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Identifier
2005002r_JCA-006-02_Johnson_&_Franklin_K_Lane
Creation Date
1915
Subject—Names
Johnson, William Ray; Lane, Franklin L.; Thanhouser Company
Subject—Places
Washington, D. C.
Subject—Topics
Documentary films; Motion pictures; National Parks
Coverage
ca. 1915
Description
Photograph of unidentified man, William Ray Johnson [center] with Franklin L. Lane, the 26th Secretary of the Interior (1913-1920), ca. 1915. Johnson worked as a financial manager and actor for Thanhouser 1913-1917; he was appointed assistant to Charles Hite, Thanhouser president and chief executive officer in 1914. Thanhouser prepared a series of one-reel documentary films on Yellowstone National Park in 1915, introduced by Lane, to be a part of the “Our Own Country” series, but may have not seen distribution.
Format
BW photograph; 6.5” x 4.5”
Source
Jonathan Silent Film Collection
Number
JCA-006-02