M.E. Beckwith & Son (Photographic Artists, Cleveland, Ohio)
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Photographer's trade card for M.E. Beckwith & Son, Photographic Artists, Cor. Pearl and Detroit Streets, Cleveland, Ohio

Trade card
Private collection of Roberta Etter
M.E. Beckwith & Son, Photographic Artists, Cleveland, Ohio. Nice picture of Sara Bernhardt, on the back is a lengthy description of what the Beckwith´s have on offer. Starting with the fact they were established in 1850 and that they use “no iron headres
 
M. E. BECKWITH & SON, Photographers
 
1st. We are the Pioneer Photographers of the West Side. Established in 1850.
 
2nd. We have an elegant suit of Photographic Apartments and the best instruments to be found.
 
3rd. Our Gallery is the easiest of access of any in the city, being located at the corner of Pearl and Detroit Streets. Every Street Car – Lorain, Pearl, Detroit, or West Side – will bring you within a block of our Gallery, thus saving the time and trouble of climbing long flights of stairs, or walking long distances.
 
4th. We use the best products of chemistry, and guarantee perfect satisfaction in every order, or make no charge. By our new process, we are enabled to make Rich, Brilliant, and Lasting Pictures at greatly reduced prices.
 
5th. By sitting to us, you are certain to get a perfect likeness, as we photograph everything by the New Instantaneous Process.
 
6th. We have a new Galvano Bromide Instantaneous Process, by which we can make finished Portraits from any photograph or picture of any kind, even if faded, and make them any size, at less than half the cost of any other method.
 
7th. We have new and improved processes for finishing photographs in Oil, India Ink, Pastel, Crayon, and Water Colors, either life-size or cabinet size, and finish them in the highest style of art.
 
8th. We make groups of any number, and all kinds of outdoor views by our Special Artist, furnishing the best work at the lowest rates.
 
9th. We will furnish free sittings to any person not suited without extra charge, bearing the burden of proof to secure satisfaction.
 
10th. We make a specialty of photographing children, using a new process which enables us to succeed with the most difficult subjects.
 
11th. We make all kinds and sizes of Portraits, including the celebrated Paris Panels, Boudoirs, Cabinets, and Cards, and furnish Duplicate Pictures at greatly reduced rates.
 
12th. Our prices are lower than at First Class Galleries on the East Side.
 
13th. We keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Frames, Albums, Mats, and Passepartouts, at prices lower than the lowest.
 
14th. We make Tintypes, Photographs, and all kinds of Pictures in all styles and sizes, at prices ranging from 25 cents upward.
 
15th. We make Large Family Portraits, 11 x 18, at $2.00, including the Frame, Glass, and Back, and guarantee them to give satisfaction.
 
Our Gallery is located at the corner of Pearl and Detroit Streets, Cleveland, O.
 
M. E. BECKWITH & SON,
 
Pearl and Detroit St
 
CLEVELAND, O.”
 
LL/61666