Frances Benjamin Johnston

Outdoor class in botany, Washington, DC, ca. 1899

  

 Students of 8th Division school using rulers, yardsticks, and measuring tape 

in school yard, Washington, DC, ca. 1899

  

Thanksgiving Day lesson at Whittier, 1899-1900

  

Two girls and a boy pumping water at well 

of Hampton Institute graduate, 1899-1900

  

Women painting at easels in a class at the 

Art Students' League, Washington, DC, 1889

Frances Benjamin Johnston

Four dancing figures

  

Frances Benjamin Johnston, with friends at costume party, bottom center

  

Group of public school children offering peanuts to animals 

in the National Zoo, Washington, DC, ca. 1899

  

Isadora Duncan's dance students, early 1900s

  

Machine shop class, Washington, DC, ca. 1899

 

Old African American couple eating at the 

table by fireplace, rural Virginia, 1899-1900

Frances Benjamin Johnston

 Art class, sketching ducks at zoo, Normal school, ca. 1899

  

 Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., ca. 1898 - 11 students 

in uniform playing guitars, banjos, mandolins, and cello

  

 Hartsdale Train Station, Hartsdale, Bronx, 

New York Garden party, September 20, 1919

  

 Louis Firetail (Sioux, Crow Creek), wearing tribal clothing, giving a presentation in an American history class, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899-1900

  

 Parents and children seated on grass at state fair, St. Paul, Minnesota, ca. 1900

  

Procession - Spring and her attendants, May 1906

Frances Benjamin Johnston

 6th Division mathematics class on a street paving problem, ca. 1899

 

 A class at the zoo - the bird cage, ca. 1899

  

 A class in dressmaking, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1899

  

 Art class with live model, Normal School, Washington, DC, ca. 1899

  

Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - 

outdoor exercise with rods - 3rd Division, ca. 1899

Frances Benjamin Johnston

 History Class at the Tuskegee Institute

 School Children on a Field Trip

 School children conducting simple experiments, Washington, DC, 1899

 School children examining wild flowers on field trip, Washington, DC, 1899

 School children learning a dance in a school yard, Washington, DC, 1899

 School children measuring and sketching at a stone building, Washington, DC, 1899

 Schoolgirls doing calisthenics

Two girls from a Washington, D.C., school on a class visit to the Library of Congress, 1899

Frances Benjamin Johnston

Some more from this early 20th century American photographer.

 Cooking Class

 Elementary School Class on Native American Culture

 Female students exercising with dumbbells, Western High School, 

Washington, DC, 1899

 Frances Benjamin Johnston having tea with Elbert Hubbard and an unidentified man at her studio in Washington, DC, 1900

 Geography Class at the Hampton Institute

[what was the Hampton Institute?]

 Girls in a science laboratory at Eastern High School, Washington, DC, 1899

 Girls on the playground, 1899

Group portrait of friends at social gathering, seated and standing with tea cups

Frances Benjamin Johnston

Frances Benjamin Johnston was one of the earliest women photographers. She did a lot of photographs of schoolchildren, some of which are posted in this set. There's a large collection of her work online (in raw form) at the Library of Congress.

 2nd Division grade school pupils examining a mailbox

 6 girls in art class, drawing at easels, Eastern High School, Washington, DC, 1899

 Academie Julian, Paris, group of art students, 1885

 African American children and teacher in classroom studying corn and cotton, 

Annie Davis School, near Tuskegee, Alabama, 1902

 African American schoolgirls with teacher, learning to cook on a wood stove in classroom, 1899

 American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, 

men and women in chemistry lab, 1899

 American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, 

women studying human respiratory system, 1899

 Art Class

Class of the Sixth Division at the Library of Congress, 1899