Burns Archive

Burns Archive
Founded1977
FounderDr. Stanley B. Burns
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City, New York
Publication typesBooks, photographic historic texts, medical journal articles, exhibition supplements
Nonfiction topicsHistoric Photography, Medical Photography, Post-Mortem Photography
ImprintsBurns Archive Press
Official websitewww.burnsarchive.com

The Burns Archive is the world’s largest private collection of early medical photography and historic photographs, housing over one million photographs. While it primarily contains images related to medical practises, it is also famous for photographs depicting 'the darker side of life'.[1] Other themes prevalent throughout the collection involve death, crime, racism, and war.[2][3]

Photo from the book, Shooting Soldiers: Civil War Medical Photography by Dr. R.B. Bontecou. Written by Dr. Stanley B. Burns, published by Burns Archive Press. This photograph depicts G. Porubsky, Co B. 46th NY volunteer soldier displaying excision of the humerus. This photograph from Bontecou's teaching album shows Bontecou's operation of bone removal in the upper arm, which left the patient with a useless limb.
  1. ^ "Home". burnsarchive.com.
  2. ^ "Modern Medicine Circa 1900 in Soderbergh's The Knick". The New York Times. August 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ^ "THE BURNS ARCHIVE". Burnsarchive.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.