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Photographic Prints
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Materials created by Frances
Benjamin Johnston
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Cambridge-Harvard boat
race in England, 1906
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 2965 (F) |
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Extent: 60 photoprints : 34
cyanotype, 26 gelatin silver ; 13 x 18 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: Eight-oared shell boat race
between Harvard and Cambridge universities. Includes teams posed for
portraits, launching boats, on river; spectators on shore; police
controlling crowds; men in living quarters and garden. (Race was
held Sept. 6, 1906, on the Thames, starting at Putney, in London,
England.) |
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World's Fair, St. Louis,
Missouri, 1904
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 2966 (G) |
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Extent: 165 photoprints : 78
gelatin silver, 87 cyanotype ; 25 x 30 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: Includes grounds, buildings,
waterways with gondolas. Opening ceremonies with spectators and
portraits of officials; procession. Exhibits, including views of
exhibit hall and machinery, Siam display, Africans and Asians in
native costume engaged in activities outside huts such as a mock
fight, shooting with bows and arrows, weaving, and dancing; North
American Indians. |
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Pan-American Exposition,
Buffalo, New York, 1901
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 2967 (G) |
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Extent: 279 photoprints : 167
gelatin silver, 112 cyanotype ; 25 x 30 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: Includes grounds with buildings,
sculpture, and fountains; midway parade; officials. President
McKinley speaking and touring with his entourage. West Point cadets
setting up and in camp, viewing exhibits, on parade, posed for
portraits; U.S. Marines and U.S. Signal Corps giving demonstrations.
Exhibits and exhibitors, including North American Indians,
Egyptians, Africans, and Hawaiians. |
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Coal mines in
Pennsylvania, 1891
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 2968 (F) |
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Extent: 11 photoprints : 9
cyanotype, 1 albumen, 1 gelatin silver ; 19 x 25 cm. or
smaller. |
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Summary: Miners, including young boys, at
work and eating. Interiors and exteriors of mine and living
quarters. View of Shenandoah City. |
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Bagchee, Annoda, Prosad
(and others), artists
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 2980 (F) |
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Extent: 10 proofs from
photographs. |
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Note: From an unidentified
scientific publication of the late 19th century, published by the
Gov't school of art, Calcutta. |
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Summary: Blueprint proofs reproducing
pictures of serpents. With scientific terminology. |
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New Theater, New York,
N.Y., ca. 1909-ca.
1910
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Related Name:
New Century Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.), copyright holder.
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Call No.: LOT 3611 (H) |
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Extent: 7 photoprints : gelatin
silver ; 36 x 29 cm. or smaller. |
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Note: Johnston took the photos on
commission for John M. Carrère; this was probably Johnston's first
commission for architectural photography. |
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Note: Title devised. Penned
captions on most photos. |
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Summary: Exterior and interior of theater
(also known as Century Theater), including friezes, murals,
decorated arches, ceiling, columns, foyer. |
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Portrait proofs, some
badly faded, of people prominent in politics, art, science,
business, society, etc.
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 4070 (G) |
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Extent: ca. 100 photographic
prints |
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Summary: A supplementary collection
tipped in folders. |
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Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,
ca. 1891-ca.
1893
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 5020 (G) |
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Extent: 119 photoprints : 43
cyanotype, 42 albumen, 34 gelatin silver ; 35 x 28 cm. or
smaller. |
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Summary: Includes tourist party being led
through cave by black guide; cave entrance, iron gate, narrow
passageways, rock formations--some with graffiti on them. Cottages,
including view of veranda, in vicinity of cave. |
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Wooden box industry,
ca. 1910
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 7512 (F) |
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Extent: 12 photographic prints :
gelatin silver ; 24 x 30 cm. |
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Summary: Mrs. Graham talking with workers
and posed beside lumber; men preparing to cut log; women painting,
assembling, stitching, and labelling what are probably cigar boxes.
Conjectured to have been taken in the U.S. |
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Cathedral of St. John
the Divine, New York, N.Y., c1911
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 8859 (G) |
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Extent: 6 photoprints : gelatin
silver ; 23 x 29 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: Consecration of choir and two
chapels at Easter. Includes choir and congregation standing during
service, photographed from above. |
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United States mint in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and United States Bureau of Engraving in
Washington, D.C., 1889-1890
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 8861 (G) |
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Extent: 61 photoprints : 31
gelatin silver, 30 cyanotype ; 25 x 30 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: Buildings and interiors.
