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.Boston Directory. 1857, 1858. In 1856-1860 he lived in Roxbury.Boston Directory. 1856. He participated in the 1860 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.9th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association at Faneuil and Quincy Halls in the City of Boston, September 1860; p.122-123. 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.
During his career he was referred to by several variant names: D. Barnum; Deblois Barnum;Collection guide to the Longfellow National Historic Site House and Grounds Photograph Collection, 1855-1970. 2002; p.11. Delos Barnum;Boston Directory. 1856, 1857, 1858. DeLos Barnum;Collection guide to the Longfellow National Historic Site House and Grounds Photograph Collection, 1855-1970. 2002; p.11. and Deloss Barnum.WorldCat. Barnum, Deloss
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New York Public Library has hundreds of stereoscope images by D. Barnum. Library of Congress. Sunnyside, home of Washington Irving, NY. (includes info related to Barnum)
Image gallery Photographs by Deloss Barnum