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Materials created by Frances Benjamin Johnston (continued)
United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1902
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 9792 (F)
Extent: 84 photoprints : gelatin silver ; 23 x 30 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Cadets posed for portraits and engaged in activities, including dress parade, presidential review, artillery drill, calisthenics, sports, tent pitching; cadets with female visitors; buildings; President Theodore Roosevelt at commencement; baseball game.
United States Army artillery practice, 1905
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 9794 (F)
Extent: 10 photoprints : gelatin silver ; 12 x 14 cm.
Summary: Explosions in water (captions indicate submarine tests at various ranges). Harbor and buildings at "Hendersons Point, P.N.Y." (probably Henderson Harbor, N.Y.). Soldiers covering their ears while firing artillery.
U.S. gun shops, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 9795 (G)
Extent: 98 photoprints : 54 cyanotype, 44 gelatin silver ; 19 x 24 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Interiors of gun factory at Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., showing men working with machinery, packing ammunition in boxes, and working at desks. Grounds of plant with piles of manufacturing materials. Firing of guns. Close-ups of metal castings, with annotation "Prof. Munroe's experiments."
Artistic photographs, 1900-1915
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 9799 (H)
Extent: 32 photographic prints : 27 gelatin silver, 5 cyanotype ; 42 x 30 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Figures, nude or in classical garb, dancing in outdoor setting and posed beside water's edge--some identified as Isadora Duncan's dancers. Outdoor theatrical production on Long Island. Sculpture in Halls of the Ancients, Washington, D.C. (on invitation to "Exhibition of Blue Prints" held on that site). One combination photoprint of man's face and hand superimposed over stuffed and mounted animals.
Aboard the S.S. Amsterdam, September 1899
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 9803 (F)
Extent: 15 photoprints : gelatin silver ; 10 x 13 cm.
Summary: Groups on deck, posing near rail and reclining in steamer chairs. Women and children in Eastern European dress seated on deck (probably emigrants). Harbor (possibly in Europe) visible in background of two photos.
Shipboard activities, 1905
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 9805 (F)
Extent: 66 photoprints : 62 gelatin silver, 3 cyanotype, 1 albumen ; 15 x 20 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Groups, including Johnston, on deck playing shuffleboard and posing for photograph by fellow passenger; young man in costume; children seated on rail. Captain with sextant; seamen.
Ceremonies for Pan American Union Building cornerstone laying, Washington, D.C., May 11, 1908
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 9808 (F)
Extent: 46 photoprints : 40 gelatin silver, 5 cyanotype, 1 albumen ; 23 x 30 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Includes Theodore Roosevelt, John Barrett, Andrew Carnegie, Elihu Root, and other dignitaries at or near speaker's rostrum.
Frances Benjamin Johnston's visit to Denver, Colorado, ca. 1903
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 9809 (F)
Extent: 20 photoprints : 10 gelatin silver, 10 cyanotype ; 24 x 30 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Groups posed in automobile, carriage, and in front of houses; some include Johnston. Horsecar "Cherrelyn." Lake.
Rough Riders, 1898
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 10007 (F)
Extent: 53 photoprints : 34 cyanotype, 15 gelatin silver ; 23 x 30 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Theodore Roosevelt conferring with soldier and posed on horse. Rough Riders in camp at Montauk Point, including officers' mess; fording river on horseback; with eagle mascot; posed for group portraits. Band. One image includes Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
Easter egg rolling on White House lawn, Washington, D.C., 1889
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 10130 (F)
Extent: 28 photoprints : 18 gelatin silver, 10 albumen ; 24 x 30 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Includes crowds, children playing on lawn, vendors, police; presidential party observing from White House portico.
Opening of the 59th U.S. Congress, 1905-1906
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 10810 (H)
Extent: 39 photoprints : 22 gelatin silver, 17 cyanotype ; 40 x 51 cm. or smaller.
Summary: First session of the House, with opening ceremonies, swearing in of state delegations, and Speaker Cannon presiding.
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899-1900
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11051 (H)
Extent: 173 photoprints : 164 gelatin silver, 9 cyanotype ; 23 x 35 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Afro-American students in laboratories and liberal arts and agricultural science classes. Vocational education, including shipbuilding at Newport News, farming, carpentry, and home economics activities. Whittier Primary School classes. Group portraits of student organizations and band. Buildings, campus, and rural life in surrounding area.
Arranged by topic.
