Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
Frances Benjamin Johnston. Fancy step around the classroom, 1899
Teaching proper deportment is sadly lacking in today’s education system.
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“Miss Apperson” playing banjo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. (1895)
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Frances Benjamin Johnston, Archie Roosevelt with his pony, Algonquin on the White House Lawn, Washington, DC, 17 June 1902.
Source: Library of Congress
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Frances Benjamin Johnston, Kermit Roosevelt with his dog Jack, 17 June 1902.
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Mills Thompson drawing Frances Benjamin Johnston business poster
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Circa 1890. “Frances Benjamin Johnston, self-portrait, dressed as a man with false mustache.” The Washington, D.C., photographer was one of the first women to rise to prominence in the profession. Albumen print.
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Frances Benjamin Johnston, Self Portrait(as New Woman), c. 1896
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Interior of Frances Benjamin Johnston’s photography studio at 1332 V St. NW, Washington, D.C (ca. 1900)
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ca. 1888, [Steam-propelled tricycle carrying its inventor, Lucius D. Copeland, and photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston]
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ca. 1888, [Steam-propelled tricycle carrying its inventor, Lucius D. Copeland, and photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston]
via the Smithsonian Institution Archives](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls5anaQJ5E1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)





