September 1890: Lafayette’s Photographic Studios (Daylight and Electric) Open on Monday the 15th
On Thursday the 11th of September, 1890, one of the Public Notices on the front page of The Glasgow Herald
informed readers that Mon. Lafayette’s Photographic Studios (Daylight and Electric) would open on Monday
the 15th. He was, by Royal Warrant, Photographer to Queen Victoria.
Potential clients were notified about the “MAGNIFICENT SUITES OF STUDIOS” which Lafayette had erected
in Gordon Street, at numbers 11, 13, 15, 17, and 19. The advertisement has prices for Cabinet Size photographs,
in two positions, and also for Cartes de Visit. “Inspection of his numerous specimens” was invited.
A similar advertisement is on the front page of the Herald, on Monday the 15th.
George Fairfull-Smith, October 2022.