Deloss Barnum

Boston Public Garden, ca.1860, by D.Barnum

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

Around 1857 Barnum kept a daguerreotype studio on Winter Street in Boston; by 1858 he'd 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. "Of the stereoscopic pictures many of those exhibited by Mr. Deloss Barnum are remarkable for their clearness and delicacy of execution."^[3]

During his career he was referred to by several variant names: D. Barnum; Deblois Barnum^[4]; Delos Barnum^[5]; DeLos Barnum^[6]; and Deloss Barnum.^[7]

In the 1870s he appeared in Cortland, New York.^[8] He died October 7, 1873 in Cortland.^[9]

Image gallery

Photos by Barnum

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  Academy of Music, Brooklyn

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  Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, New York

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  High Rock Spring, Saratoga Springs, New York, ca.1865

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  Inauguration of Daniel Webster statue, Massachusetts State House, Boston, September 17, 1959.

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  Flower garden, Southern Tier, NY

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  Mount Auburn Cemetery, Massachusetts

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  Old Feather Store, Boston, ca.1860

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  Crowd waiting near Boston Common for the Prince of Wales, October 18, 1860; photo by Barnum

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  Picnic

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. ^ Collection guide to the Longfellow National Historic Site House and Grounds Photograph Collection, 1855-1970. 2002; p.11.
5. ^ Boston Directory. 1856, 1857, 1858.
6. ^ Collection guide to the Longfellow National Historic Site House and Grounds Photograph Collection, 1855-1970. 2002; p.11.
7. ^ WorldCat
8. ^ http://www.libraries.psu.edu/speccolls/FindingAids/darrahindex/photod.htm
9. ^ "Died. Barnum - In this village, on the 1st inst., after a short illness, Mr. Delos Barnum, aged 48 years. The sudden departure of our friend has given a shock to the community; many of his associates not hearing of his illness until the rapid strides of disease had carried him past all hope of recovery. A faithful husband, a fond father, a genial citizen, and thoroughly honest and sincere nature, Delos BARNUM will be greatly missed." Cf. Cortland County Standard and Journal, 1873. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/cortland/vitals/csd1873.htm

External links

• Library of Congress. Sunnyside, home of Washington Irving, NY.
• New York Public Library has many stereoscope images by D. Barnum.

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Name	Barnum, Deloss
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Date of birth	1825
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Date of death	1873
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