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Frances Benjamin Johnston 1864-1952

American photographer who is best known for her pioneering work in the field of architectural and landscape photography.Created by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1900
["Drumthwacket," Moses Taylor Pyne House, 354 Stockton Road, Princeton, New Jersey. Temple at upper pond]
Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) was an American photographer who is best known for her pioneering work in the field of architectural and landscape photography. She was born in Grafton, West Virginia, and after studying art and photography in Paris, she returned to the United States and established herself as a successful photographer.

Johnston's work focused primarily on architecture, and she photographed many of the most significant buildings and structures of her time. She also photographed landscapes, gardens, and people, and her work often appeared in magazines such as House Beautiful, Ladies' Home Journal, and Country Life.

One of Johnston's most notable projects was her documentation of historic architecture in the American South. In 1933, she was commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation to photograph historic homes and buildings in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. This work resulted in a series of photographs that are now housed in the Library of Congress.

Throughout her career, Johnston was also an advocate for women in photography, and she worked to promote the work of other women photographers. She was a founding member of the Women's Professional Photographers' Association and the Photo-Secession, a group of photographers who sought to elevate photography as an art form.
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[Portrait of ten men including Anderson D. Johnston (seated second from right)]

[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.

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

Looking seaward / Myra A. Wiggins, 1889.

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

[Col. William H. Crook, a White House employee, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

[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

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

[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

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

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

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

[National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Worker house gardens before landscaping]

[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 south lawn to Washington Monument]

[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

[Young men training in woodworking at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]

[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

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

[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

[Group of young women performing atmospheric pressure experiments while studying science in normal school, Washington, D.C.]

[Group of young women performing atmospheric pressure experiments whil...

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

Frances Benjamin Johnston - A class in sloyd [woodworking]

Frances Benjamin Johnston - A class in sloyd [woodworking]

Young African American women training in woodworking at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Serving the dinner, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Serving the dinner, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Young African American woman serving dinner, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The Hampton album / Frances Benjamin Johnston. New York : M... More

[Little girl with fair, wavy hair]

[Little girl with fair, wavy hair]

Title devised by staff. On verso: Photographed by Addie Kilburn Robinson, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collec... More

[Young girl in a white off-the-shoulder dress with a ribbon in her hair] / Anne Pilsbury.

[Young girl in a white off-the-shoulder dress with a ribbon in her hai...

Title devised by staff. Signed on photograph. FBJ label no. 71. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Joh... More

[Young girl in profile] / Emily Mew.

[Young girl in profile] / Emily Mew.

Title devised by staff. Signed on mount. On verso: Emily Mew, Washington, D.C. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Franc... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Perfect, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Perfect, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph is head-and-shoulders portrait of a little girl with long, blonde ringlets, facing front. Photographer unidentified. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the... More

[Frances Benjamin Johnston having tea with Elbert Hubbard (far right) and an unidentified man (center) at her studio in Washington, D.C.]

[Frances Benjamin Johnston having tea with Elbert Hubbard (far right) ...

Contact print from Frances Benjamin Johnston negative LC-J713-8730. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Willows / Allen.

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Willows / Allen.

Photograph shows willow trees by a stream. Signed on item. On verso: F.S. & M.E. Allen, Deerfield, Mass. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johns... More

[Frances Benjamin Johnston photographing a group of people, mostly children, in Europe]

[Frances Benjamin Johnston photographing a group of people, mostly chi...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Williams' shaving soap The leader through 20 administrations.

Williams' shaving soap The leader through 20 administrations.

Advertisement for Williams' shaving soap showing head-and-shoulder portraits of Martin Van Buren and William McKinley. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Illus. in: Collier's, v. 26, no... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Inauguration of Pres. McKinley

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Inauguration of Pres. McKinley

Reference copy in PRES FILE - McKinley, William Inauguration 1901. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Indian guide for the rapids, standing in canoe, in the Sault Sainte Marie region of Michigan]

[Indian guide for the rapids, standing in canoe, in the Sault Sainte M...

