Thomas Rice Burnham (1834-1893) or T.R. Burnham was an American photographer. In the 1860s he worked in

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with Asa Marsh Burnham as "Burnham Bros." He later moved to Boston, Massachusetts and operated from a studio on Washington Street until at least 1885. 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. Portrait subjects included

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, Edw M Endicott, Clement Granch,

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, George Antony Smalley, and Nathan and Mary Barrett Warren. Burnham showed photos in the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition and the 1887 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.

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* * (includes photos by Burnham) * * 1873-1874 (photo) * * (includes info related to Burnham) {{DEFAULTSORT:Burnham, Thomas Rice American portrait photographers 1834 births 1893 deaths Photographers from Massachusetts Artists from Boston Artists from Maine 19th century in Boston 19th-century American photographers