Thomas Rice Burnham Explained

Thomas Rice Burnham (1834-1893) or T.R. Burnham was an American photographer. In the 1860s he worked in Maine with Asa Marsh Burnham as "Burnham Bros."^[1] He later moved to Boston, Massachusetts and operated from a studio on Washington Street until at least 1885.^{[2] [3] [4]} He belonged to the Boston Photographic Society and/or Boston Association of Photographers; among his contemporaries were J.W. Black, E.J. Foss, and E.F. Smith.^{[5] [6]} Portrait subjects included Edwin Booth, Alvan Clark & Sons, Edw M Endicott,^[7] Clement Granch,^[8] Ulysses S. Grant,^[9] William Stevens Perry,^[10] George Antony Smalley,^[11] and Nathan and Mary Barrett Warren.^[12] Burnham showed photos in the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition^[13] and the 1887 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.^[14]

External links

• Web site: Labels . Maine Historical Society . T.R. Burnham .
• Web site: Pinterest . Maine Historical Society . Daguerreotypical Mainers . (includes photos by Burnham)
• Web site: Photograph of Edward Lewis Sturtevant, stamped 'T.R. Burnham, Photographer, 90 Middle Street, Portland, Maine' . 1860 . .
• Web site: E.M.P. Wells . Boston Athenaeum . Thomas R. Burnham . 1873 . 1873-1874 (photo)
• Web site: Photograph album 75 . .
• Web site: Boston Photographers Cited in 19th Century American Photographic Journals: A Bibliographic Database . Ron Polito . Photographic Historical Society of New England . (includes info related to Burnham)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Street view in Portland, Me. . Library of Congress . Washington DC . 1860 . Burnham Bros. .
2. Book: Boston Directory . Boston Directory . 1868 . Photographists . 351 Washington .
3. Book: Boston Almanac . Boston Almanac . 1876 . Photographists . 627 Washington .
4. Book: Boston Almanac . Boston Almanac . 1885 . Photographers . 581 Washington .
5. Philadelphia Photographer . Boston Photographic Society . January 1870 . 7 .
6. The Boston Association of Photographers . Hathi Trust . Photographic Times and American Photographer . New York . Scovill . April 1882 . 12 . 2027/njp.32101040483032?urlappend=%3Bseq=237 .
7. Web site: Ms. Coll. 1 Colonel Alfred S. Hartwell Papers, 1862-2003, bulk 1862-1866: Guide . .
8. Web site: Boston Public Library and Digital Commonwealth . Clement Granch . T.R. Burnham . ca. 1859–1870
9. Web site: Hiriam Ulysess Grant . Harvard University . Thomas Rice Burnham . Boston . 19th c.
10. Web site: William Stevens Perry . Harvard University . Thomas Rice Burnham . Maine . 1861-1863
11. Web site: Mr. George Antony Smalley . T.R. Burnham . Dennis Historical Society Archive . 10766/3129.
12. Web site: Captured by the Camera (exhibit) . . Massachusetts . 2004 .
13. Book: United States Centennial Commission. International Exhibition, 1876: Official Catalogue . 1876. J. R. Nagle . Philadelphia .
14. Book: Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association ... 1887 . 1888 . T.R. Burnham & Co. .