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

[Unidentified house and garden. Flowers along driveway]

[Unidentified house and garden. Flowers along driveway]

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). Condition caution: ... More

[Unidentified house and garden. Wall fountain and sculpture]

[Unidentified house and garden. Wall fountain and sculpture]

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). Condition caution: ... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Unidentified house. Stone pathway]

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Unidentified house. Stone pathway]

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). Condition caution: ... More

["Grey-Croft," Stephen Swete Cummins house, Huntting Lane, East Hampton, New York. Japanese iris garden]

["Grey-Croft," Stephen Swete Cummins house, Huntting Lane, East Hampto...

Site History. House Architecture: Isaac Henry Green Jr. for Lorenzo Guernsey Woodhouse. Landscape: Emma Woodhouse (Mrs. Stephen S.) Cummins. Other: Emma Woodhouse Cummins (1846-1908), after being married to Lor... More

N.Y., Long Island, Mrs. Robt. Hill, Gray Gardens, East Hampton, gen. view ESE

N.Y., Long Island, Mrs. Robt. Hill, Gray Gardens, East Hampton, gen. v...

Inscribed in blue pencil on verso: For Vogue. See also a close variant of this image as hand-colored lantern slide, LC-J717-X100-7. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Ex... More

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York. Northeast gate]

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...

Site History. House Architecture: Joseph Greenleaf Thorp, 1897. Landscape: Anna Gilman (Mrs. Robert C.) Hill. Other: Robert C. Hill acquired the house and four acres and half in 1913; Edith Bouvier Beale owned ... More

["Holm Lea," Charles Sprague Sargent house, Brookline, Massachusetts. Crab Apple (Malus)]

["Holm Lea," Charles Sprague Sargent house, Brookline, Massachusetts. ...

Site History. Landscape: Thomas Lee and Charles Sprague Sargent (1845-1927). Gardener: Charles Sander. Other: Land purchased in 1845 by Ignacius Sargent, Charles Sprague Sargent's father. Today: Subdivided in 1... More

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Pathway]

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Pathway]

Site History. House Architecture: Chauncey Ives. Landscape Associated Name: Mary Jenkins (Mrs. George W.) Curtis. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "C" and "Curtis, G." Also, no. "3505"(?) Also... More

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Lilies by pergola]

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Lilies by perg...

Site History. House Architecture: Chauncey Ives. Associated Name: Mary Jenkins (Mrs. George W.) Curtis. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "C" and "Curtis." Also, Johnston no. 3516. Photographed ... More

["The Elms," Edward Julius Berwind, 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. Boxwood parterre]

["The Elms," Edward Julius Berwind, 367 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhod...

Site History. House Architecture: Horace Trumbauer, 1899-1901, 1911. Landscape: Horace Trumbauer, 1907-1914. Gardener: Bruce Butterton. Today: Open to the public as a house and garden museum by the Preservation... More

["Claraben Court," Benjamin Stern house, Roslyn Harbor, New York. Hydrangea]

["Claraben Court," Benjamin Stern house, Roslyn Harbor, New York. Hydr...

Site History. House Architecture: Original house by Jacob Wray Mould, 1868, with changes by Benjamin Stern after purchasing the property in 1906. Landscape: Achille Duchêne for Benjamin Stern, from 1906. Other:... More

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York. View from house]

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...

Site History. House Architecture: Joseph Greenleaf Thorp, 1897. Landscape: Anna Gilman (Mrs. Robert C.) Hill. Other: Robert C. Hill acquired the house and four acres and half in 1913; Edith Bouvier Beale owned ... More

["Gardenside," Frederick Augustus Snow house, Ox Pasture Road, Southampton, New York. View north to flower garden]

["Gardenside," Frederick Augustus Snow house, Ox Pasture Road, Southam...

