In an article  in the Photographic and Fine Arts Journal of January 1, 1856 entitled the Photographic Galleries of America, Number One, New York. The author visited 69 Galleries in New York City.

Beckwith — “Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest,” should be the motto of this gentleman, and better pictures would be the result.

Craig’s Daguerreian Registry list a Joseph P. Beckwith, Daguerreian at 382 Hudson Street in 1855-1856.