Employees, including blacks and women, eating in dining facilities
and performing tasks such as sorting sacks and operating presses;
portraits of officials in offices. Machinery and equipment,
including scales, assay equipment, presses, ovens. |
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People and activities
aboard the U.S.S. Olympia, 1899
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 8868 (G) |
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Extent: 241 photoprints : 151
gelatin silver, 88 cyanotype, 2 albumen ; 28 x 34 cm. or
smaller. |
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Summary: Includes sailors at work and
recreation, with pets, with peddlers, eating, washing clothes, and
being photographed. Boat drill; officer inspecting small arms.
Individual and group portraits, including Admiral Dewey, officers,
Asian cooks, female passengers. Ship at anchor near Naples, Italy;
ship interiors. |
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President McKinley's
inauguration and administration, 1896-1900
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9214 (H) |
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Extent: 43 photoprints : 31
gelatin silver, 12 cyanotype ; 40 x 48 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: Includes McKinley taking oath of
office; Washington, D.C., streets; Pension Building interior
decorated for inauguration. Portraits of McKinley with his Cabinet
and with first and second Philippine commissions; signing of peace
protocol and ratification of treaty with Spain. |
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Opening of the 60th U.S.
Congress, 1907
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9791 (H) |
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Extent: 27 photoprints : gelatin
silver ; 36 x 43 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: House chamber during swearing in
of Speaker Cannon; enlargements showing small groups of Congressmen
reading or conferring at their desks. One photo includes in the
distance a young Charles Lindbergh with his father. |
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United States Military
Academy, West Point, New York, 1902
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9792 (F) |
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Extent: 84 photoprints : gelatin
silver ; 23 x 30 cm. or smaller. |
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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. |
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United States Army
artillery practice, 1905
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9794 (F) |
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Extent: 10 photoprints : gelatin
silver ; 12 x 14 cm. |
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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. |
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U.S. gun shops, 1903
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9795 (G) |
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Extent: 98 photoprints : 54
cyanotype, 44 gelatin silver ; 19 x 24 cm. or smaller. |
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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." |
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Artistic photographs,
1900-1915
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9799 (H) |
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Extent: 32 photographic prints :
27 gelatin silver, 5 cyanotype ; 42 x 30 cm. or smaller. |
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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. |
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Aboard the S.S.
Amsterdam, September
1899
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9803 (F) |
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Extent: 15 photoprints : gelatin
silver ; 10 x 13 cm. |
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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. |
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Shipboard activities,
1905
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9805 (F) |
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Extent: 66 photoprints : 62
gelatin silver, 3 cyanotype, 1 albumen ; 15 x 20 cm. or
smaller. |
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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. |
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Ceremonies for Pan
American Union Building cornerstone laying, Washington, D.C., May 11, 1908
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9808 (F) |
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Extent: 46 photoprints : 40
gelatin silver, 5 cyanotype, 1 albumen ; 23 x 30 cm. or
smaller. |
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Summary: Includes Theodore Roosevelt,
John Barrett, Andrew Carnegie, Elihu Root, and other dignitaries at
or near speaker's rostrum. |
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Frances Benjamin
Johnston's visit to Denver, Colorado, ca. 1903
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 9809 (F) |
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Extent: 20 photoprints : 10
gelatin silver, 10 cyanotype ; 24 x 30 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: Groups posed in automobile,
carriage, and in front of houses; some include Johnston. Horsecar
"Cherrelyn." Lake. |
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Rough Riders, 1898
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 10007 (F) |
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Extent: 53 photoprints : 34
cyanotype, 15 gelatin silver ; 23 x 30 cm. or smaller. |
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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. |
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Easter egg rolling on
White House lawn, Washington, D.C., 1889
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Creator:
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer.
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Call No.: LOT 10130 (F) |
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Extent: 28 photoprints : 18
gelatin silver, 10 albumen ; 24 x 30 cm. or smaller. |
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Summary: Includes crowds, children
playing on lawn, vendors, police; presidential party observing from
White House portico. |
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Opening of the 59th U.S.
Congress, 1905-1906
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