[Robert M. Jeffress house, 1800 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. F...
Site History. House Architecture: William Laurence Bottomley, commission 1929. Associated name: Elizabeth Gwathmey [Mrs. Robert M.] Jeffress. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. ... More
[Oak Cottage, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Porch and side wing]
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-2590, with additional information from Sam Watters, 2011. For... More
[Marmion, Comorn vicinity, King George County, Virginia. Panelled cupb...
Photo shows Carter Grymes House, interior with fireplace and open cupboard containing glass and metal dinnerware. Site History. Built circa 1758 for Fitzhugh family. Today: National Register of Historic Places.... More
Frances Benjamin Johnston - Tuckahoe, Goochland County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1712. Related names: Mrs. N. Addison Baker. Built by Thomas Randolph. Small outbuilding in yard where Thos. Jefferson went to school. Frame wit... More
North Carolina, Warren County - Warrenton - Elgin - 1938
Outside doorway of house. No. 3036. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Architecture.
[Kermit Roosevelt seated under tree holding his dog Jack]
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: B.I.; Dogs.
Karnegay House, Mt. Olive vic., Wayne County, North Carolina
Title from photographer's inventory. "Kornegay" according to UNC library. Corresponding Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South neg. no. is LC-J7-NC-3121. Orig. neg. not found in 2009. Credit line: Ca... More
Frances Benjamin Johnston - Pride's Tavern, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South neg. no. is VA-1669. Library has no record of having this neg. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architectur... More
[Interior of Frances Benjamin Johnston's studio at 1332 V St. NW, Wash...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[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
Ema Spencer - A mute appeal / ES.
Photograph shows a little girl in a long dress holding a shallow bowl and looking at a cat sitting before her. Signed with artist's monogram. On verso: A mute appeal; Ema Spencer, Newark, Ohio. Formerly filed ... More
[Woman seated with crossed legs in front of sheer curtains] / Mary A. ...
Title devised. Signed on mount: Mary A. Bartlett ; gum process. On verso: Mrs. Bartlett, Chicago, Ill. FBJ label no. 16. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances ... 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).
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1332 V St., Washington, D.C., makes a ...
Poster shows a rear view of a woman holding a camera and tripod while facing a pond with the sun rising or setting. Poster is an advertisement for Johnston's business as a photographer and author. Published in... More
[Three portraits of William Jennings Bryan at the Grand Hotel, Paris, ...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Nos. 9a, 9b, and 9c.
[Three portraits of William Jennings Bryan at the Grand Hotel, Paris, ...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Nos. 9a, 9b, and 9c.
Child with oak branch / EW. - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a girl sitting on a table holding an oak branch decorated with fringe. Published title. Signed with photographer's monogram. FBJ label no. 124. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of: Ar... More
From old Virginia / Virginia M. Prall.
Photograph shows half-length portrait of a bearded, elderly man wearing a hat, facing front. Published title. Signed on mount and on verso of mount. FBJ label no. 81. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part ... More
How d'y do?. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photograph for book illustration shows two women, in mid-19th century period costumes, standing in a doorway greeting each other. Published title. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjam... More
Portrait photo of Mathilde Weil - Constance / MW.
Photograph shows half-length portrait of a young woman in a square neck top, facing front. Library owns 2 impressions: no. 137a (24 x 11 cm.) and no. 137b (24 x 12 cm. mounted on gray paper, 42 x 24 cm., with l... More
Coal mines, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
View of buildings and coal breaker. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Frances Benjamin Johnston, "Through the Coal Country with a Camera," Demorest's Family Magazine 27 (... More
[Three young girls reading a book]
Title devised by staff. 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; 19... More
[Female students exercising in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washi...
No. 21. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
Parker Mann's Studio, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Interior of artist studio at "Tanglebank," Kalorama Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., showing paintings, fish nets hanging from ceiling, fireplace, etc. Title and other information transcribed from caption card a... More
[Old woman reading a book] / the Misses Selby, N.Y.
Title devised by Library or Museum staff. Signed on mount. On verso of mount: The Misses Selby, 292 Fifth Avenue, Bet. 30th & 31st Sts., New York; Not to be reproduced. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms par... More
[Formal class in liberal arts and sciences Hampton Institute, Hampton,...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Liberal Arts & Science... 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
["Miss Apperson" playing banjo beside statue of "Flora" in niche of Se...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 137. No. 8462. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Picturing t... More
Elsie Leslie / by Miss Ben-Yusuf.
Photograph is full-length portrait of actress Elsie Leslie in costume as Lydia Languish in Richard Sheridan's play The Rivals. Signed on item. Exhibited at 2nd Philadelphia Photo Salon, 1899. Forms part of: Ar... More
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
[Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck o...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France, Oct. 2015-Jan. 2016.
