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["El Cerritto," Edward Larned Ryerson Jr. house, Hot Springs Road, San...

Site History. House architecture: Joseph L. Curletti, begun 1913. Landscape: Otto Niedermuller. Associated Name: Nora Butler [Mrs. Edward L.] Ryerson, Jr. Today: House extant with extensive changes. On back of ... More

[Myron Hunt house, 200 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California. Fount...

Site History. House Architecture: Myron Hunt, 1905. Landscape: Myron Hunt, from 1905. Today: Garden not extant; house is a private residence. Slide used with lecture "California Gardens." On slide: Blank sticke... More

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, C...

Site History. House Architecture: Italianate mission style house by Ralph Radcliffe-Whitehead, built by Christopher Tornoe and expanded by E. Russell Ray in 1911 for George Owen Knapp. Landscape: Francis Towns... More

[Hartsdale Train Station, Hartsdale, Bronx, New York Garden party]

Site History. Also known as "Floralia" and "Flower Fete," the event was on five acres with an exhibition of flowers, vegetables and garden sculpture. Mrs. Charles Wellford Leavitt was the director and Gertrude ... More

[The Touchstone Garden, 118-120 East 30th Street, New York, New York P...

Site History. Landscape: George E. Fowler, architect for The Touchstone magazine; Eloise Roorbach, garden editor of The Touchstone magazine, from 1917. Hartmann-Sanders supplied the arbor. Other: This was the ... More

["The Causeway," James Parmelee house, 3100 Macomb Street, Washington,...

No. 433. No. D.C. 1395. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Thornedale," Oakleigh Thorne house, Millbrook, New York. Lawn terrac...

Site History. House Architecture: Federal revival house built 1849, with later additions. Landscape: Helen Stafford (Mrs. Oakleigh) Thorne, from 1908. Other: Oakleigh Thorne was W.O.S. Thorne. Today: House exta... More

[Unidentified garden. Pathway along a stream]

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Printed on slide: 176 Fulton Street, New York City. (Slide manufacturer: T.H. McAllister-Keller Co.) Forms part of: Garden and historic house ... More

["Chailey," Charles William Moseley house, Newburyport, Massachusetts....

Site History. House Architecture: Built by Charles William Moseley, circa 1915. On slide: Gold star sticker and blue star sticker. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part ... More

Laura Stafford Stewart house, 205 West 13th Street, New York, New York...

Site history. Landscape: Laura S. Stewart, the widow of John Wood Stewart. Slide for lecturing on city and suburban gardens. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: Ga... More

[George Hoadly Ingalls house, 154 East 78th Street, New York, New York...

Site History. Landscape: Katherine Hinkle (Mrs. George H.) Ingalls. Other: Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 City Gardens Club of New York City photograph exhibition at the New York Camera Clu... More

[George Hoadly Ingalls house, 154 East 78th Street, New York, New York...

Site History. Associated Name: Katherine Hinkle (Mrs. George H.) Ingalls. Other: Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 City Gardens Club of New York City photograph exhibition at the New York Came... More

[Janitor apartment, 137 East 30th Street, New York, New York. Stairwel...

Site History. Landscape: The janitor. Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 The City Gardens Club of New York City photograph exhibition at the New York Camera Club. Slide for lecturing on city a... More

["Whitemarsh Hall," Edward Townsend Stotesbury house, Wyndmoor, Pennsy...

Site History. House architecture: Horace Trumbauer, completed 1922. Terrace Landscape: Jacques-Auguste-Henri Gréber. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2013. Frances Benjamin Johnston... More

["Whitemarsh Hall," Edward Townsend Stotesbury house, Wyndmoor, Pennsy...

[Vivian Spencer townhouse, West 12th Street, New York, New York. Birdb...

Site History. Landscape: Marian Cruger Coffin. Today: Garden not extant. On slide: Blue star sticker and red seal sticker. For black-and-white image of the garden, see slide LC-J717-X101-1. Slide for lecturing ... More

["Whitemarsh Hall," Edward Townsend Stotesbury house, Wyndmoor, Pennsy...

[Unidentified townhouse garden, probably in New York, New York, or Phi...

On slide: Blue star sticker and red seal sticker. For another image of this garden, see LC-J717-X107-24. Slide for lecturing on city and suburban gardens. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Wa... More

["Flagstones," Charles Clinton Marshall house, 117 West 55th Street, N...

