Barnes, Hiram P.
(1862-)



Birth: April 1862, Union Twp., LaPorte County, IN
Death:
Parents: Solomon D. and Susan A. (Joslin) Barnes
Spouse: Adele Thompson, married January 4, 1888
Known Children: Lynn LaMotte Barnes
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Individual Number: 1363


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April 1879*-October 1895* J. W. Bryant & Co. Photographic Backgrounds Employee; Photographic product manufacturer La Porte, La Porte County, IN
October 1895*-December 1900* Wair & Barnes Photographic product manufacturer La Porte, La Porte County, IN
1899 Wair & Barnes Photographic product manufacturer La Porte, La Porte County, IN 611 Washington
December 1900*-1914 [Barnes photographic backgrounds] product manufacturer La Porte, La Porte County, IN
1902-1904 H. P. Barnes Photograph Backgrounds Studio owner La Porte, La Porte County, IN 611 Washington
1907 Unknown Artist La Porte, La Porte County, IN 209 Main St.


















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Parents: Solomon D. and Susan A. (Joslin) Barnes
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Biographic write-up p. 753, Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of La Porte Co., by Rev. E. D. Daniels, Chicago, 1904: mentions family information, and record of employment and businesses [http://books.google.com/books?id=xdQWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA754&lpg=PA754&dq=%22wair+%26+barnes%22&source=bl&ots=Rz02gNJZ8n&sig=VwzboElzSYKio70A2khWoQvnvzE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i8vrUd7vPMKiyAH5sIDACg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22wair%20%26%20barnes%22&f=false]

1890 LaPorte City Directory [http://www.slicerland.com/mctartan_6d.htm] Sept. 6, 2002
Mont. H. Barnes, 115 Patton, wks. Bryant's factory (Mrs. S. D. Barnes, wid. At same address)

Terry & Barnes Families: Study from Dave Piepho at piepho@iquest.net
With notes in italics from web coordinator, Deanna West
[viewed 21 July 2013 http://www.dunelady.com/laporte/bios/Terry_Barnes.htm]
Full names of parents, list of siblings, marriage date; Adele Thompson Barnes later married Stephen Chase

Electrical World, v. 74
Patent 1,318,128 Electrical Resistance; Hiram P. Barnes, Laporte, Ind. App. Filed June 9, 1917. Dimming automobile headlights.

Ancestry.com: wife is listed as Lydia D. Adele Thompson on several family trees

1900 Census, La Porte, La Porte County, 209 Main St.
Hiram P. Barnes, head, b. Apr 1862 IN, age 38 M 12 years, scenic artist, rents home
Adell Barnes, wife, b. Jan 1868, age 32, M 12 years 1/1 children
Lynn V. Barnes, son, b. July 1891, age 8, b. IN
Susan O. Barnes, mother, b. Sept. 1832, age 67, widow, 5/4 children

1920 Census, La Porte, La Porte County, 207 Lincolnway
Hiram P. Barnes, head, age 57, b. IN, Scenic painting/studio, OA (own account)
Adele, wife
Martha Thompson, mother-in-law
3 roomers (none in photo business)
Henry Barnes, brother, 60, widow, dipper, bicycle factory
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OriginalSource: 20th Century History and Biographical Record of La Porte, Co., p. 753: Hiram P. Barnes moved to La Porte in April 1879 and entered employ of J. W. Barnes owner of papier mache factory. In 1895 Hiram P. Barnes and E. G. Wair bought out business of John W. Bryant.

1890 LaPorte City Directory [http://www.slicerland.com/mctartan_6d.htm] Sept. 6, 2002
Hiram P. Barnes, 1205 Jefferson, works Bryant's factory
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OriginalSource: St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Oct. 1895, p. 493-94:
J. W. Bryant & Co., of La Porte, IN have disposed of their background department to Wair & Barnes of same city. Messrs. Wair & Barnes are considered two of the best artists of the times. J. W. Bryant & Company's new line will be a variety of hard, highly finished papier-mache articles for general use, such as paper bicycle rims, spectacle cases, and fancy toilet cases, etc. They will, no doubt, in the near future, manufacture photographic trays.  They have the best wishes for success in their new line from the St. Louis and Canadian Photographer,

