Mr. Anson
1866, 13 April
Mr. Anson

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Published in J. Werge "Rambles among the Studios of New York: p.171-173 in "The Photographic News", Vol.X, No.397, April 13, 1866.
 
The first gallery of this description, making such an attractive show on the street, was opened by Mr. Anson several years before, right opposite the Metropolitan Hotel, and was quite a success. Mr. Anson made his business popular, in the Daguerreotype days, by giving a "large size" picture for fifty cents (two shillings sterling). For this small sum a first-class sixth-size Daguerreotype in a good case was given. Afterwards, Mr. Anson continued and increased the popularity of his establishment by giving life-sized photographs coloured in oil at the back, and which he called Diaphanotypes, and gave them, framed and all complete, for fifty dollars. Mr. Anson seems to have had the knack of sticking to "fifties," and making the "fifties" stick to himself, for I learn that he has since retired with an ample fortune.
 
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