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["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Newport, Rhode Island. Blue Garden flower border and trellis]

["Beacon Hill House," Arthur Curtiss James house, Newport, Rhode Islan...

Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Gardener watering cold frame plants, posed to illustrate Rudyard Kipling's poem The Glory of the Garden]

[Gardener watering cold frame plants, posed to illustrate Rudyard Kipl...

No. R.I. 1105. No. 359. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Print made by the Library of Congress. Frances Benjamin Johnston posed gardeners performing gardening jobs to illustrate the pop... More

[Daniel Elezer Pomeroy house, Beech Road, Englewood, New Jersey. Iris pathway]

[Daniel Elezer Pomeroy house, Beech Road, Englewood, New Jersey. Iris ...

Site History. House Architecture: Aymar Embury II. Landscape: Ruth Bramley Dean, circa 1915. Associated Name: Frances Morse (Mrs. Daniel E.) Pomeroy. Today: Not extant. On slide: Blue star sticker Title, date, ... More

["Allgates," Horatio Gates Lloyd house, Cooperstown Road, Haverford, Pennsylvania. View from house]

["Allgates," Horatio Gates Lloyd house, Cooperstown Road, Haverford, P...

Site History. House Architecture: Wilson Eyre, Jr., from 1910. Landscape: Olmsted Brothers, 1911-1915. Associated Name: Mary Helen Wingate (Mrs. Horatio G.) Lloyd. Additions to garden by Ferrucio Vitale from 19... More

["Willowbank," Joseph Coleman Bright house, 624 Morris Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Pathway to fountain]

["Willowbank," Joseph Coleman Bright house, 624 Morris Avenue, Bryn Ma...

Site History. House Architecture: John Irwin Bright. Landscape: Anna Linn Bright, 1911. Today: House extant. On slide: Blue star sticker. On slide (printed), partially obscured by tape: Red outline flower desi... More

Franklin McFadden home, Radnor Valley Farm, Rosemont, Pennsylvania

Franklin McFadden home, Radnor Valley Farm, Rosemont, Pennsylvania

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 209. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Willowbank," Joseph Coleman Bright house, 624 Morris Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Pathway to formal garden]

["Willowbank," Joseph Coleman Bright house, 624 Morris Avenue, Bryn Ma...

Site History. House Architecture: John Irwin Bright. Landscape: Anna Linn Bright, 1911. Today: House extant. On slide (handwritten): "J.C. Bright." Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, ... More

[Turtle Bay Gardens, 227-247 East 48th Street and 228-246 East 49th Street, New York, New York. View east to common garden]

[Turtle Bay Gardens, 227-247 East 48th Street and 228-246 East 49th St...

Site History. House Architecture: Edward Clarence Dean and William Lawrence Bottomley, 1919-1920. Landscape: Edward Clarence Dean and William Lawrence Bottomley, 1919-1920. Charlotte Bronson Hunnewell Sorchan, ... More

Portrait photo of [Woman holding an infant outdoors]

Portrait photo of [Woman holding an infant outdoors]

Photographer unidentified. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

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

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

Photo shows the entrance to the shared house of Edward Clarence Dean and Charlotte Bronson Hunnewell Sorchan at 228 E. 49th Street. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Forms part... More

["Flagstones," Charles Clinton Marshall house, 117 West 55th Street, New York, New York. Tea house/sleeping porch]

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

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

[White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Southwest rose garden]

[White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Southwest ros...

Site history. House architecture: James Hoban and others, from 1792. Landscape: George Elberton Burnap, planted fall 1913. Charles Henlock, head gardener. Other: Garden designed for Ellen Axson (Mrs. Thomas Woo... 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. Title, date, and subject information p... More

["Jones Wood" townhouses, East 65th and East 66th Streets between Lexington and Third Avenues, New York, New York. Reflecting pool on south terrace]

["Jones Wood" townhouses, East 65th and East 66th Streets between Lexi...

Site History. House Architecture: Twelve townhouses designed by John B. Snook, 1868, and remodeled by Edward Shepard Hewitt and William Emerson, 1919. Landscape: Edward Shepard Hewitt and William Emerson. Other... More

[White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Southeast garden]

[White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Southeast gar...

Site History. House Architecture: James Hoban and others, from 1792. Landscape: Beatrix Jones Farrand, planted fall 1913; Charles Henlock, head gardener. Other: Garden designed for Ellen Axson (Mrs. Thomas Wood... More

[Laura Stafford Stewart house, 205 West 13th Street, New York, New York. Wall basin]

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

Site History. Landscape: Laura Stafford Stewart. Other: Laura Stafford Stewart was the wife of John Wood Stewart, deceased June, 1922. Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 City Gardens Club of Ne... More

[Gramercy Park, between East 20th and East 21st Streets east of Park Avenue, New York, New York. Aerial, fountain, gates, and walkway]

[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. Photo shows display of photographs, possibly taken by Charles I. Berg, architect and photog... More

[Hollywood set - interior view of palace]

[Hollywood set - interior view of palace]

Stamped on verso: Goldwyn Studios presents an Emmett Flynn production "In the Palace of the King." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

["Thornewood," Chester Thorne house, Lakewood, Washington. View to house from flower garden]

["Thornewood," Chester Thorne house, Lakewood, Washington. View to hou...