International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin and American Process YearBook, Vol. IX for 1897, copyright 1896
Ad: Want a Background? When in need of anything in that line, do not forget we are headquarters. Firstclass grounds at prices to suit the times. If you should want an extended background, bear in mind that our floor-cloths, painted in flatted oil color, will wear as long as the ground, while those painted in distemper color will stand walking upon a very short time before they are a wreck. Isn't it a fact? Send for our catalogue containing everything up to date. Wair & Barnes, La Porte, Ind. USA, Successors to the J. W. Bryant Co.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Mar. 1896, ad:
backgrounds, do our own painting, burlaps in colors, headgrounds with carrier, blended and clouded grounds, revolving rembrandt effects, profile set pieces, floor cloths, sample book. Wair & Barnes, La Porte, successors to J. W. Bryant Co.
St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Jan. 1897:
ad for Wair & Barnes:  just completed new line of papier mache accessories, up-to-date backgrounds, new 24-pg. catalogue.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Jan. 1899, p. 50 "Editorial Chit-Chat" Wair and Barnes, background painters of La Porte, Ind., have a large establishment and are doing extensive business.  They are successors to J. W. Bryant & Co.  See what they say.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Feb. 1899, ad:
Wair & Barnes Photo Backgrounds, 1/2 pg. ad with photograph.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, 1900, v. 24, p. 678:
Ad with photo of a backdrop for groups #1186. High-grade backgrounds at popular prices, Send for catalogue, Made only by Wair & Barnes, LaPorte, Ind.

St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Jan. 1901, p. 28:
Mr. E. G. Wair intends, at an early date, to enter into the background business, under the firm name of Wair Background Co.

Mr. H. P. Barnes announces that he has purchased the interest of E. G. Wair, of the firm of Wair & Barnes, Laporte, Ind., and in future will continue the manufacture of backgrounds at popular prices.

20th C. History & Biog. Record of La Porte Co., (Chicago, 1904):
1895 Hiram P. Barnes and E. G. Wair bought out business of John W. Bryant; in Dec. 1900 Barnes bought out Wair and has been in business alond.
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OriginalSource: 1899 La Porte Directory, p. 149 Wair & Barnes, E.G. Wair and H.P. Barnes, mnfrs photo backgrounds, 611-61 E Washington [check this address, OCR interpretation might be wrong]
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OriginalSource: 20th Century History and Biographical Record of La Porte, Co., 1904, p. 753: Hiram P. Barnes is the owner of a unique business which has taken an important place in the line of productive industries and become a very profitable venture. He is a scenic artist, and has I LaPorte a studio in which he paints scenic backgrounds for photographers. Alert, enterprising and progressive, he is recognized as one of the leading business men of LaPorte, and is meeting with well merited success. In 1895 Hiram P. Barnes and E. G. Wair bought out business of John W. Bryant; in Dec. 1900 Barnes bought out Wair and has been in business alone, with ever increasing  success. He has a well equipped studio, and among photographers and artists everywhere his work, which is done in both water colors and oils, takes highest rank, being considered second to none. For this reason his trade has become world-wide. He has recently made shipments of scenic backgrounds to photographers in England, Denmark, Australia, the Strait settlements and Nicaragua, and he has a very extensive domestic patronage, shipping to all sections of this country. 

Abel's Photographic Weekly, v. 11, p. 242, 1913
Ad: Take Your Choice / "Auto" Backgrounds / Photo Backgrounds / H. P. Barnes LaPorte, Ind.

Bulletin of Photography, July 2, 1913, p. 12 endorsement of "Auto" Background Print-in Films made by H. P. Barnes, La Porte, Ind. 5x7 and 8x10, sold at extremely low price. A set of these films will make you practically anythig you desire in a background. Mr. Barnes will be glad to send a descriptive circular if you ask for it. P. 24 ad for H. P. Barnes "Auto" Background Print-In Films, La Porte, Ind. Set consists of one Fireside and Mantel, one Library, one Cathedral (showing Pipe Organ), 2 Home Portraiture window effects, the rest are exterior effects, suitable for full standing, busts and three-quarter figures. $6 for 8x10 size and $3 for 5x7. 25 different effects can be made with one set of the films by using 2 films at same time….find out what I have to say about Enlargements.

American Photography, 1914, v. 8, p. 407
Our readers who desire to obtain varied background effects in their portrait prints and are not in a position to have a full equipment of studio backgrounds will find the PrintIn grounds of H. P. Barnes of Laporte, Ind., a very remarkable and economic substitute. We therefore suggest that such readers send for Mr. Barnes' booklet, showing various effects which can be reproduced with these films.
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OriginalSource: 1902 La Porte Directory, p. 145
Michigan City Directory, LaPorte Section, p. 24 Hiram P. Barnes (Adele) mfr. Photo backgrounds, 611 Washington, h. 1115 Ridge
1904 La Porte Directory, p. 171
1923 La Porte Directory, p. 36: Hiram P. Barnes, mfr photogrpahic backgrounds 611 1/2 Washington, r 209 Lincolnway (L. Adele)

No longer in business? No listing for photographic backdrops in business listings
1929 La Porte Directory, p. 45 Hiram P. Barnes, scenic artist, r 209 Lincolnway (Adele)
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