1854
Advert for "Daguerreotype Hats!, Rafferty & Leask, The Chatham Street Hatters"

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New York City Bar
Posted by Roberta Etter, Facebook, "The Daguerreian Society" page, 23 August 2015
 
A New Invention!
Daguerreotype Hats!
Rafferty & Leask,
The Chatham Street Hatters,
Desire to inform the public that they have invented a new style of HATS, to which they invite attention.
They insert in the lining of every hat a Daguerreotype likeness of each customer or any of their Friends, Free of Charge. They have built a Gallery at their Establishment,
No. 57 Chatham Street,
(Opposite Chambers,)
And have acquired the services of one of the best Artists of the City, and are not prepared to furnish every Customer with his own Likeness, Free of Charge.
They have applied to the Patent Office of the United States for a Patent for this invention, and caution dealers against infringing upon their right.
Rafferty & Leask,
57 Chatham Street, opposite: Chambers,
and
At their Old Strand, cor. Chatham and Pearl Streets.
 
Published in [William H. Smith], 1854, Smith's Brooklyn City Directory for 1854 & 1855: Being a General Directory of the Inhabitants, and A Street and Avenue Guide, (Brooklyn: William H. Smith)
 
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