City experiment in gardening, Bryant Park, New York, N.Y., ca. 1922
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11310 (F)
Extent: 7 photoprints : gelatin silver ; 19 x 24 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Group of visitors watching gardener at work in garden project in Bryant Park. Children accompanied by adult reading signs describing plants, growth processes, and cultivation techniques.
Washington Inauguration Centennial Celebration, New York, N.Y., April-May 1889
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11330 (F)
Extent: 35 photoprints : 34 cyanotype, 1 gelatin silver ; 13 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Naval parade in harbor, April 29, 1889. Military, civic, and industrial parades held April 20 and May 1, including members of patriotic societies, Benjamin Harrison, and Oliver Ames; floats--some advertising business enterprises; spectators; police.
White House, Washington, D.C., 1889-1906
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11350 (G) (H)
Extent: 499 photoprints : 351 gelatin silver, 139 cyanotype, 9 albumen ; 25 x 30 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Exterior views and floor plans. Interiors, including East Room, Green Room, Blue Room, Red Room, dining rooms, unidentified formal rooms, corridors and vestibules, President's office and library, bedrooms and nursery, Cabinet Room, staff offices and work areas, and conservatory. Paintings, decorative pieces, and sculpture. Gardens, grounds, and outbuildings; outdoor events, such as receptions.
Arranged by location or topic.
Pastoral play and country fair in Washington, D.C., May 4, 1906
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11500 (F)
Extent: 189 photoprints : 136 gelatin silver, 53 cyanotype ; 30 x 23 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Includes actors and actresses portraying the seasons, shepherdesses, milkmaids, etc., outdoors; dancing minuet; posed for individual and group portraits. People at fair booths, including Johnston's tintype gallery; fortune tellers. (Fund raising event sponsored by local charity organizations for relief of victims of San Francisco fire--Washington Post, May 4, 1906.)
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, ca. 1902
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11528 (G)
Extent: 91 photoprints : 55 gelatin silver, 36 cyanotype 24 x 30 cm. or smaller and 27 photomechanical prints : halftone images 14 x 20 cm. or smaller, on 12 sheets 29 x 24 cm.
Summary: Includes buildings, grounds, midshipmen's activities, visitors, including Theodore Roosevelt; street scenes in Annapolis.
Washington, D.C., architecture and views, 1890-194-?
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) (H)
Extent: 2,179 photoprints : 1,353 gelatin silver, 814 cyanotype, 12 albumen ; 41 x 51 cm. or smaller.
Summary: Buildings, including government buildings, museums and libraries, residences, commercial buildings, schools, churches, organizations' buildings; includes views of interiors, furnishings, architectural elements. Monuments; gardens; street scenes. A few of government housing during World War I, Center Market, and flood conditions. Portraits included in some views of sites.
Photos are arranged alphabetically, primarily by name of structure (e.g. British Embassy) or surname of building owner (e.g. Tuckerman, Lucius, House). Some entries include such information as name of architect(s), alternate or later names of the structure, and dates built or demolished. Date given in the title is the approximate date the photograph was taken.
BOX 1 Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery, 1909
Architect: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Call No.: LOT 11727 (G)
Extent: 1 photograph
BOX 1 Allen, Mrs. Nellie B., 1825 R Street NW, ca. 1930
Call No.: LOT 11727 (G)
Extent: 5 photographs
BOX 1 American Security and Trust Co., 1405 G Street NW
Call No.: LOT 11727 (G)
Extent: 17 photographs
Note: Built in 1901.
BOX 1 Anderson, Larz, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, ca. 1910
Call No.: LOT 11727 (G)
Extent: 41 photographs
Note: Later: Society of the Cincinnati.
BOX 1 Anderson, Nicholas L., 1530 K Street NW at 16th street
Architect: H.H. Richardson
Call No.: LOT 11727 (G)
Extent: 1 photograph
Note: Built 1881-1883. Demolished 1925.
BOX 1 Art Students League
Call No.: LOT 11727 (G)
Extent: 2 photographs
BOX 1 Austrian Embassy, 1893
Call No.: LOT 11727 (G)
Extent: 2 photographs
Note: Built in 1893.
BOX 1 Bachelor's German National Rifle's Hall
Call No.: LOT 11727 (G)
Extent: 1 photograph
BOX 1 Barber, Amzi L., House, "Belmont," Clifton Street NW between 13th and 14th Street NW
Architect: Theophilus P. Chandler
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