Frances Benjamin Johnston - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

An old black and white photo of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere.

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.
No. 81954.
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
Formerly in Architecture Coll. - Hearst File.
Washington, D.C.

William Randolph Hearst - American newspaper publisher active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in 1863 in San Francisco, California. He inherited The San Francisco Examiner from his father, and went on to build one of the largest newspaper and magazine empires in the world, known as the Hearst Corporation. He was known for his use of yellow journalism, political influence, and his support of various causes and politicians, including his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I and his support of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.