Illustrated Boston : the metropolis of New England containing also reviews of its principal environs . NJ. FRENCH A CO., Dealers. Importers ami Manufacturersof Photographic Materials, Etc, No. .no Washington Street.—Boston as the recognized centre of mercantile activity InNew England affords very favorable openings for well-con-sidered enterprises In every branch of trade. Prominent amongthese at the present day are the sale. Importation and manufactureof photographic materials. A representative and the oldest es-tablished bouse In the city, and in fact In the United 8tatesactivelyengaged In l
Illustrated Boston : the metropolis of New England containing also reviews of its principal environs . NJ. FRENCH A CO., Dealers. Importers ami Manufacturersof Photographic Materials, Etc, No. .no Washington Street.—Boston as the recognized centre of mercantile activity InNew England affords very favorable openings for well-con-sidered enterprises In every branch of trade. Prominent amongthese at the present day are the sale. Importation and manufactureof photographic materials. A representative and the oldest es-tablished bouse In the city, and in fact In the United 8tatesactivelyengaged In litis growing trade is that of Messrs. BenJ. French &Co., whose office and salesrooms are located at No. 319 WashingtonStreet, opposite the old South Churcj. Mr. BcnJ. French, who issole proprietor, Is a native of Lebanon, N. II. Mr. French was lo-cated at No. 109 Washington Street, for twenty years, and hasbeen twenty-eight years at the present location. He Is now sixty-nine years old, and came to Boston in 1810. Early learning thephotographic an he engaged successfully in the business as an. operator, and in 1846 turned his attention to dealing in photo-graphic supplies, and has kept fully np to the advancement andrequirements of the times. The premises occupied comprise aspacious and well equipped store 35x125 feet in dimensions. Thestock, which is the largest and best selected In Boston, iucludescameras, lenses, dry plates, printing and toning outfits, tripods,lanterns pure chemicals and all kinds of photographic materials,which are offered to customers at extremely low prices. makes a specialty of amateur photographic outfits. He issole agent for the Voigtlander & Son and Darlot lenses, and theTrapp & Munch Albumen Paper. The Voigtlander lenses haveattained such world-wide tame, and continue to be universallyreeognlzed as the very finest lenses ever constructed, that It wouldbe superfluous to dwell on their rapid growth, their unequalledpowers, and the numerous
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