Site History. Landscape: Clarence Fowler, circa 1913; Mary Palen (Mrs. Frederick A.) Snow. Other: For garden plan, see LC-J717-X103-4, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.16446. Today: Garden not extant. On slide... More

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Entrance to pergola walk]

[George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York. Entrance to pe...

Site History. House Architecture: Chauncey Ives. Landscape Associated Name: Mary Jenkins (Mrs. George W.) Curtis. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "C" and "Curtis, G.W." Also, gold star sticker... More

["The Appletrees," Henry Eugene Coe house, Southampton, New York. Entrance]

["The Appletrees," Henry Eugene Coe house, Southampton, New York. Entr...

Site History. House Architecture: 19th century farmhouse with additions. Associated Name: Eva Johnston (Mrs. Henry E.) Coe. On slide (handwritten): "C" and "Coe, Mrs. H.C., Southampton." Also, Johnston no. "353... More

["The Faulkner Farm Gardens, Brookline, Massachusettsachusetts"]

["The Faulkner Farm Gardens, Brookline, Massachusettsachusetts"]

Photograph of a plan of Charles T. Sprague house and garden in the Monograph of the Work of Charles Adams Platt, New York, 1913. On slide (handwritten): "Plan, Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Mass." Possibly photogra... More

[Reproduction of illustration: The Terrace, Brockenhurst]

[Reproduction of illustration: The Terrace, Brockenhurst]

Photograph of an illustration of a watercolor by George Samuel Elgood, 1897. On slide (handwritten): "E" in a gold-edged seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subjec... More

[Fanny A. Mulford house, Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, New York. Pathway to bench]

[Fanny A. Mulford house, Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, New York. Pathway t...

Site History. Landscape: Ruth Bramley Dean, ca. 1915. Plan drawn by Ruth Bramley Dean, 4 West 40th Street, New York City. Today: Garden not extant. Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwards... More

[Reproduction of illustrations: "Pollybirida Singularis" and "Manypeeplia Upsidownia"]

[Reproduction of illustrations: "Pollybirida Singularis" and "Manypeep...

Photograph of illustrations from Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, London, 1871. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters,... More

Martin Schongauer - [Reproduction of print: Annunciation], German

Martin Schongauer - [Reproduction of print: Annunciation], German

Martin Schongauer, also known as Martin Schön or Hübsch Martin by his contemporaries, was an Alsatian engraver and painter. He was the most important printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer, a younge... More

["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. Swimming pool]

["Killenworth," George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. Swimmi...

Site History. House Architecture: Trowbridge & Ackerman, 1908-1913. Landscape: James Leal Greenleaf, circa 1913. Site and drive planning in "Dosoris," the Pratt family compound with houses belonging to the chil... More

[Wildflowers in bloom], Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

[Wildflowers in bloom], Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Condition caution: unmounted slide. Note: silvering at edges. On sleeve (handwritten b... More

[Reproduction of plan showing Pliny's villa]

[Reproduction of plan showing Pliny's villa]

Photograph of a plan of Pliny the Younger's villa and garden. Today: site of Citta di Castello. On slide: Red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subject informati... More

Albrecht Durer - [Reproduction of print: Flight into Egypt]

Albrecht Durer - [Reproduction of print: Flight into Egypt]

Photograph of a woodcut, Albrecht Dürer, circa 1503. On slide: red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms par... More

[Samuel Longstreth Parrish Art Museum, 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, New York. Garden entrance]

[Samuel Longstreth Parrish Art Museum, 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, New ...

Site History. Architecture: Grosvenor Atterbury, 1897, 1902, 1912. Landscape: Warren Henry Manning. Today: Museum extant with landscape modifications. Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwa... More

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampton, New York. Pathway to sun room]

["Gray Gardens," Robert Carmer Hill house, Lily Pond Lane, East Hampto...

