1855-1856                   262 Broadway, New York, New York.

1855 June 20.  New York Daily Tribune.  (New York, New York.)  June 20, 1855, Vol. XV, No. 4421, P. 8.

Many parents have experienced great difficulty in obtaining correct Likenesses of their children through the impatience of operators.  This can be remedied by calling on J. T. Barnes, No. 262 Broadway, 2d door above Warren-st.

Advertisement ran on June 20 & 21, 1855.

1856 January 1.  Photographic and fine Arts Journal.  (New York, New York.)  January 1, 1856, Vol. IX, No. 1, P. 19.

In an article entitled the Photographic Galleries of America.  Number One, New York. The author visited 69 Galleries in New York City.

J. T. Barnes — A general dimness and want of sharpness is the general feature of these specimens, which is a fault scarcely excusable that being one so easily overcome. It is strange

artists are not more careful what pictures they expose as specimens. In some galleries I have seen pictures which can hardly be called shadows. If a picture is sharp many faults are over-looked. No picture lacking sharpness and depth of tone should be hung up as a specimen. Some pictures I have seen stand forth boldly from their backgrounds, and I was not obliged to keep my head going from one side to the other of the plate in order to make out the contours, though as to other particulars they were perhaps quite as bad. There are some fine local views in this gallery which show great delicacy.