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Photographic Prints
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Materials created by Frances
Benjamin Johnston
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Opening of the 59th U.S.
Congress, 1905-1906
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 10810 (H) |
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Extent: 39 photoprints : 22
gelatin silver, 17 cyanotype ; 40 x 51 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: First session of the House, with
opening ceremonies, swearing in of state delegations, and Speaker
Cannon presiding. |
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Hampton Normal and
Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899-1900
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 11051 (H) |
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Extent: 173 photoprints : 164
gelatin silver, 9 cyanotype ; 23 x 35 cm. or smaller. |
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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. |
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Arranged by topic. |
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City experiment in
gardening, Bryant Park, New York, N.Y., ca. 1922
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 11310 (F) |
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Extent: 7 photoprints : gelatin
silver ; 19 x 24 cm. or smaller. |
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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. |
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Washington Inauguration
Centennial Celebration, New York, N.Y., April-May 1889
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 11330 (F) |
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Extent: 35 photoprints : 34
cyanotype, 1 gelatin silver ; 13 x 18 cm. or smaller. |
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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. |
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White House, Washington,
D.C., 1889-1906
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 11350 (G) (H) |
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Extent: 499 photoprints : 351
gelatin silver, 139 cyanotype, 9 albumen ; 25 x 30 cm. or
smaller. |
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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. |
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Arranged by location or topic. |
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Pastoral play and
country fair in Washington, D.C., May 4, 1906
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 11500 (F) |
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Extent: 189 photoprints : 136
gelatin silver, 53 cyanotype ; 30 x 23 cm. or smaller. |
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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.) |
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Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Maryland, ca.
1902
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 11528 (G) |
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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. |
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Summary: Includes buildings, grounds,
midshipmen's activities, visitors, including Theodore Roosevelt;
street scenes in Annapolis. |
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Washington, D.C.,
architecture and views, 1890-194-?
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) (H) |
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Extent: 2,179 photoprints : 1,353
gelatin silver, 814 cyanotype, 12 albumen ; 41 x 51 cm. or
smaller. |
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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. |
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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. |
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BOX 1 |
Adams Memorial, Rock
Creek Cemetery, 1909
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Architect:
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 1
photograph |
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BOX 1 |
Allen, Mrs. Nellie
B., 1825 R Street NW, ca. 1930
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 5
photographs |
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BOX 1 |
American Security
and Trust Co., 1405 G Street NW |
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 17
photographs |
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Note: Built in 1901. |
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BOX 1 |
Anderson, Larz, 2118
Massachusetts Avenue, NW, ca. 1910
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 41
photographs |
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Note: Later: Society of the
Cincinnati. |
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BOX 1 |
Anderson, Nicholas
L., 1530 K Street NW at 16th street |
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Architect:
H.H. Richardson
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 1
photograph |
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Note: Built 1881-1883.
Demolished 1925. |
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BOX 1 |
Art Students
League |
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 2
photographs |
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BOX 1 |
Austrian Embassy,
1893
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 2
photographs |
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Note: Built in 1893. |
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BOX 1 |
Bachelor's German
National Rifle's Hall |
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 1
photograph |
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BOX 1 |
Barber, Amzi L.,
House, "Belmont," Clifton Street NW between 13th and 14th Street
NW |
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Architect:
Theophilus P. Chandler
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 19
photographs |
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Note: Demolished
1915. |
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BOX 1 |
Bell, Alexander
Graham, House, 1331 Connecticut Avenue NW |
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Architect:
Hornblower & Marshall
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 2
photographs |
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Note: Built 1892. Demolished
1930. |
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BOX 1 |
Beveridge, Sen.
Albert Jeremiah (died 1927) |
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 2
photographs |
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BOX 1 |
Blount
House |
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 4
photographs |
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BOX 1 |
Boardman, William
P., 1801 P Street NW |
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Architect:
Hornblower & Marshall
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 35
photographs |
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Note: Later: Embassy of
Iraq. |
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BOX 1 |
Bonsal, Mrs.
Stephen, 3142 P Street NW |
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 7
photographs |
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BOX 1 |
Brazilian Legation,
Mendonça House, New Hampshire Avenue NW, near Dupont Circle,
1893
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 27
photographs |
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BOX 2 |
British Embassy,
3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW, ca. 1940
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 18
photographs |
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BOX 2 |
British Legation
Embassy, Connecticut Avenue NW at N Street, 1893
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 3
photographs |
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Note: Demolished. |
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BOX 2 |
Brown, Henry, 1720
16th Street NW |
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 1
photograph |
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BOX 2 |
Bureau of Printing
and Engraving: Fold. & Env., ca. 1890
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 58
photographs |
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BOX 3, 17 |
Burling, Edward B.,
House and Gardens, 2900 Benton Road NW, May 1931
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) (H) |
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Extent: 31
photographs |
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BOX 3 |
Burnes' Cottage
(David Burnes Cottage), 17th Street NW near B Street
[Constitution Avenue], ca. 1890
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 3
photographs |
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Note: Built ca. 1760. Earliest
building on site of DC. Demolished. Site now: Pan American
Union. |
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BOX 3 |
Cairo Flats, 1615 Q
Street NW |
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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Extent: 2
photographs |
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BOX 3 |
Capitol Building,
U.S. |
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Call No.: LOT 11727 (G) |
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