Frances "Fannie" Benjamin Johnston was an early American female photographer and photojournalist whose career lasted for almost half a century. Here she is in a full-length portrait, seated in front of her fireplace, facing left, holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer stein in the other. Taken in her Washington, D.C. studio.
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