Deloss Barnum Explained

Isaac Deloss Barnum
Birth Date:1 November 1825
Occupation:Photographer
Spouse:Harriet Jane Waters

Deloss Barnum (1825 - 1873) was a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts and New York, in the mid-19th century.

Early Life

He lived and worked on his family's farm in Otisco, New York until at least 1850.

Career

Around 1857 he kept a daguerreotype studio on Winter Street in Boston; by 1858 he had moved to Commercial Street.[1] In 1856-1860 he lived in Roxbury.[2] He participated in the 1860 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.[3] He moved back to New York by 1865 and was a farmer and photographer in Cortland. He died there at the age of 47 on October 7, 1873.[4]

During his career he was referred to by several variant names: D. Barnum; Deblois Barnum;[5] Delos Barnum;[6] DeLos Barnum;[7] and Deloss Barnum.[8]

External links

Image gallery

Photographs by Deloss Barnum:

Notes and References

  1. Boston Directory. 1857, 1858.
  2. Boston Directory. 1856.
  3. 9th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association at Faneuil and Quincy Halls in the City of Boston, September 1860; p.122-123.
  4. News: DIED. . The Cortland County Standard and Journal . October 7, 1873.
  5. Collection guide to the Longfellow National Historic Site House and Grounds Photograph Collection, 1855-1970. 2002; p.11.
  6. Boston Directory. 1856, 1857, 1858.
  7. Collection guide to the Longfellow National Historic Site House and Grounds Photograph Collection, 1855-1970. 2002; p.11.
  8. WorldCat. Barnum, Deloss