cyanotypes

Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., November 1,...

No. 36. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 18...

No. 46. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Builders at work above the second level of the Library of Congress Th...

In album: Photographs of the construction of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, vol. 2, between leaves 67 and 68. No. 49.

S.W. clerestory arch. Rotunda. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Photo shows workers using a cable to insert the keystone into a stone arch on the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building during its construction. In album: Photographs of the construction of the Library... More

Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Sept. 5, 18...

No. 66. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts. - Public domain print

Photograph shows a young woman, three-quarter length portrait, standing, pasting the sole lining in children's shoes at a shoe factory in Lynn, Massachusetts. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Forms part ... More

[Teacher showing students Native American handicrafts at a school in W...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Science classroom scene - 7 or 8 year-olds studying the magnet, 8th...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "8th Division."

[Washington, D.C. public schools - Normal School girls doing relaxing ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "Normal School." Caption card tracings: DC; Schools Classes; Shelf.

[Washington, D.C. public schools, 6th Division - class using rulers an...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "Public Schools - 6th Division." Caption card tracings: Schools Classes; Shelf.

[A class in clay modeling, 2nd Division]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "2nd Division."

[Miss Johnston having a meal with the crew on the Olympia]

Gift and purchase; Frances Benjamin Johnston estate; 1953. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, Par... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Schoolboys exercising, Washington, D.C.]

No. 345. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Mission of San Gabriel - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61206. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015014. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Echo Mountain House, Mt. Lowe, mammoth plate negative

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Young women in Washington, D.C. Normal School classroom studying bird...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 52. In album: "Normal School."

[Girls and boys seated at desks in Washington, D.C. classroom]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 131. In album: "1st Division." Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yucca forest near Hesperia, Cal, mammoth plate negative

"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61191. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015036. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Students having a meal, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]

No. 15. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Group of young women reading in library of normal school, Washington,...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washi... More

[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C., public schools - carpentry clas...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "Manual Training."

Natural Bridge, Wyoming from above, mammoth plate negative

The Library of Congress, mammoth plate negative

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crawford Buttes, Neb., cyanotype, mammoth plate negative

Public domain photograph of Redwood National Park, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Home of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (widow of George Hearst) at 1400 New H...

Interior (same room as LC-USZ62-56690, different angle). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in LOT 2958. Cap... More

Mt. Washington from Intervale, White Mountains

Listed in Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "Detroit Photographic Co." Copyright deposit no. D22618. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015100. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Library of Congress, Central Stair Hall

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Women student activities - playing croquet, Carlisle Indian School, C...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Pan-American midway parade

Parade of camels at Pan-American Exposition, 1901. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

[Willard Hotel - dining room] - Victorian era public domain image

Written on photograph: The New Willard. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

The Alma Sanitarium, Alma, Mich, mammoth plate negative

Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J, pt. 2 supplement (1905). "Detroit Photographic Co." Also have silver gelatin print, LOT 12686, no. 21. Copyright deposit no. H17216. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015151. Copyright ... More

Mt. Assinboine [i.e. Assiniboine], Alberta, mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain image of a glacier, arctic landscape, mountains landscape, ice, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nancy, cyanotype - Public domain portrait print

Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Four men with two automobiles outside of garage of Edmund Cogswell Co...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bathroom in home of Edmund Cogswell Converse, Greenwich, Connecticut]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Scott Townsend House, Wash., D.C.: Living room with fireplace

Photo shows the Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.; purchased by the Cosmos Club in 1950. Date based on similarity to photos taken by Johnston in 1910 of the nearby Anderson hous... More

Mary Scott Townsend house, Washington, D.C. Library

Photograph shows room with fireplace, paintings, sculpture, table, and chairs at the Townsend house, later home of Mathilde and B. Sumner Wells, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D... More

F. Holland Day - [Two boys in sailor suits, playing checkers]

Image content features: COSTUME sailor suits; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collection. Cite as: The Louis... More

Mary Scott Townsend House, Wash., D.C.: Billiard room

Photo shows the Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.; later home of Mathilde and B. Sumner Welles, purchased by the Cosmos Club in 1950. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Libra... More

"The California Limited" at the Pueblo Laguna, N.M

"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61187. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015030. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Chavanne's Muses welcoming the genius of enlightenment, Boston Library

Listed in Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "Detroit Photographic Co." Copyright deposit no. H1114. Also have photographic print of this image, LOT 12707, no. 8. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09998. Copyright deposit. ... More

Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Passenger Train., mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Passenger Train., mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Washington, D.C. public schools - 6th Division children in geology cl...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "Public Schools - 6th Division." Caption card tracings: DC; Schools Classes; Shelf.

