B W Barrett

Photographer: B. W. Barrett
Home Portrait Co.
41 N. Main St. Kokomo, Ind.
example from LOST GALLERY

There were many newspaper articles mentioning B. W. Barrett in North Carolina, Georgia, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Louisiana. None of these could be connected to being a photographer in Indiana.

There were many small ads for Home Portrait Co. in Indiana newspapers of Indianapolis, Bookville and Fort Wayne but none seemed connected to a studio at 41 N Main, in Kokomo, IN.

Unfortunately too, there are no Kokomo, IN, city directories available before 1913.

Home Portrait Company of Indianapolis apparently had several people working under that name as photographers and agents.

Here are a few cabinet card era photographers named Barrett:
Mrs B. J. Barrett of Pasadena, CA
B. W. Barrett of London, England
Charles Barrett of San Francisco, CA
C F Barrett of Hamptonm, IA
Charles W. Barrett of Springfield, MA
Frank W. Barrett of Barre, VT
George Barrett of Philadelphia, PA
James W. Barrett of Lockport, NY
J. W. Barrett of La Salle, IL
Robert W. Barrett of New York, NY

One could speculate that B. W. Barrett of Kokomo, IN, was only in business a short time. Perhaps if another card done by B W Barrett turns up it will help pinpoint this photographer. One that is dated would help a lot.

Photographer: B. W. Barrett
Home Portrait Co.
41 N. Main St. Kokomo, Ind.
example from auction site

photographer:W F Barrett
Attica, IN
example from auction site
(No connection has been made
with B W Barrett of Kokomo, IN)

photographer: W F Barrett
Attica, IN
example from the collection of mj aux on Flickr
(No connection has been made
with B W Barrett of Kokomo, IN)

photographer: Barrett
1114 Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL
example from auction site
no connection to Barrett of Indiana has been made

Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. All the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY are listed there.

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