Welcome to the Burns Photo Gallery. We specialize in the sale of 19th and early 20th century historic photography.
Our extensive collection includes rare and unique images that reflect the cultural and social evolution of the time period.
Explore our range of art and documentary photographs and find the perfect addition to your collection.

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

George Lane Taneyhill, M.D., Surgeon General, G.A.R., Egbert Guy Fowx
Reversible Double Ambrotype Pin/Pendant, c.1870
SOLD

Vaudevillian, Hand Colored, Celebrity, Chicago, 1910s

THE GALLERY

SOLD

Beauty Pageant, c. 1928
Royal Ascot, Waterloo Station, 1931
Lawn Tennis, England, 1880s
Ghost Town, Dyea, Alaska, Case & Draper/Skagway, 1890s
Costumed Ballerinas, Russia, Real Photo Postcards, c. 1915
Posed Around a Column, 1/4 Plate Daguerreotype, c. 1847
Entrance to St. Teresa’s Fair, Queens, NY, 1930s
Poor Old Maids, Tintype, 1870s
Oxen, Rome, Painted, 1880s
Winnifred Gilraine Dancers, 1920
Winston Churchill, Yousef Karsh, 1955
Burning a Corpse, India, 1880s
SOLD

Eclipse, NYC, Arthur Sasse, 1954
SOLD

Broadway North From Leonard Street, NYC, 1890
Car Hits Con Edison Worker, NYC, 1971
Mattress Cart, Essex Street, Lawrence, MA, 1890s
Woman, Photogravure, František Drtikol, 1925
Legendary Snake Catcher, England, c. 1885
The Living Allied Flags, Mole & Thomas, 1918
SOLD

No.108 Base View of a Cranium, Army Medical Museum, stereoview, c. 1870
American Photo Studio, Philippines, c. 1900
SOLD

Testing an Experimental Parachute, England, c. 1910 (2 Photos)
ON EXHIBIT

Woman with Bonsai, Japan, Ambrotype, c. 1885
Pissoire, Paris, c. 1910
Suffrage Parade, New York City, 1915
American Civil War Wounded Soldier, RB Bontecou, MD, 1865
Ann’s Shoe Tavern, Ogden, Utah, 1930s
Venice by Moonlight, c. 1880
Laminusa Island Children, Wallace Litwin, c. 1965
Infatuation, Silent Film, 1918
Chorus Line, Paris, c. 1925
Catalogue Page from José María Mora’s Studio, c. 1880