Johnston, Frances Benjamin (1864-1952)

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Name: Johnston, Frances Benjamin (1864-1952)
Nationality: American
Biography: Johnston was the first recognized female press photographer in the United States. She was associated with the Photo-Secession and the Camera Club on New York. In 1909, Johnston began a series of photographs documenting historic buildings and gardens in the southern United States. American photographer.

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Edith Wharton's French villa at St. Brice-sous-Forêt, with garden in foreground. 1925 photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston

The signing of the Protocol of Peace, 1898 (b/w photo)

Self-portrait, c.1890 (b/w photo)

Class in English or penmanship, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1901 (b/w photo)

Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. Class in Government, 1901 (b/w photo)

Opening of 59th Congress, 1906 (b/w photo)

Thanksgiving Day lesson at Whittier, 1899 (photo)

President Roosevelt, 1902 (b/w photo)

Frances Folsom Cleveland (1864-1947), the youngest First Lady married 49 year old President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) in 1886. February 1897 portrait by Frances Benjamin Johnston

Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. Two Native Americans boys studying in dormitory room. Cyanotype by Frances Benjamin Johnston c. 1901

Modern dance group of young women performing outdoors. c. 1900. Photo by Johnston, Frances Benjamin

Frances Benjamin Johnston (1854-1951), was one of the first American women to achieve prominence as a photographer. c. 1925

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