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Deloss Barnum

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Isaac Deloss Barnum
Born(1825-11-01)November 1, 1825
DiedOctober 1, 1873(1873-10-01) (aged 47)
OccupationPhotographer
SpouseHarriet Jane Waters

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

Early life

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

Career

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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]

References

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  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. ^ "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
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Photographs by Deloss Barnum