Frances Benjamin Johnston photograph collection (Library of Congress) (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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Photographic Prints (continued)
	Materials collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston (continued)
		Frances Benjamin Johnston's collection of works by other photographers, ca. 1890-1910
			Creator(s): Farnsworth, Emma Justine, photographer; Morrison, W. H. (William H.), photographer; Purington, C. N., photographer; Schaafe, C. H., photographer; Tomlinson, C., photographer.
			Related Name: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, collector.
			Call No.: LOT 12371 (F)
			Extent: 104 photoprints : 99 gelatin silver, 5 cyanotype ; 17 x 21 cm. or smaller and 4 photomechanical prints ; 20 x 25 cm. or smaller.
			Summary: Includes pastoral scenes with adult and child models, portraits of men in theatrical roles, posed portrait of American Indian couple, San Juan Mountains in Colo., unidentified landscapes and paintings.
			Arranged alphabetically by photographer; unidentified photographers filed at the end.
		Katagami stencils, between ca. 1900 and 1952
			Related Name: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, collector.
			Call No.: LOT 12550 (H)
			Extent: 76 items ; 34 x 44 cm. or smaller.
			Summary: Stencils used for making patterns on kimonos. Includes floral, geometric, and abstract designs cut into oiled brown paper. Most do not appear to have been used.
		Architectural drawings of Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C., Greentree House, and unidentified building, 1937
			Related Name: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, collector.
			Call No.: LOT 12551 (H)
			Extent: 8 drawings on tracing paper : pencil and graphite ; 37 x 67 cm. or smaller.
			Summary: Floor plans for Arts Club of Washington. Plans for alterations to Greentree House. Elevation for unidentified building. (Greentree House possibly located in Washington, D.C. Johnston resided at the Arts Club.)
	Browsing Files
		Johnston donated prints that have been interfiled in the following series available in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room: Biographical File (BIOG FILE), Presidential File (PRES FILE), U.S. Geographical File (U.S. GEOG FILE), and Specific Subject File (SSF). There is no comprehensive list but some items are identified in our Online Catalog as belonging to the Frances Benjamin Johnston photograph collection.
	Photographs (individually cataloged)
		Interfiled in the PH filing series: approximately 60 art photographs, primarily by women photographers, brought together by Frances Benjamin Johnston for display at the work of American women in photography at the Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 in Paris, France, and in Moscow. Additional artistic photographs are in LOT 3222.
Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Daguerreotypes
	Three unidentified women, two seated, one standing, facing front, between 1840 and 1860
		Call No.: DAG no. 1120
		Extent: 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.
	Clark sisters, five women, three-quarter length portraits, all facing front, between 1840 and 1860
		Call No.: DAG no. 1122
		Extent: 1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
		Note: Grandmother and aunts of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston including: Aunt Harriet Allen, Aunt Ladonna Hoy, Grandma Joanette C-B, Aunt Julia Millard, Aunt Laura.
	Benjamin family group portrait, posed around a column, between 1845 and 1858
		Call No.: DAG no. 1123
		Extent: 1 photograph : half-plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
		Note: From left to right: Cornelia Juliaette, Zina Hitchcock, Frances Antoinette, Samuel Clark, and Joanette.
	Group portrait of two unidentified girls, three-quarter length, seated, facing front, between 1840 and 1860
		Call No.: DAG no. 1128
		Extent: 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
	Joannette Clark Benjamin, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated, between 1840 and 1860
		Call No.: DAG no. 1129
		Extent: 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, hand-colored.
	Joanette Clark Benjamin and Zina Hitchcock Benjamin, between 1860 and 1865
		Call No.: AMB/TIN no. 1121
		Extent: 1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype ; 9.5 x 8.2 cm (case)
	Unidentified man sitting in chair, between 1860 and 1880
		Call No.: AMB/TIN no. 1124
		Extent: 1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype ; 8.1 x 6.9 cm (plate)
	Dog sitting on drape, between 1860 and 1880
		Call No.: AMB/TIN no. 1125
		Extent: 1 photograph : approximate ninth-plate tintype ; 7.5 x 6.3 cm (case)
	Unidentified baby, between 1860 and 1880
		Call No.: AMB/TIN no. 1126
		Extent: 1 photograph : approximate ninth-plate tintype ; 7.5 x 6.1 cm (case)
	Unidentified baby, between 1860 and 1880
		Call No.: AMB/TIN no. 1127
		Extent: 1 photograph : approximate ninth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 7.5 x 6.1 cm (case)
Posters
	Approximately 700 posters and magazine covers donated by Johnston in 1920. The accession number is DLC/PP - 1920:46065 and 1925:46756. Only a few are noted in our Online Catalog with the Johnston provenance.
Other Graphic Materials
	Johnston donated prints and drawings that have been interfiled with the Fine Prints (FP), Drawings (DRWG), and Popular Graphic Arts (PGA) and Popular and Applied Graphic Art (PAGA) prints. There is no comprehensive list but some items are identified in our Online Catalog as belonging to the Frances Benjamin Johnston photograph collection.
Negatives and Transparencies
	Negatives and transparencies are generally not served to researchers and are stored offsite. Generally a print of each image is available in the collection. For more information see Alternate Formats.
	Lantern Slides
		1,134 hand colored and black-and-white glass slides created and used by Johnston for lectures about beautifying America through gardens. The lantern slides (call number: LC-J717) have been comprehensively digitized and can be searched by call number or descriptive words in our Online Catalog. For more information see Lantern Slides for Garden & Historic House Lectures.
Supplementary Archive
	Studio inventories and log books from the Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
		Architect: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952.
		Call No.: LOT 11741 (Suppl. Arch.)
		Extent: 1 container.

Frances Benjamin Johnston photograph collection (Library of Congress)

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