Amateur Photographer

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Frances ‘Fannie’ Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) opened a studio in New York City in 1890 (some sources say 1894) and took this picture in 1896 in her early thirties. Google her for an account of an interesting life. Then go to the Library of Congress to

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