Johnston Frances Benjamin Collection (#2)

"Hammersmith Farm, " Hugh Dudley Auchincloss house, Harrison Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1917. House Architecture: Originally built for John W. Auchincloss, 1887

Janitor apartment, 137 East 30th Street, New York, New York, c1922. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Janitor apartment, 137 East 30th Street, New York, New York, c1922. Landscape: The janitor. Photographs of this garden were entered in the 1922 The City Gardens Club of New York City photograph

"Willowbank, " Joseph Coleman Bright house, 624 Morris Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1919. House architecture: John Irwin Bright. Landscape: Anna Linn Bright, 1911

Flower market, Quai de la Cité, Paris, France, 1925. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Flower market, Quai de la Cite´, Paris, France, 1925

"Fenimore, " James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York, 1921. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
"Fenimore, " James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York, 1921. Landscape: Elizabeth Tyree (Mrs. James S.) Metcalfe, probable landscape gardener

Field of poppies and lupin, California, 1917. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Field of poppies and lupin, California, 1917

"Fenimore, " James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York, 1921. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
"Fenimore, " James Stetson Metcalfe house, Bedford Hills, New York, 1921. Landscape: Elizabeth Tyree (Mrs. James S.) Metcalfe, probable landscape gardener

"Jones Wood" townhouses, East 65th and East 66th Streets between Lexington and...New York, 1921
"Jones Wood" townhouses, East 65th and East 66th Streets between Lexington and Third Avenues, New York, New York, 1921. House Architecture: Twelve townhouses designed by John B

"Jones Wood" townhouses, East 65th and East 66th Streets between Lexington and...New York, 1921
"Jones Wood" townhouses, East 65th and East 66th Streets between Lexington and Third Avenues, New York, New York, 1921. House Architecture: Twelve townhouses designed by John B

Villa Torre Clementina, Louis Antoine Stern house, Avenue Impe´ratrice Euge´nie... France, 1925
Villa Torre Clementina, Louis Antoine Stern house, Avenue Impe´ratrice Euge´nie [Avenue Imperatrice Eugenie], Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes Maritimes, France, 1925

"El Fureidis, " James Waldron Gillespie house, Parra Grande Lane, Montecito, California, 1917. House Architecture: Bertram Grovesnor [sic] Goodhue with Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson

"Enniscorthy, " Albert Henry Morrill house, Keene, Green Mountain, Albemarle Co. Virginia, 1932. House Architecture: Built by John Coles and sold out of his family in 1926 to Albert H

William Windom house, 1723 de Sales Place, Washington, D.C. c1925. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
William Windom house, 1723 de Sales Place, Washington, D.C. c1925

"York Hall, " Captain George Preston Blow house, Route 1005 and Main Street, Yorktown, Virginia, 1929. House Architecture: Griffin & Wynkoop, for Captain George Preston Blow

"Old Acres, " Robert Low Bacon house, Old Westbury, New York, 1921. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
"Old Acres, " Robert Low Bacon house, Old Westbury, New York, 1921. House Architecture: John Russell Pope, 1904-1910. Landscape: Martha Brookes Brown Hutcheson, 1904-1910

Herbert Livingston Satterlee house, Great Head, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1924. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Herbert Livingston Satterlee house, Great Head, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1924. Site History. Camp with multiple buildings from 1911. Landscape: Beatrix Jones Farrand, designed 1921

"Lake Terrace, " John Stoughton Newberry, Jr. house, 99 Lake Shore Drive, Grosse Pointe... 1917
"Lake Terrace, " John Stoughton Newberry, Jr. house, 99 Lake Shore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 1917. House Architecture: Earnest Wilby with Albert Kahn, commissioned 1911

"Ormston, " John Edward Aldred house, 1 East Beach Drive, Glen Cove, New York, 1924. House architecture: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue, 1913-1916. Landscape: Olmsted Brothers

"Allgates, " Horatio Gates Lloyd house, Cooperstown Road, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 1919. House Architecture: Wilson Eyre, Jr. from 1910. Landscape: Olmsted Brothers, 1911-1915

"Quiet Corner, " John Wesley Baxter house, Dublin and Hill Roads, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1920. House architecture: Benjamin William Morris for William Clyde Fitch

"Chatham, " Colonel Daniel Bradford Devore house, 120 Chatham Lane, Fredericksburg... 1927
"Chatham, " Colonel Daniel Bradford Devore house, 120 Chatham Lane, Fredericksburg, Stafford County, Virginia, 1927

"Hickory Hill, " Colonel Henry Taylor Wickham house, Ashland, Virginia, 1927. House Architecture: House circa 1875. Landscape: Willliam Fanning and Mary (Mrs)

Dr. Charles Willliam Richardson house, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1927. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Dr. Charles Willliam Richardson house, Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1927. Landscape: Amy also Aime´e Mrs. Charles W. Richardson

Mary Ball Washington house, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1927. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mary Ball Washington house, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1927. House: Built 1761 with later additions

"Belmont, " Gari Melchers house, 224 Washington Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1927. House architecture: Late 18th century house with additions by Gari Melchers who purchased

Edgar Theodore Wherry house, 3331 Stephenson Place, N.W. Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. 1921. House Architecture: Built 1914. Landscape: Edgar Theodore Wherry; Gertrude Smith (Mrs. Edgar T.) Wherry

"Jones Wood" townhouses, East 65th and East 66th Streets between Lexington and... New York, 1921
"Jones Wood" townhouses, East 65th and East 66th Streets between Lexington and Third Avenues, New York, New York, 1921. Twelve townhouses designed by John B

Boston Horticultural Society Exhibition, Horticultural Hall, Massachusetts Avenue, Mass. 1921
Boston Horticultural Society Exhibition, Horticultural Hall, Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 1921

Charles Barney studio, 53 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. 1922. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Charles Barney studio, 53 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. 1922. Two photos (before and after) and a site plan "Ground plan of dismal alley garden."