[Group of emigrants (women and children) from eastern Europe on deck o...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France, Oct. 2015-Jan. 2016.
In old world gardens, an exhibition of photographs by Frances Benjamin...
Catalog for exhibition of photographs of gardens in England, France, Italy, Spain, and other European locations, taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston and exhibited at the Ferargil Galleries, 37 East 57th Street, ... More
[Students seated around tables, studying, at Western High School, Wash...
No. 1. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
Frances Benjamin Johnston - To a Greek girl
Photograph shows a young woman dressed in classically-inspired gown, holding a lyre as if playing it. Used as illustration of an Austin Dobson poem of the same title published in In Arcadia /Emma Justine Farnsw... More
Geraldine Farrar / copyrighted 1898 by Addie K. Robinson
Photograph shows head-and-shoulders profile portrait of opera singer Geraldine Farrar. 60675 U.S. Copyright Office. The Library owns 2 copies; one received as a copyright deposit (no. 1a) and one received from ... More
[Portrait of woman in fur-trimmed jacket holding a fur muff] / the Mis...
Title devised by staff. Signed on mount. Stamped on verso: The Misses Selby, 292 Fifth Avenue, Bet. 30th and 31 Sts., New York. FBJ label no. 102. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjam... More
Portrait Photograph: Gifford Pinchot. Harris and Ewing, Washington, D....
A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washin... More
Willard Hotel, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Photograph showing the ceiling of the lobby of the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress) Exhibited: American Treasur... More
Quentin [Roosevelt] and Roswell Pinckney at play
Photograph shows Roswell Pinckney lassoed by Roosevelt Quentin at the White House. Pinckney was the son of White House steward Henry Pinckney (source: K. Pinckney, 2008). H19124 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4163... More
[Breaker boys in Kohinor mine, Shenandoah City, Pennsylvania]
Inscribed on verso: Kohinor Mine, Shenandoah City, Pa. 1891. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, P... More
Frances Benjamin Johnston - Good morning! / Allen.
Photograph shows young girl, wearing night gown and cap, looking out a window. Signed on mount. On verso of mount: F.S. & M.E. Allen, Deerfield, Mass. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of: Artistic ph... More
[Mr. Zina Hitchcock Benjamin family, posed left to right: Cornelia, Zi...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Cyanotype of a daguerreotype made between 1845 and 1858 (DAG - no. 1123). No. 8317.
[Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio, Italy. Casino parterre]
Site History. House Architecture: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola, 1568-1600. Landscape: Giacomo (Jacopo) Barozzi da Vignola. Associated Names: Tomaso Ghinucci, fontaniere, and Giovanni Francesco Gambara, 1... More
[Men, women, and children in bathing suits on dock, sailboats, and in ...
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. cf. America's Yesterdays, pp. 322-323. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: BI; Sailboats; Bathing beaches.
[General Shelley, Auditor Navy, Treasury Department employee, half-len...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full lgth., seated, having tea with 2 othe...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Tea drinking; Photog. I.; BI; Tea; Shelf.
Mrs. George F. Huff - Public domain portrait print
Mrs. George F. Huff, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing fur-trimmed cape. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 8439.
Stevenson sisters - daughters of Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Half-length portrait. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). [filed in] Stevenson, Letitia.
Man at table with pipe and mug under "Pabst - Milwaukee" sign - C.C. J...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 5168.
Mrs. Whittemore, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Mrs. Whittemore, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 6811.
John Ingalls, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
3/4 lgth., seated at desk, facing left. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; B.I.
[Shoe factories, Lynn, Massachusetts.: 2 women working in shoe factory...
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 1895?; Shelf.
[Worker prepares gum for postage stamps in the Stamp Division at the B...
No. 81374. Source: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, "Uncle Sam as a Stamp-Maker," Harper's Round Table, Vol. XVI, no. 815, June 11, 1895, p. 604. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Workers garden before l...
Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (printed): "Property of National Cash Regi... More
Window display of Hurlebaus' Drug Store, 1897-1898
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). "1260." Similar image, LC-USZ62-23932 is from FBJ Collection. Washington, D.C.
Frances Benjamin Johnston - Peace
Photograph shows sheep grazing in an orchard(?). Published title. On verso: "Miss Sarah J. Eddy B.C.C." and "platinotype." Copyrighted 1897. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of: Artistic photographs c... More
Mrs. Grover Cleveland and cabinet ladies
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in LOT 9796. Two copies in LOT 11735 - two different sizes (G and H).
[Soldier and eagle mascot beside "H" Troop flag]
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Young men training in use of machinery at Hampton Institute, Hampton,...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Jules Martin Cambron, 1845-1935, and John Milton Hay, 1838-1905, at e...
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.
