Frissell, Toni, 1907-1988

Photographer. Full name: Antoinette Montgomery Frissell Bacon (Mrs. Francis McNeill Bacon)

From the description of Toni Frissell correspondence, circa 1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980812

Biographical Note

• 1907, March 10: Born, New York, N.Y
• 1925: Graduated from Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn.
• 1927 - 1930 : Actress, toured with Max Reinhardt's companies in United States and Europe
• 1930 - 1931 : Caption writer, Vogue magazine, New York, N.Y.
• 1931: First published photographs appear in Town and Country magazine
• 1931 - 1942 : Fashion photographer, Vogue magazine
• 1932: Married Francis McNeill Bacon III
• 1941 - 1945 : Photographer for the American Red Cross, Women's Army Corps, U.S. Air Force, and the Office of War Information, United States and Europe
• 1942 - 1967 : Freelance photographer, Harper's Bazaar, Life, Look, Vogue, and Sports Illustrated magazines
• 1944: Photo illustrations published in A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. New York: U. S. Camera Publishing Corp.
• 1946: Photo illustrations published in The Happy Island by Sally Woodall Lee. New York: T. J. Maloney
• 1948: Published Toni Frissell's Mother Goose. New York: Harper
• 1953: First woman photographer hired by Sports Illustrated
• 1970: Donated photographic archive to the Library of Congress
• 1975: Published King Ranch 1939-1944: A Photographic Essay. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Morgan & Morgan
• 1988, April 17: Died, Saint James, N.Y.

From the guide to the Toni Frissell Papers, 1931-1975, (bulk 1941-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)