Johnston, Francis Benjamin, 1864-1852

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Birth 1864
Death 1852

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1866, Jan. 15 Born, Grafton, W.Va. 1883 Graduated, Notre Dame of Maryland Collegiate Division, Govanstown, Md. 1883 1885 Student, Julien Art Academy, Paris, France 1885 1888 Student, Art Students' League (predecessor of Corcoran School of Art), Washington, D.C. 1889 Received first camera as gift from George Eastman of Kodak Corp. 1890 Student, photographic laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 1891 1913 Active in photographing Washington society and government officials 1900 Awarded gold medal for work depicting American public school systems, Paris Exposition, Paris, France 1909 Received first architectural commission photographing the New Theater, New York, N.Y. 1913 1917 In partnership with Mattie Edwards Hewitt, New York, N.Y. 1925 Toured Europe and the Middle East, photographing gardens, castles, chateaux 1930 Donated negatives from first architectural survey to Library of Congress, helping form nucleus of Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture 1933 Awarded first of seven consecutive grants from Carnegie Corp. to photograph colonial architecture in nine Southern States 1941 Published The Early Architecture of North Carolina. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press 1945 Made honorary member of the American Institute of Architects 1947 Major exhibit at Library of Congress 1952, May 16 Died, New Orleans, La.

From the guide to the Frances Benjamin Johnston Papers, 1855-1956, (bulk 1890-1945), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Architectural photography

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  • Illustrator

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  • United States (as recorded)

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