Site History. House Architecture: Joseph Greenleaf Thorp, 1897. Landscape Associated Name: Anna Gilman (Mrs. Robert C.) Hill. Other: Robert C. Hill acquired the house and four acres and half in 1913; Edith Bouv... More

["Piranhurst," Henry Ernest Bothin house, 371 Cold Spring Road, Montecito, California. View to outdoor theater wings]

["Piranhurst," Henry Ernest Bothin house, 371 Cold Spring Road, Montec...

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Site History. House Architecture: Italianate villa by F. Garvin Hudson, begun 1914 for Henry Ernest Bothin. Landscape: Joseph J. Whipple and J... More

["Solana," Frederick Forrest Peabody house, Eucalyptus Hill Road, Montecito, California. Service arcade]

["Solana," Frederick Forrest Peabody house, Eucalyptus Hill Road, Mont...

Site History. House Architecture: Francis Townsend Underhill, built 1913-1914. Landscape: Charles Frederick Eaton, from 1906. Associated Name: Katherine Burke (Mrs. Frederick Forest) Peabody. Today: Garden subd... More

[Mrs. Eldridge Merick Fowler house, 363 Grove Street, Pasadena, California. Fountain in flower garden]

[Mrs. Eldridge Merick Fowler house, 363 Grove Street, Pasadena, Califo...

Site History. House: Louis Kwiatkowski, with changes in 1915 by Myron Hunt. Landscape: Myron Hunt, 1915, and Paul Joseph Howard. Gardener: John Blake. Associated Name: Margaret Brewer (Mrs. Eldridge M.) Fowler.... More

[John Henry Fisher adobe, 765 West Highland Avenue, Redlands, California. Outdoor kitchen]

[John Henry Fisher adobe, 765 West Highland Avenue, Redlands, Californ...

Site History. House Architecture: John Henry Fisher, circa 1915. Landscape: John Henry Fisher, circa 1915. Today: House and garden not extant. Slide used with lecture "California Gardens" as no. 32. Title, date... More

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, California. Lower garden, indoor swimming pool at pool house]

["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

["Arcady," George Owen Knapp house, Sycamore Canyon Road, Montecito, California. Roses along pathway]

["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

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island. Stone buildings and stone fence]

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. 1100. No. 353. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["El Fureidis," James Waldron Gillespie house, Parra Grande Lane, Montecito, California. Stairway]

["El Fureidis," James Waldron Gillespie house, Parra Grande Lane, Mont...

Site History. House Architecture: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue with Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, built from 1905-1906; Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, Supervising Architects. Landscape: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue with Cram... More

["Lake Terrace," John Stoughton Newberry, Jr., house, 99 Lake Shore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.. Pergola]

["Lake Terrace," John Stoughton Newberry, Jr., house, 99 Lake Shore Dr...

Site History. House architecture: Earnest Wilby with Albert Kahn, commissioned 1911. Landscape: Alfred Beaver Yeomans. Associated Name: Edith Stanton (Mrs. John S.) Newberry, Jr. Today: House and garden not ext... More

["Welwyn," Harold Irving Pratt house, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove, New York. The Young Diana sculpture in garden]

["Welwyn," Harold Irving Pratt house, 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Co...

Photo shows the Young Diana sculpture by Janet Scudder. Site History. House Architecture: Georgian revival house by Babb, Cook & Welsh, 1904-1906, with alterations by Delano & Aldrich, mid-1910s. Landscape: Mar... More

["Beechgate," Robert Carmer Hill house, Woodland Avenue, Englewood, New Jersey. Flower garden gate]

["Beechgate," Robert Carmer Hill house, Woodland Avenue, Englewood, Ne...

Site History. Landscape: Anna Gilman (Mrs. Robert C.) Hill, on four acres, circa 1911. On slide (handwritten): "Hill." On slide (printed): "176 Fulton Street, New York." (Slide manufacturer: T.H. McAllister-Kel... More

[Apartment of Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, 15 West 67th Street, New York City, with fireplace, bear rug, and paintings]

[Apartment of Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, 15 West 67th Street, New York...