The slide shows the "after" photograph exhibited at the 1922 City Gardens Club of New York City City photograph exhibition at the New York Camera See also slide LC-J717-X101-3. Site History. Landscape: Abby Sto... More

[Street with Caroline Restout roses, Portland, Oregon]

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Penciled on sleeve ... More

["Thornewood," Chester Thorne house, Lakewood, Washington. Flower gard...

Site History. House Architecture: Kirtland Kelsey Cutter, built 1909-1911. Landscape: James Frederick Dawson and John Charles Olmsted, Olmsted Brothers, 1908 -1913. Today: Preserved as Thornewood Castle Inn and... More

["Rookwood," Evelyn Russell Sturgis house, Gloucester Road, Manchester...

Site History. Associated Name: Evelyn Russell Sturgis was a daughter of Boston architect John Hubbard Sturgis. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part of: Garden and histo... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Unidentified house, probably Italy. Topia...

On slide: Yellow-gold star sticker. On slide (printed): "Edward Van Altena" and "71-79 W. 45th St., N.Y.C." (slide manufacturer). Slide for lecturing on "Old World Gardens." Title, date, and subject information... More

[Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. View of town]

Site History. House Architecture: Pirro Ligorio, 1560-1575. Landscape: Pirro Ligorio and Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, Today: Public site. On slide: Yellow-gold star sticker. On slide (printed): "Edward Van Alte... More

[Brick Row, Commerce and Main Streets, located in the vicinity of Fred...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 24. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Villa I Tatti, Ponte a Mensola, near Settignano, Italy. Terrace steps...

Site History. House Architecture: Cecil Ross Pinset, from 1909. Landscape: Cecil Ross Pinset, from 1909, and with Geoffrey Scott from 1914. Associated Name: Bernard and Mary Smith (Mrs. Bernard) Berenson. Today... More

[Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. Water theater steps, the ...

Site History. House Architecture: Medieval castle rebuilt in 1663 and 1667. Associated Name: Hervey de Saint-Denis. Other: Walter Gay and Matilda Travis Gay lived here at the time Johnston photographed. Today:... More

Forbes house, Warrenton Road, Scott's Hill, Falmouth

Photograph shows a low clapboard-sided building with doors and windows. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-J7-VA-2811

["Indian Ridge," Dr. Francis Bishop Harrington house, 166 Argilla Road...

Site History. House Architecture: Built circa 1903. Associated Name: Josephine Ruggles (Mrs. Francis B.) Harrington. On slide: Unprinted paper mask has the type of gold-border boxes used by slide manufacturer T... More

[Convent on Uncle Sam Plantation, St. James Parish, Louisiana]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. LC-J7-LA-1395 (missing) Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Chatham," Colonel Daniel Bradford Devore house, 120 Chatham Lane, Fr...

Site History. House Architecture: Originally built by William Fitzhugh 1768-1771, restored, with changes, by Oliver H. Clark for Daniel Bradford Devore, from 1920. Landscape: Ellen Biddle Shipman, from 1922. Da... More

["Chatham," Colonel Daniel Bradford Devore house, 120 Chatham Lane, Fr...

["Philipland," Philip Laird house, 42 The Strand, New Castle, Delaware...

Site History. House Architecture: Federal house built for George Read Jr. in 1801. Landscape: Robert Buist for William Cooper, second owner, 1847, on three and half acres. Today: House and garden extant as the ... More

[Warwick, Quinby vicinity, Accomac County, Virginia. Grave markers und...

Site History. Ralph T. Whitelaw house, wing of a 1673 house restored in 1926. On slide (handwritten): "Warwick. Burial ground. Accomac." Slide for lecturing on "Tales Old Houses Tell." Title and date based on s... More

[Old tavern, Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia]

Photo shows twelve African American children standing in a row by a three-story wooden building. Sign on front: Groceries ... R.L. Hilliard ... On slide (handwritten): "Tavern, Richmond." Slide for lecturing on... More

[Drummond Mill, store, and cabin, Lee Mont vicinity, Accomac County, V...

Slide for lecturing on "Tales Old Houses Tell." Title and date based on same image in the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, LC-J7-VA-1015, with additional information from Sam Watters, 2011. For... More

[Kittiewan, Weyanoke vicinity, Charles City County, Virginia. Entrance...

