavUr me Wh
call to obtain better work than can be produced
at any other In the State. wOnld say to my pa
irons that am now producing better work than ever ut
much
REDUCED PRICES
to conform to the times Having reducSd my prices
than ~ per cent need hereafter 10 second
establishments on account OF price
1t has been acknowledged by All that during the past
California; In the perfection OF my pictures there are
thousands who claim that they nTe unsurpassed in the
world.
Our Plain Photographs have been e1nallcl, and
they In the Eastern States to be superior
to any taken there or In Europe
Our Crnyon Portraits from miniature TO life size can
no: be surpassed. have secured the best talent the
State to work them.
Hereafter India lux Photographs will be superior to
anything In this branch Of the before executed
this country A. warrant for tia assertion have only
10 inform the public that have made arrangements for
my India lux work, with the Nal Bros., aud with Mr..
Elouard twhO has recently arrived from EurOpe) and
have an European reputation.
Colored Photographs.
Ihave received the assistance Of two more Of the best
Artists In the State, In connection with Mr. Wse whoae
reputation rs Artist we'll known to color Photographs
In Oil Water coOrs. Those wishing COlOred phOto-
graphs either on paper or canvass, hereafter de.
pend upon the perfection Of the work with more dispatch
than heretofore.
BrImg The owner Of
James A. Cuttings Patent Right
for AtmosphcrcaIy seaIlng AmbrotypeS shall continue
to give my patrons the
Genuine Patent Ambrotypes
At the reduced prIces and would take this method Of
warning the public against pictures taken other rooms
called Ambrotypes but which taken upon the cheap
est quality Of glass; and put up UEsRALED thus rendering
them lnbe to be destroyed by change Of climate, damp
and other accidents to which all the old DaRuer
rotypes liable. All the AmbrOtypes taken by me are
upon thick Plate Glass; aud AtnlOspherCay Sealed and
will stand FOREVER
You have but to ask yoursefthe simple queston-whch
will last the longest picture firmly sealed between
that picture not sealed dampness will collect IN the
space between the two glasses and passing the pic.
ture will spot II, and In time wholly destroy while
the sealed picture dampnees collect there 40
sPAcE between the two glasses.
have also introduced into my establishment etereo-
Scopc likeness glass; the only Of the knd taken
places In the State with forty different Views taken In the
Yosemite Valley (lncludng lite Immense water falls one Of
which 10 twenty-five hundred feet high) and Of the Mari.
Big Trees, one Of which Is ninety four feet In crcum
ference
Duplicates Of the above views can be furnished II or
dered.
IhaVe arranged my business that hereafter shall be
at my at all times, to attend personally my PA
irons and with the assistance OF my operators who have
been with for years. and Of the other attaches OF my
establishment, can safely guarantee that all who favor
me with cali will receive the best OF work with djsuach
as have FOUR Operating Rooms, and FIVE distinct
Lights, which enables 20 Suit the Light to the various
Styles Of Features, by which
Perfect LtkeMeSseS
or oil may be obtained and without detention to nv nu.
merOus customers HAVING FOUR TIMES the capacity Of
any other room In the State.
Instructions given In the art and Cameras Cases. Plates
and Chemicals constantly hand and for sale New
EW REMEMBER TIE PLACE.
R.H. VANCE,
Cor Montgomery and Sacramento StS San Francisco Cal
Branch Gallery, Corner Third and Sts, Sacramento.
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