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

["The Causeway," James Parmelee house, 3100 Macomb Street, Washington, D.C. Fountain]

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

Site History. House Architecture: Charles Adams Platt, 1912. Landscape: Charles Adams Platt, overall plan, 1912 and Ellen Biddle Shipman, 1913. Associated Name: Alice Maury (Mrs. James) Parmelee. Today: House p... More

[Living room in St. Gaudens, Windsor, Vermont]

[Living room in St. Gaudens, Windsor, Vermont]

Photograph from the Johnston-Hewitt Studio, New York. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[William Albert Smoot, Jr., house, 220 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Boxwood garden]

[William Albert Smoot, Jr., house, 220 North Washington Street, Alexan...

Site History. House Architecture: Georgian brick house built circa 1767 with changes. Landscape: Harriet Ansley (Mrs. William A.) Smoot, Jr. Other: Also know as Lloyd house, purchased by Smoot in 1916. Today: ... More

[Flower garden, at the home of Mrs. Francis B. Harrington, Ipswich, Massachusetts]

[Flower garden, at the home of Mrs. Francis B. Harrington, Ipswich, Ma...

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

[William Samuel Kies house, Scarborough and Old Albany Roads, Scarborough, New York. Pergola]

[William Samuel Kies house, Scarborough and Old Albany Roads, Scarboro...

Site History. House Architecture: Patterson & Dula, plans by 1916. Landscape: Clarence Fowler, ca. 1920; James Frederick Dawson, Olmsted Brothers in 1916. Associated Name: Mabel Best (Mrs. William S.) Kies. Tod... More

[Insignia of the Society of Little Gardens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[Insignia of the Society of Little Gardens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

Photo shows crest divided in quarters with bird, potted plant, honeybee, and twig with two leaves and acorn; watering can above crest and banner reading "Yards and Yards" below. Insignia designed by E.W. Lowber... More

[Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchan house, Turtle Bay Gardens, 228 East 49th Street, New York, New York. Garden]

[Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchan house, Turtle Bay Gardens, 228 East 49th ...

Site History. House architecture and landscape: Edward Clarence Dean and William Lawrence Bottomley, 1919-1920. Associated Name: Charlotte Bronson Hunnewell Sorchan, developer. Today: Extant. Slide for lecturin... More

[George Hoadly Ingalls house, 154 East 78th Street, New York, New York. View from terrace to garden]

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

Site History. Associated Name: Katherine Hinkle (Mrs. George Hoadly) Ingalls. Today: Garden and house not extant. Other: Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 The City Gardens Club of New York Cit... More

New York City - Medal of the School Nature League

New York City - Medal of the School Nature League

Photo shows front and back of medal, with cherubs gardening and name Alphée DuBois on one side and the initials S.N.L. on the other. On slide (handwritten): "New York City-Medal of the School Nature League" and... More

[Lathrop Colgate house, Bedford Village, New York. Trellis]

[Lathrop Colgate house, Bedford Village, New York. Trellis]

Site History. Landscape: Edith Leonard (Mrs. Lathrop) Colgate, probable landscape gardener. Today: Garden not extant. On slide (handwritten): "Colgate, Bedford, NY." Title, date, and subject information provide... More

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. View to Lake Marie from terraced garden]

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. Vi...

Site History. Landscape: Elizabeth Tyree (Mrs. James S.) Metcalfe, probable landscape gardner. Today: House not extant, property now part of Bedford Hills Memorial Park. On slide: Blind embossed stamp "Frances ... More

["Old Acres," Robert Low Bacon house, Old Westbury, New York. Azaleas by pool]

["Old Acres," Robert Low Bacon house, Old Westbury, New York. Azaleas ...

Site History. House architecture: John Russell Pope, 1904-1910. Landscape: Martha Brookes Brown Hutcheson, 1904-1910; Virginia Murray (Mrs. Robert L.) Bacon. Other: House also known as "Oldfields." Today: House... More

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. Swimming  pool]

["Fenimore," James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York. Sw...