On slide (handwritten): "Kittewan [sic], Charles City." Slide for lecturing on "Tales Old Houses Tell." Title and date based on same image in the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, LC-J7-VA-1524-... More

["Stratford Hall," 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland Count...

Site History. House Architecture: Unknown architect, built 1730s. Other: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee. Today: House preserved as historic site by the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, which purchased the prope... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Mrs. Ellis' store, Falmouth, Virginia

Photograph showing a rural general store, with two barefoot children on the porch. No. 202. No. 4. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Battersea," Petersburg vicinity, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Stairca...

Slide for lecturing on "Tales Old Houses Tell." Title and date based on similar view in the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, LOT 11841-27. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture serie... More

[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, standing in front of...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 50. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of a young girl seated at an outdoor table, facing front] / ...

Signed on verso of mount. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948.

Jacob August Riis, 1849-1914 - Public domain portrait print

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Jacob Riis : Revealing 'How the Other Half Lives'" at the Museum of the City of New York, New York City, N.Y., Oct. 2015 -... More

The New Education Illustrated by Edith C. Westcott with photograhs fro...

Illustrated cover showing a young woman, wearing an academic motarboard and gown, holding a diploma, and a young girl reading a book. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin John... More

[The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 ...

Photograph shows the library with decorative fireplace, furniture, books, paintings, and coffered ceiling at the Townsend house, later home of Mathilde and B. Sumner Wells, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachuset... More

[The Townsend house, home of Sumner Welles, now the Cosmos Club, 2121 ...

Photograph shows fireplace with decorative mantel and overmantel containing mirror in the ground floor reception room (called the den in the original plans) at the Townsend house, later home of Mathilde and B. ... More

Mathilde Weil - The song of the meadowlark / MW.

Photograph shows two young women wearing aprons and head scarfs, one with long braids holding a scythe, standing in a field. Title on item. Signed with artist's monogram. FBJ label no. 135. Formerly filed in P&... More

[Two girls wearing white dresses and dark stockings reading a book]

Title devised by staff. On verso of mount: Miss Prall. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 19... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - An old porch

Photograph shows a boy sitting on a porch with a pump and washtub, probably in or near Doylestown, Pa. On verso: On old porch; M.F.C. Pashcall. FBJ label no. 73. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of... More

[Frances Benjamin Johnston (right), full-length self-portrait dressed ...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper suppor... More

[Female students playing basketball, Western High School, Washington, ...

No. 36. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Three portraits of William Jennings Bryan at the Grand Hotel, Paris, ...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Nos. 9a, 9b, and 9c.

[Women coming from work, Cal.?. Store window reads T.B. Reardon, heati...

Photograph shows four women leaving the T.B. Reardon, heating and plumbing building. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Additional title de... More

[Elbert Hubbard, half-length portrait, facing right] / Zaida Ben Yusuf...

Signed on mount and on verso. Inscription on mount: Frances B. Johnston, with all kind wishes from her friend Elbert Hubbard. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Fr... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Conversation lesson, subject - the chair

Photograph shows six boys and the teacher standing at the front of a classroom discussing a chair set on a table; desks and other students in the foreground, at the Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylva... More

[Female students playing basketball in a gymnasium, Western High Schoo...

Inscribed in ink on bottom center of photo: 35. In album: "Western High School, nos. 1-40" Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "The Sports Show" at the Minneap... More

[Child standing with piece of paper looking at a book held by a seated...

Title devised by staff. Signed with photographer's monogram. FBJ label no. 120. Prior to 1901 photographer known as Eva Lawrence Watson. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnsto... More

[Leicester B. Holland, Chief of Fine Arts Division, Library of Congres...

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

[View of lighthouse from beach, Duluth, Minn., 1903]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain image of 19th-century France, historical building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charles Follen McKim], Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Photograph shows half-length portrait of McKim with opened journal or magazine. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in Biog. File.

["Uplands," Charles Templeton Crocker house, 400 Uplands Drive, Hillsb...

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. See related lantern slides in series J717. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Miss Frances B. Johnston 161 Lexington Avenue New York. Forms part of... More

[Woman in a kimono standing looking at a sculpted bust] / EW.