Biloxi, Miss., cyanotype, mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Willard Hotel ballroom], cyanotype

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mary Scott Townsend House, Wash., D.C.: Ballroom

Photo shows the Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.; purchased by the Cosmos Club in 1950. Date based on similarity to photos taken by Johnston in 1910 of the nearby Anderson hous... More

[Willard Hotel - dining room] - Victorian era public domain image

Written on photograph: The New Willard. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

No. 1 quadrangular, cyanotype, Panoramic Photograph

H91281 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C.E. Harvey; March 8, 1907. Copyright claimant's address: Boise, Idaho.

[Students in a drawing class, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]

No. 2. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York from the Statue of Liberty

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Eastern High School, Washington, D.C. - 6 girls in art class, drawing...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "Eastern High School." Exhibited: "The Original Copy : Photography of Sculpture 1... More

Harvest scene near Brookings, S.D., mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Shore Line at Bay St. Louis, Miss.

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man posed on rocks, nude, playing pipe (Pan)]

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - erotic, erotism, naked, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Excavation of site for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Printed on image: "Architect's Office, Cong. Lib. Bldg." Source unknown. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Riggs Bank - the Dept. of Justice for A.P.A.

Photograph shows the north side of the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., with Riggs Bank (no. 1501) at right, and the Department of Justice building (formerly the Freedman's Savings and... More

White House orchids, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Studio in house of Edward Lind Morse, R St., Washington, D.C.

Fireplace. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 4927. Caption card tracings: BI Residences; Fireplaces; Wash., DC... More

[Large parlor of the William C. Whitney house, Washington, D.C., with ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 81960. Formerly in LOT 2958. LC-J698-90127 (glass neg.) Caption card tracings:... More

[Office in Senator Philander Knox house, Washington, D.C.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bureau engraving & printing - stamp division, Washington, D.C

Photograph shows interior view with women working at machines in the stamp division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 189...

No. 49. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June 28, 18...

No. 55. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American workers doing laundry at the Bureau of Engraving & P...

Title devised by Library and BEP staff. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Ships V

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portrait Photograph: Mr. Dyer golf. Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a man holding a golf club, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Wash... More

[Female students exercising with bowling pins, Western High School, Wa...

No. 24. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Girls and boys seated at desks in classroom, Washington, D.C.]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 127. In album: "1st Division." Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Classroom scene in Washington, D.C. elementary school - children work...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "5th Division and Kindergarten." Caption card tracings: Mathematics; Schools; Geogr.

[Class exercising with barbells in 2nd Division schoolyard, Washington...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "1st Division."

[Five girls lying on mat in gymnasium in front of basketball scoreboar...

No. 37 In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[School children measuring and sketching at a stone building, Washingt...

No. 342. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Machine shop class, Washington, D.C.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Elementary school class on American Indian culture, Washington, D.C.]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "3rd Division."

[An Assembly in the auditorium for a lecture with slides on art]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "4th Division."

[Group of young women at entrance of church]

No. 67. Washington, D.C. School Survey - Normal School. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Children doing calisthenics while sitting at their desks in a classro...

In album: Washington, D.C. School Survey, #279-309, 5th Division and Kindergarten. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools: general classroo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Students from Western High School studying biology outdoors at a stre...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. public schools - museum field trip - viewing exhibit...

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crawford Notch from the Gate, mammoth plate negative

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Whittemore House, exterior view of front and side, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poland Spring House, cyanotype, mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Home of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (widow of George Hearst) at 1400 New H...

Exterior. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in LOT 2958. Caption card tracings: Architecture Coll.; Interio... More

[Interior view of galleried central parlor with clerestory]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 81838. "Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co." Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Whirl Pool R]apids, Niagara], mammoth plate negative

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Pan-American midway parade

Photograph shows a parade of African participants, some carrying boats, at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

The Capitol at Washington, mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cascade Mountain from Sanitarium, Banff, Alberta

Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Maria André and Maria Sophine, Pueblo of Isleta, N.,M.

Photograph shows two young Native American women, one with a baby on her back, holding bowls of small baskets(?). Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 014434. Forms part of the Detroit Publishing Company ... More

[Exterior of Siam (Thailand) exhibit building, Louisiana Purchase Expo...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2. Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Display with portrait of a man, possibly Chulalongkorn, King of Siam,...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 8. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

F. Holland Day - [Nude boy in rocky landscape, silhouette]

Image content features: PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collection. Cite as: The Louise Imogen Guiney Collec... More

[Hallway, with Oriental urn at right, in home of Edmund Cogswell Conve...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Room with plasterwork ceiling, fireplace, and circular table, in home...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pergola of home of Edmund Cogswell Converse, Greenwich, Connecticut]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of terrace, cafe, open space, building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A lesson in globe making. Children in class in a Washington, D.C., sc...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 157. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York from the Statue of Liberty

"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J, part 2, (1901). Copyright deposit no. H920. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09991. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.