Site History. Landscape: Elizabeth Tyree (Mrs. James S.) Metcalfe, probable landscape gardener. Today: House not extant, property now part of Bedford Hills Memorial Park. On slide: red seal sticker. Title, dat... More

[Gramercy Park, between East 20th and East 21st Streets east of Park Avenue, New York, New York. View to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company tower]

[Gramercy Park, between East 20th and East 21st Streets east of Park A...

Site History. Park created in 1831 by Samuel B. Ruggels, managed by the Gramercy Park Association. Today: Park extant. Possibly photographed by Charles I. Berg, architect and photographer, who was secretary of ... More

[Dr. Henry Alexander Murray, Jr., house, 129 East 69th Street, New York, New York. View to terrace]

[Dr. Henry Alexander Murray, Jr., house, 129 East 69th Street, New Yor...

Site History. Landscape: Clarence Fowler. Associated Names: Josephine Rantoul (Mrs. Alexander) Murray. Other: This garden won the second prize medal for a city garden at the 1922 City Gardens Club of New York C... More

["Flagstones," Charles Clinton Marshall house, 117 West 55th Street, New York, New York. Backyard before renovation]

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

Site history. Landscape: Abby Story (Mrs. Charles C.) Marshall. This garden was comprised of three lots at 117 and 119 West 55th Street, owned by Charles Clinton Marshall who lived at 117. Other: At the 1922 Ci... More

["Thornewood," Chester Thorne house, Lakewood, Washington Flower garden]

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

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

[Villa Torre Clementina, Louis Antoine Stern house, Avenue Impératrice Eugénie, Roquebrune- Cap- Martin, Alpes Maritimes, France. View to ruins ]

[Villa Torre Clementina, Louis Antoine Stern house, Avenue Impératrice...

Site History. House Architecture: Lucien Hesse, commissioned 1904. Landscape: Raffaele Mainella. Associated Name: Ernesta [Mrs. Louis] Stern. Today: Private house and garden, restored, a French historic monumen... More

[Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. Stairs]

[Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. Stairs]

Site History. Landscape: Girolamo Fontana, Carlo Maderno, and Flaminio Ponzio, seventeenth century. Also, Scipione Borghese. Other: Also known as the Villa Conti. Today: Gardens are a public park. On slide: Yel... More

[Villa Gamberaia, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy. Grotto terrace]

[Villa Gamberaia, Settignano, Tuscany, Italy. Grotto terrace]

Site History. House Architecture: Zanobi Lapi, 1610- 1630. Landscape: Zanobi Lapi and others, from 1610. Also, water terrace created on south parterre by Princess Jeanne Ghyka and Martino Porcinai from 1896. Ot... More

["Tudor Place," Armistead Peter, Jr., house, 1644 31st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Entrance façade]

["Tudor Place," Armistead Peter, Jr., house, 1644 31st Street, NW, Was...

Site History. House Architecture: Thomas Thornton, built between 1795-1816. Landscape: Thomas Peter and his descendents. Today: Historic house and garden open to the public. On slide (handwritten): no. "11." On... More

["Tudor Place," Armistead Peter, Jr., house, 1644 31st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Entrance façade]

["Tudor Place," Armistead Peter, Jr., house, 1644 31st Street, NW, Was...

Site History. House Architecture: Thomas Thornton, built between 1795-1816. Landscape: Thomas Peter and his descendents. Today: Historic house and garden open to the public. On slide (printed): Red outline flow... More

["The Pavilion," Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell house,  Fort Ticonderoga, New York. Pathway in walled garden]

["The Pavilion," Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell house, Fort Ticonderoga, N...