Signed with photographer's monogram. Prior to 1901 photographer known as Eva Lawrence Watson. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston i... More

[Half-length portrait of bearded man wearing artist's smock and cap an...

On verso: From the studio of Addie Kilburn Robinson, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. Attributed to Fr[...]y Gercher, Addie K. Robinson's assistant. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of: Artistic photographs col... More

[Gertrude Käsebier, wearing feathered hat, standing, facing front, hal...

Signed with artist's monogram. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Published in: Ambas... More

Mr. W.D. Howells / Zaida Ben Yusuf.

Photograph shows half-length portrait of author William Dean Howells, seated, reading, facing left. Signed on mount. FBJ label no. 17. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collec... More

[Young woman in period dress with headband] / Emily Mew.

Title devised by staff. Signed on mount. FBJ label no. 62. On verso of mount: Emily Mew, Washington, D.C. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johns... More

[Young woman in period dress with headband] / Emily Mew.

A-listnin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about

Photograph shows a young girl with her hands clasped in front, staring intently forward. Photograph was an illustration for James Whitcomb Riley's poem "Little Orphant Annie" printed in Brownell's Dream childre... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - A Kodak creates a sensation

Frances Benjamin Johnston with group of children looking at her camera. Title from back of photograph. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Martha Cameron, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, we...

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

[Portrait of ten men including Anderson D. Johnston (seated second fro...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - group portrait, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Garfield children. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Full-length group portrait of James Garfield's children, from left, Mollie, Harry, James, Irving, and Abe. No. 5. Copy of Brady original photograph. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library ... More

White House employees, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Three men and a woman in office. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LC-J698-8671.

Looking seaward / Myra A. Wiggins, 1889.

Photograph shows a man standing on a rock outcropping on beach while looking toward a body of water. Signed on mount. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Be... More

Officers of the Mothers' Congress, Feb. 7, 1897, Wash., D.C. Phoebe Ap...

Group of 12 women posed. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Mothers; Women ; B.I. (2); Ph. Ind.

[Col. William H. Crook, a White House employee, half-length portrait, ...

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

The new Willard, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Willard Hotel ballroom interior showing large potted plant. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings:... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Barber House ("Belmont"), Washington, D.C.

Bedroom with desk. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Interiors; Architecture Coll.; Washingto... More

Ida Minerva Tarbell, 1857-1944 - Public domain portrait photograph

Bust portrait, facing right. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 5398. Formerly in Portrait file. Caption card tra... More

Fraser House, Wash., D.C. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in LOT 2958. No. 81808. Caption card tracings: Architecture Coll.; Interi... More

[George S.] Fraser House, R St. and Conn. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Photograph shows a far view of the exterior of the George S. Fraser House, located at 1701 20th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The architect of the house was Hornblower and Marshall. Title and other informatio... More

Eadweard Muybridge, 1830-1904 - Public domain portrait print

Half-length portrait, seated, facing left. a.k.a. Edward James Muggeridge. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerl... More

[Treasury Department - employees in Mr. McClellend's room]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geog.; Offices; U.S. Treas. Dept.; Washington, D.C.

[Exposition grounds, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: a lining stitcher (woman)...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Mills Thompson, 1875-1944 - Public domain portrait drawing

Full length portrait, standing, facing front, in blackface holding knife in teeth and large club in hand. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection... More

[Shoe factories, Lynn, Massachusetts.: exterior view of shoe factories...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Massachusetts; Industry & manu. Shoes; Women Employment 1845?; Shelf.

[Booker T. Washington, half-length portrait, seated]

No. 255 on negative. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Phoebe (Apperson) Hearst, 1842-1919

Full length portrait, seated, facing left. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI; Ph. Ind; Shelf.

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens be...

Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. Slide for lecture "Gardens for City and Suburb." On... More

[White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. View from sou...

Site History. House Architecture: James Hoban and others, from 1792. Landscape: Pool installed during the administration of Ulysses S. Grant. Also, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Thomas Jefferson and others. Today: E... More

[Rough riders on horseback in water at Montauk Point]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress)

[Young men training in woodworking at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virg...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. Public Schools - classroom scenes and school activit...

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

[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - outdoor exercis...

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

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [A class in drilling]

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

[Children seated at desks in Washington, D.C. classroom, stretching]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 163. In album: "1st Division." Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Grade school children posed in classroom, with teacher standing in ba...

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