Eliphalet J. Foss
Eliphalet J. Foss (1840–1922/1923) or E.J. Foss was an American photographer active in Boston, Massachusetts. He lived/worked on Tremont Row.[1][2] He belonged to the Boston Photographic Association;[3][4] contemporaries included Thomas Rice Burnham. Around 1880, his business was taken over by A.B. Eaton.[5] Examples of Foss' work are in Harvard University, the Henry Ford Museum, and Massachusetts Historical Society. His wife was the elocutionist, Louise Woodworth Foss.
References[]
- ^ "Photographists". Boston Directory. 1868.
- ^ Boston Directory. 1873.
- ^ "Photographers' Exhibition". Philadelphia Photographer. 1874.
- ^ Year-book of Photography ... 1883, London, 1883
- ^ A.B. Eaton, Photographer, Successor to E.J. Foss, 171 1-2 Tremont Street, Boston, (MA). "Bust portrait, young lady with fur hat and flower scarf" – via Yale University.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) circa 1880
Further reading[]
- "Boston Correspondence", Photographic Times, NY: Scoville Manufacturing, 2, April 1872 (includes enthusiastic description of Foss' studio and equipment)
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Categories:
- American portrait photographers
- 1840 births
- 1920s deaths
- Photographers from Massachusetts
- Artists from Boston
- 19th century in Boston
- 19th-century American photographers