Photograph shows walled flower garden with sign: "The King's Garden. This garden was started in 1757 by Captain de Pontieroy of the French Army, Chief of Engineers to the Marquis de Montcalm and named Le Jardin... More

[Port Royal house, Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia]

[Port Royal house, Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia]

Photo shows dirt road leading to river; on left, house with stone 1st floor and wood 2nd floor. On slide (handwritten): "Port Royal, Caroline." Slide for lecturing on "Tales Old Houses Tell." Title and date bas... More

["Federal Hill," John Keim house, 504 Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Entrance door]

["Federal Hill," John Keim house, 504 Hanover Street, Fredericksburg, ...

Site History. House Architecture: Rupert Brooke, governor of Vigirnia, 1794-1796 and founder of the national Federal party, purchased this house and named it "Federal Hill." Today: Extant as a private residence... More

["York Hall,"  Captain  George Preston Blow house, Route 1005 and Main Street, Yorktown, Virginia. Gardener's cottage in Memory Garden]

["York Hall," Captain George Preston Blow house, Route 1005 and Main...

Site History. House Architecture: Griffin & Wynkoop, for Captain George Preston Blow, additions to 18th century brick house, the home of Thomas Nelson Jr., 1738-1739, after purchase by Blow in 1914. Landscape: ... More

[St. Luke's Church, Smithfield vicinity, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Bell tower entrance]

[St. Luke's Church, Smithfield vicinity, Isle of Wight County, Virgini...

On slide (handwritten): "St. Luke, 1632, Isle of Wight." 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-3132... More

["Montpelier," Marion du Pont Scott house, 11395 Constitution Highway, Montpelier, Orange County, Virginia. "Willow Gate"]

["Montpelier," Marion du Pont Scott house, 11395 Constitution Highway,...

Site History. House Architecture: Built by James Madison circa 1760, with changes by C.A. Perkins, builders from Hollyoak, Delaware, for William duPont, 1900-1901; changes by George Finklen until 1917. Landscap... More

[Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Flower border pathway]

[Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. Flower border ...

On sleeve (handwritten): no. "511." Title and date based on similar view in the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, negative LC-J7-VA- 2015. Forms part of: Garden and historic house lecture series... More

Virginiauter's Church, Loretto vic., Essex County, Virginia

Virginiauter's Church, Loretto vic., Essex County, Virginia

Alternate title: St. Anne's Parish House. Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: before 1731. Corresponding Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South neg. no. VA-3089. Library has... More

["Stratford Hall," 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virgnia. Federal style card table with bowl]

["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

[Front and side view of apartment(?) house, 61 Washington Street, Charleston, South Carolina]

[Front and side view of apartment(?) house, 61 Washington Street, Char...

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

Minor houses and details, Blandfields, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Minor houses and details, Blandfields, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South neg. no. VA-1663. The orginal negative has deteriorated. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of t... More

[Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952, half length, facing front, adjusting lens of large tripod camera, in front of the Arts Club, 2017 Eye Street, Washington, D.C.]

[Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952, half length, facing front, adju...

Date based on information in A Talent for Detail / Pete Daniel and Raymond Smock, 1974, p. 32-33. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Office in the Sun Building, 1317 F St., N.W.

Office in the Sun Building, 1317 F St., N.W.

Photograph shows office interior with conference table, including waste basket and spitoon, in the Sun Building, Washington, D.C. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benj... More

Mother and child / Sarah J. Eddy.

Mother and child / Sarah J. Eddy.

Signed on mount. FBJ label no. 36. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Published in: A... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Willard Hotel - dining room]

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Willard Hotel - dining room]

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

A "crack" with the blacksmith / Allen.

A "crack" with the blacksmith / Allen.

Photograph shows two children talking(?) to a blacksmith standing in the doorway of his forge. Signed on mount: Allen. On verso of mount: Illustration; F.S. & M.E. Allen, Deerfield, Mass. FBJ label no. 3. For ... More

[Young boy holding a smaller child]

[Young boy holding a smaller child]

Title devised by staff. On verso: "?Käsebier." Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Publ... More

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