Edward Mead & Co. (St. Louis photographic dealer) 1874, 3 March Bill of lading
Ephemera Capitol Gallery Courtesy of Capitol Gallery (Spring 2008 Auction)
Great piece of ephemera for a St. Louis photographic dealer, Edward Mead & Co. According to Craig's Registry, Mead was first listed in St. Louis in 1851 as selling daguerreian instruments, cases, and chemicals. This particular bill of lading reads Dealers in Every Description of Photograph and Ambrotype Materials. What is interesting is that the date, March 3, 1874, is very late for the ambrotype process. The bill came to $48.10 and is signed by Mead. Pencil inscriptions on the back read glass, collodion, silver, cyanide, etc.