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

["Benvenuto," Robert Pim Butchart house, 800 Benvenuto Lane, Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Lily pool]

["Benvenuto," Robert Pim Butchart house, 800 Benvenuto Lane, Central S...

Site History. Landscape: Jennie Kennedy (Mrs. Robert P.) Butchart, from 1904. Today:: Extant as part of the Butchart Gardens, a National Historic Site of Canada, open to the public. For corresponding print, see... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Unidentified house. Federal style door]

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Unidentified house. Federal style door]

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

Italy, Villa Bel Riposo, Fiesole [i.e. San Domenico], "Cedars of Lebanon" / Frances B. Johnston, New York.

Italy, Villa Bel Riposo, Fiesole [i.e. San Domenico], "Cedars of Leban...

Frances Benjamin Johnston displayed this image in her 1926 Ferargil Galleries exhibition. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gardens for a Beautiful Americ... More

[Villa Bel Riposo, San Domenico, Tuscany, Italy. Pergola steps]

[Villa Bel Riposo, San Domenico, Tuscany, Italy. Pergola steps]

Site history. Associated Name: Leonardo Bruni. Other: George Gregory Smith owned this villa in 1925. Also known as Villa La Fante. Today: Private house and garden restored, used for the Max Webber Programme. On... More

[Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. Staircase]

[Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. Staircase]

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

Flower market, Quoi de la Cite. Photo by Frances B. Johnston.

Flower market, Quoi de la Cite. Photo by Frances B. Johnston.

Two women in flower market, Paris, France. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 126.

[Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. Water theater]

[Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Lazio, Italy. Water theater]

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 d'Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. Waterfall and pools]

[Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. Waterfall and pools]

Site History. House Architecture: Pirro Ligorio and Tommaso Ghinucci, 1550-1575. Landscape: Pirro Ligorio and Tommaso Ghinucci. Also, Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este. Today: Public site. On slide (printed): "Edwa... More

["Planting Fields" William Robertson Coe house, 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay, New York. View to Blue Pool Garden and tea house]

["Planting Fields" William Robertson Coe house, 1395 Planting Fields R...

Site History. House Architecture: Walker & Gillette, 1918-1921. Landscape: James Frederick Dawson, Olmsted Brothers, from 1918, overall design. Tea house garden and tea house, Andrew Robeson Sargent and Guy Low... More

["Chatham," Colonel Daniel Bradford Devore house, 120 Chatham Lane, Fredericksburg, Stafford County, Virginia. West garden]

["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

["York Hall," Captain  George Preston Blow, Route 1005 and Main Street, Yorktown, Virginia. Pathway at main house]

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

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

["Stratford Hall," 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Southwest or southeast outhouse]

["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

[Robert M. Jeffress house, 1800 Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia. Flower garden]

[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]

[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 cupboard]

[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

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

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]

[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

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

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, Washington, D.C., showing a large camera and props arranged for a portrait]

[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]

[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.

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. Bartlett.

[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, D.C.]

[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 business of photographic illustration and the writing of descriptive articles ... / Mills Thompson '95.

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, all three-quarter length: 1) seated, facing front; 2) seated, facing left; and 3) standing, facing front]

[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, all three-quarter length: 1) seated, facing front; 2) seated, facing left; and 3) standing, facing front]

[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

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.

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

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.

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

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]

[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, Washington, D.C.]

[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

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.

[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, Virginia - writing on blackboard reads "clay modeling"]

[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.

[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 Sen. George Hearst's residence, Washington, D.C.]

["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.

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

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 of the S.S. Amsterdam]

[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 of the S.S. Amsterdam]

[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 Johnston, shown with a collection of garden ornament by American sculptors, February 15th to March 1st, 1926

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, Washington, D.C.]

[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

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

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 Misses Selby, N.Y.

[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.C.

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

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

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]

[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.

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

[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

White House employees, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

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.

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 Apperson Hearst, 3rd from right, 1st row - Letitia Green Stevenson, wife of Vice President Adlai Stevenson, 2nd from left, 1st row

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, 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

The new Willard, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

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.

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

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.

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

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

[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.

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

[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

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

[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

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

[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

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 and other buildings]

[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.

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

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.

[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

[Rough riders on horseback in water at Montauk Point]

[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, 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

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

[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 exercise with rods - 3rd 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]

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]

[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

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