LEADING  MANUFACTURERS  AND  MERCHANTS  CITY  OF  BROOKLYN


A. W. SILKWORTH

Photographic Artist
No. 261 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint L. I.-

The reliable and popular photograph gallery of Mr. A. W. Silkworth, located 
at No. 261 Manhattan Avenue, in Greenpoint, was established by that gentleman 
in the year 1883.  

He now does an extensive business, and enjoys an enviable reputation as a 
first-class artist, both at home and abroad. The reception-room is located 
on the first floor, is 20x100 feet in size, and handsomely fitted up in 
drawing-room style. The operating room is provided with every modern appliance 
and facility known to the business, and the best means are utilized for 
producing fine work in every branch of the profession. 

Three experienced operators and assistants are employed, and every description 
of photographic work is produced, from the simple carte to the elegant 
life-size photograph. Copying and enlarging are also specialties of the 
business, and the instantaneous process is used in sittings with the greatest 
success. 

Mr. Silkworth is an artist of acknowledged natural ability, and has received 
that cultivation and training which are so necessary to success, having had 
seven years' practice in the business, four years of which were passed with 
ROCKWOOD, the artist, on Union Square, New York. 

He is a native of Greenpoint. 

A clever artist an accomplished operator and a practical photographer, fully 
in love with the art and striving to elevate the standard of his work continually. 
He is also an active, enterprising, and reliable business man, and very popular 
with his patrons. 


With Special Thanks to: Cathy Harrison Speciale
Transcribed exclusively for the Brooklyn Genealogical Information Pages: Nancy E Lutz

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