Frances Benjamin Johnston
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
This goo was worth a point in August 2026.
publication date: Sunday, August 9, 2026 (part of August 2026)
category: 
Art
clue: She wasn't a polymath from Pennsylvania. She was a journalist who discovered a love of photography as art, who used her connections with the White House and other institutions to take pictures of such notable Americans as Mark Twain, William Howard Taft, Edith Wharton, George Washington Carver, Susan B. Anthony, Daniel Coit Gilman, Booker T. Washington, George Dewey, Isadora Duncan, and Teddy, Edith & Alice Roosevelt.
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
trivia: This goo was inspired by founding father Benjamin Franklin.
You're Not My Real Founding Fathers!: America loves its Founding Fathers, and the nation's 250th anniversary makes for a fine opportunity to celebrate them. But wait—who are these imitators? These are actors, and musicians, and authors, and athletes! Their John Hancocks are very similar, but these aren't the real Founding Fathers! Starting apropos on Father's Day, here are a whopping fifty goos to challenge your knowledge of patriotic trivia. Can you identify these fifty fake signatories to a Declaration of Independence that never was? With luck, you\ll hold these goos to be self-evident.Similar Goos
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