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Eliphalet J. Foss

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American photographer

Eliphalet J. Foss or E.J. Foss (1840–1922 or 1923) was an American photographer active in Boston, Massachusetts. He lived and worked on Tremont Row. He belonged to the Boston Photographic Association; contemporaries included Thomas Rice Burnham. Around 1880, his business was taken over by A.B. Eaton. Examples of his work are in Harvard University, the Henry Ford Museum, and Massachusetts Historical Society. His wife was elocutionist Louise Woodworth Foss.

References

  1. "Photographists". Boston Directory. 1868.
  2. Boston Directory. 1873.
  3. "Photographers' Exhibition". Philadelphia Photographer. 1874.
  4. Year-book of Photography ... 1883, London, 1883{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) circa 1880

Further reading

  • "Boston Correspondence", Photographic Times, vol. 2, NY: Scoville Manufacturing, April 1872 (includes enthusiastic description of Foss' studio and equipment)
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