[Young men training in wheel wrighting at Hampton Institute, Hampton, ...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Julia Ward Howe - Public domain portrait print
Photograph is a half-length portrait of Julia Ward Howe, seated, facing front. FBJ label no. 98. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Coll... More
[Elderly African American couple posed outside of building, near Hampt...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Group of public school children looking at beaver dam in the National...
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.
[Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools: general classroo...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "1st Division."
[Children in school in Washington, D.C. - studying geometry]
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "4th Division."
[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."
[Young girls seated at desks in Washington, D.C. classroom]
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 195. In album: "2nd Division."
Saluting the flag at the Whittier Primary School
Hampton, Va. African-American children saluting flag which boy is holding on school grounds. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. LOT subdivision subj... More
[Children in school in Washington, D.C. - studying mathematics]
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "3rd Division."
[Kennebec Ice horse-drawn wagon parked in front of Birney Public Schoo...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "8th Division." Caption card tracings: Children Misc. 1899; D.C., Wash. Mis... More
[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, H...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Agricultural Science.
[Half-length portrait of a woman wearing a fur trimmed coat, facing fr...
Photographer unidentified. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.
The difficult step / Allen. - Public domain scenic print
Photograph shows a woman, holding an infant while helping her young child walk. Subjects have been identified as Mrs. Albert Busha and children. Alternate titles include: A Steep Path or The Hard Step. Signed ... More
Frances Benjamin Johnston - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A black and white photo of a living room, 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.... More
[Snicker's Gap. Watching the stage go by]
Photograph shows African American children standing on a fence watching as Johnston's stage coach passes by on her ride to photograph the route where General Philip Sheridan rode on October 19, 1864. Title from... More
Mrs. Florence Fleming Noyes in a scarf dance
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress) Public domain photograph - historical image of Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Portrait of man wearing a pinstripe suit seated with his arms crossed...
Title devised by staff. Signed on mount. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Published in: Ambassadors of progress / edited by... More
Frances Benjamin Johnston - Cupid EF
Photograph shows a woman in a classically-inspired gown with a wreath on her head leaning toward a naked child holding leaves in one hand. Published title. Signed with artist's monogram. Forms part of: Artistic... More
[Young woman, facing right, head-and-shoulders profile portrait]
Photographer unknown. Inscription on photograph: Rather classic, in contour of neck especially. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.
[Seven women working in Roycroft shop, E. Aurora, N.Y.]
No. 81445. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Young fair haired girl seated with hands in her lap] / Huggins, ..., ...
Title devised by staff. Text of Huggins' business card on verso. Signed on item. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Published... More
[Interior of St. Marks church, Washington, D.C. - view down center ais...
Shows Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, 118 Third Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item, with subsequent revisions. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection ... More
William McKinley delivering his last address, Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 5, ...
3/4 lgth., standing, facing right. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: U.S. Hist.; Pres.; Exh.; Geogr.
[Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania Cooking class]
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Schools Classes ca. 1900; Indians Education; Shelf.
[Male and female students reading in class, Carlisle Indian School, Ca...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Theodore Roosevelt, Pres. U.S., 1858-1919
Photograph shows a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, standing, three-quarter length, facing front. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption... More
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Half-length portrait, facing left, wearing fur stole and plumed hat. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card ... More
[Alice Roosevelt Longworth, three-quarter length portrait, standing in...
H18543 U.S. Copyright Office. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
[Stone mountain lodge of Paul T. Mayo, Bear Creek Cañon, Rocky Mountai...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Two Indian women, posed, on Mackinac Island]
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Examination of luggage on automobile, by Customs(?), France]
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of a car accident, car crash, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of car crash... More
[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens af...
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
[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Workers garden with pat...
Site History. Landscape: John Charles Olmsted, from 1896. Other: John Henry Patterson was founder of National Cash Register Company. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "NCR 3B." Also, blue star s... More
[York Hall, York Co., Virginia, exterior, with flower garden in foregr...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Tuskegee Institute faculty with Andrew Carnegie, Tuskegee, Alabama]
Shown from left to right, seated in front row: R.C. Ogden; Mrs. Booker T. Washington; Booker T. Washington; Andrew Carnegie; and an unidentified person. Signed and dated by Frances Benjamin Jonhston. Frances Be... More
["Inellan," Walter Douglas house, Channel Drive, Montecito, California...
Site History. House Architecture: Francis Townsend Underhill, built 1902, with changes for Walter Douglas ca. 1906. Landscape: Francis Townsend Underhill, from 1902. Associated Name: Edith Bell (Mrs. Walter) Do... More
[Windmill-shaped clock tower at left, and part of garage of Edmund Cog...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The New Theatre, N.Y.C.: Main corridor
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Photo copyrighted by the New Theatre. No. 134017. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Theaters NY; NY NYC Theaters; Shelf.