"Hickory Hill, " Colonel Henry Taylor Wickham house, Ashland, Virginia, 1927. House Architecture: House circa 1875. Landscape: Willliam Fanning and Mary (Mrs)

Laura Stafford Stewart house, 205 West 13th Street, New York, New York, 1922. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Laura Stafford Stewart house, 205 West 13th Street, New York, New York, 1922. Landscape: Laura Stafford Stewart. Other: Laura Stafford Stewart was the wife of John Wood Stewart, deceased June, 1922

"Stratford Hall, " 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, c1932. House Architecture: Unknown architect, built 1730s. Other: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee

Laura Stafford Stewart house, 205 West 13th Street, New York, New York, 1922. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Laura Stafford Stewart house, 205 West 13th Street, New York, New York, 1922. Landscape: Laura Stafford Stewart. Other: Laura Stafford Stewart was the wife of John Wood Stewart, deceased June, 1922

"Surprise Valley Farm, " Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Road, Newport, Rhode Island, 1917. House Architecture: Grosvenor Atterbury, 1914-1916

"Flagstones, " Charles Clinton Marshall house, 117 West 55th Street, New York, between 1921 and 1922
"Flagstones, " Charles Clinton Marshall house, 117 West 55th Street, New York, New York, between 1921 and 1922. Landscape: Abby Story (Mrs. Charles C.) Marshall

Henry Edwards Huntington house, Oxford Road, San Marino, California, 1923. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Henry Edwards Huntington house, Oxford Road, San Marino, California, 1923. House Architecture: Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, 1908-1911. Landscape: William Hertrich, gardener, Japanese garden, 1911

Unidentified city garden, probably New York, New York, c1922. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Unidentified city garden, probably New York, New York, c1922

George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York, 1914 or 1915. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
George Warrington Curtis house, Southampton, New York, 1914 or 1915. House Architecture: Chauncey Ives. Landscape Associated Name: Mary Jenkins (Mrs. George W.) Curtis

Laura Stafford Stewart house, 205 West 13th Street, New York, New York, 1922. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Laura Stafford Stewart house, 205 West 13th Street, New York, New York, 1922. Landscape: Laura Stafford Stewart. Other: Laura Stafford Stewart was the wife of John Wood Stewart, deceased June, 1922

Mary Ball Washington house, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, Stafford County, Virginia, 1927. House: Built 1761 with later additions

William Corcoran Eustis house, H Street and Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. c1895 - c1900
William Corcoran Eustis house, H Street and Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. between c1895 and c1900. A Federal house

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1921. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1921. House Architecture: James Hoban and others, from 1792. Landscape: Beatrix Jones Farrand, planted fall 1913; Charles Henlock, head gardener

"Mi Suen~o, " Herbert Coppell house, 1245 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California, 1917. House Architecture: Bertram Grovesnor Goodhue, built 1916; Carlton Monroe Winslow

Insignia of the Society of Little Gardens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c1920. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Insignia of the Society of Little Gardens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c1920. Crest divided in quarters with bird, potted plant, honeybee

Demonstration garden, Bryant Park, 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, New York, New York. 1918. Bryant Park with New York Public Library; two boys, one on roller skates, and a man reading the notices

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1921. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1921. House Architecture: James Hoban and others, from 1792. Landscape: Beatrix Jones Farrand, planted fall 1913; Charles Henlock, head gardener

Turtle Bay Gardens, 228-246 East 49th Street, New York, New York, 1920. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Turtle Bay Gardens, 228-246 East 49th Street, New York, New York, 1920. At right the entrance to the shared house of Edward Clarence Dean and Charlotte Bronson Hunnewell Sorchan at 228 E. 49th Street

Turtle Bay Gardens, 227-247 East 48th Street and 228-246 East 49th Street, New York, New York, 1920. House Architecture: Edward Clarence Dean and William Lawrence Bottomley, 1919-1920

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Johnston Frances Benjamin was a pioneering photographer and photojournalist whose work captured the essence of American life in the early 20th century. Her photographs documented everything from high society events to everyday scenes on the streets of New York City. Born in Grafton, West Virginia in 1864, Johnston's passion for photography led her to open her own studio in New York City in 1890. She quickly gained recognition for her portraits of prominent figures such as Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, and Susan B. Anthony. Johnston's most famous project was "The Hampton Album," a series of photographs depicting African American students at the Hampton Institute in Virginia. This groundbreaking work challenged stereotypes and highlighted the dignity and humanity of its subjects. Throughout her career, Johnston pushed boundaries and broke barriers as a female photographer working in a male-dominated industry. Her legacy continues to inspire generations of photographers and artists today. In addition to her artistic achievements, Johnston was also an advocate for social reform and women's rights. She used her platform to raise awareness about important issues such as child labor laws and immigration policy. Johnston Frances Benjamin's impact on photography cannot be overstated. Her innovative approach to capturing moments both big and small has left an indelible mark on the history of visual storytelling.