“Pinkey and the Camera.” Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston, Washington, DC, 1888.
This preserved scene shows Photographer posed outdoors on the balcony of a government building with her camera on a tripod. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: "Pinkey and the Camera." Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston, Washington, DC, 1888.
This preserved scene shows Photographer posed outdoors on the balcony of a government building with her camera on a tripod. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: "Pinkey and the Camera." Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston, Washington, DC, 1888.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
Image: Library of Congress | View original catalog record
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