Barr, David P., b. 1839. (Artisan or Artist entry)
Name Variations
Barr, D. P.
Occupation(s)
Photographers
Associated Dates
b. 1839 ; active in Texas 1870 - ca. 1920
Associated Places
San Antonio (Bexar County, Tex.) ; Houston (Harris County, Tex.) ; Ill. ; Ky. ; Oh.
Associated Artisans or Artists
Wright, Charles J., b. ca. 1847.
Associated Corporations or Organizations
Barr & Wright, active 1870 - 1880.
Artisan or Artist (subject)
Barr, David P.
Hill Texas Archive Research Notes
Born in 1839 in Ohio. Reported in Mississippi (Civil War), and Illinois and Kentucky in the 1870s. Barr was a partner in Barr & Wright located in Houston from 1870-1880, and operated on his own in San Antonio beginning in 1881 until after 1900. Barr is listed as a photographer and owner of his own studio in San Antonio in the 1910 U.S. Population Census. By the 1920 Census, he is 80 years old and listed as the owner and proprietor of a studio in San Antonio.
Source References
Haynes, David. Catching Shadows: A Directory of 19th-Century Texas Photographers. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1993. ; Mautz, Carl. Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West. Nevada City, Ca.: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997.
Rights
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