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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Whitemarsh Hall, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia / / Frances B. Johnston

About this Item

Title

  • Whitemarsh Hall, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia / / Frances B. Johnston

Summary

  • "Whitemarsh Hall," Edward Townsend Stotesbury house, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. Interiors, including bedrooms and bathroom, showing furniture, art, organ, and architectural elements such as doors, staircases, and fireplaces. Terraces, gardens, paths, and fountains.

Names

  • Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer
  • MacArthur, Louise, former owner
  • Boswell, Jeffrey, donor
  • Boswell, Jeffrey, Mrs., donor
  • Frances Benjamin Johnston photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1922.

Headings

  • -  Whitemarsh Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • -  Estates--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1920-1930
  • -  Mansions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1920-1930
  • -  Interiors--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1920-1930
  • -  Architectural elements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1920-1930
  • -  Gardens--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1920-1930
  • -  Fountains--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1920-1930
  • -  Trails & paths--Pennsylvania--1920-1930
  • -  Art--1920-1930
  • -  Furniture--1920-1930
  • -  Organs--1920-1930

Format Headings

  • Gelatin silver prints--1920-1930.
  • Photograph albums--1920-1930.

Genre

  • Photograph albums--1920-1930
  • Gelatin silver prints--1920-1930

Notes

  • -  Site History. House architecture: Horace Trumbauer, completed 1922. Terrace Landscape: Jacques-Auguste-Henri Gréber.
  • -  Title from album covers, which are leather with printing stamped in white; "Louise MacArthur from her mother" stamped on lower right corner. Photographic prints are gelatin silver and measure 19 x 24 cm. Embossed stamp on lower right corner of photos: "Frances B. Johnston." Captions and numbers 101-233 penned in white on album pages.
  • -  Covers for vols. 1 and 3 are loose or detached and brittle.
  • -  Related photos printed from same negatives are in LOTS 12501, 12640, and 12680.
  • -  Gift, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Boswell, 1982; (DLC/PP-1982:R294).
  • -  Johnston took photos on commission for Stotesbury family. She copyrighted the photos in 1922. (The albums represent the fullest extant set, with the most thorough identification of the images).
  • -  Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Medium

  • 3 albums (153 photographic prints) ; 25 x 33 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 12647 (H) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • Frances Benjamin Johnston photograph collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 88705315

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. For more information see: "Frances Benjamin Johnston Photograph Collection," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.279.john
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  • Call Number: LOT 12647 (H) [P&P]
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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Macarthur, Louise, Former Owner, Jeffrey Boswell, Jeffrey Boswell, and Frances Benjamin Johnston Photograph Collection, Johnston, Frances Benjamin, photographer. Whitemarsh Hall, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia / / Frances B. Johnston. Pennsylvania Philadelphia, 1922. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88705315/.

APA citation style:

MacArthur, L., Boswell, J., Boswell, J. & Frances Benjamin Johnston Photograph Collection, Johnston, F. B., photographer. (1922) Whitemarsh Hall, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia / / Frances B. Johnston. Pennsylvania Philadelphia, 1922. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88705315/.

MLA citation style:

Macarthur, Louise, Former Owner, et al., photographer by Johnston, Frances Benjamin. Whitemarsh Hall, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia / / Frances B. Johnston. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/88705315/>.