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![[Frances Benjamin Johnston, with Maddie (her mother), 1903, with a painted backdrop of the Cliff House in San Francisco, California ]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmNlcy1iZW5qYW1pbi1qb2huc3Rvbi13aXRoLW1hZGRpZS1oZXItbW90aGVyLTE5MDMtd2l0aC1hLXBhaW50ZWQtYmFja2Ryb3AtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/230/jpg "[Frances Benjamin Johnston, with Maddie (her mother), 1903, with a painted backdrop of the Cliff House in San Francisco, California ]")
![Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NTAvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmNlcy1iZW5qYW1pbi1qb2huc3Rvbi0xODY0LTE5NTItMy02NDAuanBn/40/57/webp "Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952)]")
![[Portrait of Mister (Billie Holiday's dog), New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDkvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbWlzdGVyLWJpbGxpZS1ob2xpZGF5cy1kb2ctbmV3LXlvcmstbnktYmV0d2Vlbi0xOTQ2LWFuZC0xOTQ4LWY1YTAxMy02NDAuanBn/40/43/webp "[Portrait of Mister (Billie Holiday's dog), New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]")
![[Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston standing beside her view camera looking towards the Biltmore Estate mansion in the background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvcGhvdG9ncmFwaGVyLWZyYW5jZXMtYmVuamFtaW4tam9obnN0b24tc3RhbmRpbmctYmVzaWRlLWhlci12aWV3LWNhbWVyYS1sb29raW5nLTA2NGFhZi02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston standing beside her view camera looking towards the Biltmore Estate mansion in the background]")
![[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, sitting on ledge with mountains in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODgvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmNlcy1iZW5qYW1pbi1qb2huc3Rvbi1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zaXR0aW5nLW9uLWxlZGdlLXdpdGgtbW91bnRhaW5zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, sitting on ledge with mountains in background]")
![[Portrait of Joe Mooney, Dixon's Steak House(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDYvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytam9lLW1vb25leS1kaXhvbnMtc3RlYWstaG91c2UtbmV3LXlvcmstbnktY2Etb2N0LTE5NDYtMS02NDAuanBn/40/33/webp "[Portrait of Joe Mooney, Dixon's Steak House(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946]")
![[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, seated on rock in Yellowstone National Park, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvZnJhbmNlcy1iZW5qYW1pbi1qb2huc3Rvbi1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtb24tcm9jay1pbi15ZWxsb3dzdG9uZS02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, seated on rock in Yellowstone National Park, facing front]")
