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Asa new discoveries Ames.(Critical essay)(Cover story)
Sometime between 1849 and his death in 1851 a young carver named Asa Ames in Evans, Erie County, New York, decided to have his picture taken (Fig. 2). He opted for the daguerreotype process rather than a painted portrait, and he purchased a quarter-plate size though the composition he envisioned was complex for the small format. The plate itself is marked "SCOVILLS" for the firm that manufactured the coated copperplates used in the daguerreotype process from about 1839 to 1850, but there is no indication of the identity of the photographer or the studio where it was made.(1) The carefully arranged image is at once occupational and autobiographical in nature, and there is a ...
- AMES STEPS CLOSER TO NEW YORK.(Ames Department Stores Inc. opens in New...
- Magazine article from: WWD Brookman, Faye March 30, 2001 700+ words
...Pennsylvania. Although Ames, based in Rocky Hill...stores to the metropolitan New York market. It is also one...relatively new category for Ames, is situated at the front...products are primarily from a New York-based company called...Spokeswoman Mary McCabe said Ames "edits" ...
- Ames to Celebrate the Grand Opening of Three New York Stores On July 20; New...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 17, 2000 700+ words
...WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Ames Department Stores, Inc...opening of three additional New York stores on July 20, 2000...store count to 95. New Ames locations in Vestal...presence in these areas of New York," noted Ames' chairman and chief executive...
- Ames Department Stores, Inc. Celebrates the Grand Opening of Its 96th Store in...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 16, 2000 700+ words
...Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMES) announced today it would...Opening of its newest New York location on October 19...store to open this year. Ames celebrated the opening of a Schenectady, New York location last July 20, 2000. With the opening of Ames' Latham store, located...
- Ames to Open New Store in Vestal, New York.
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 7, 2000 700+ words
...Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMES) today announced that it...its ninety-fifth store in New York in July 2000. Ames has entered into a lease agreement...Vestal Parkway in Vestal, New York. Joseph R. Ettore, Ames' Chairman and Chief Executive...
- Ames Celebrates the Grand Openings of Two New Stores in New York and New Jersey.
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 28, 1999 700+ words
...Oct. 28, 1999-- Ames Department Stores, Inc...stores in Hyde Park, New York and Somerdale, New Jersey...most remarkable year in Ames history, with 163 new...to open new stores in New York and New Jersey where Ames has had such positive...
- Fires at 3 Ames' units in New York State. (department store fires)
- Magazine article from: Daily News Record November 23, 1987 700+ words
Fires at 3 Ames' Units in New York State Three suspicious fires within a week have resulted in the destruction of one Ames Department store in central New York State and caused minor damage to two others. Late last...
- Ames to open new store in Kingston, New York.
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 11, 1996 700+ words
...WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1996--Ames Department Stores Inc. announced...will open its 75th store in New York State in March 1997. The 78...N.Y. Joseph R. Ettore, Ames' president and chief executive...shop for the entire family. Ames stores are stocked with a wide...
- Type A: Ten in One Gallery. (Reviews: New York).(Adam Ames and Andrew...
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Schwendener, Martha April 1, 2002 700+ words
...Type A, the collaborative team of New York artists Adam Ames and Andrew Bordwin, has been exploring...over which a rope has been slung; Ames and Bordwin approach, grab opposite...dispassionately begin to climb. Ames gets to the top first (not without...
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