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

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)

President Roosevelt, 1902 (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)

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

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.: Palace of Mechanic Arts and lagoon. Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1892

Alice Roosevelt (1884-1980), wearing fashionable lace dress and flowers in her hair. 1903 portrait by Frances Benjamin Johnston

Archie Roosevelt (1894-1979), the fourth child of president Theodore Roosevelt and his second wife, Edith, on a pony, Algonquin. 1902 photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston

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