Francis Stebbins Allen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francis Stebbins Allen

American photographer

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1854

Place of Birth: Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 14-Feb-1941

Profession: photographer, teacher

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Francis Stebbins "Fanny" Allen (1854–1941) was an American photographer. Allen was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts to Josiah Allis Allen and Mary, née Stebbins.
She and her sister, Mary Electa Allen (1858–1941), were both schoolteachers, who left teaching when they became deaf in their thirties.
Their deafness led the sisters to take up photography, in which they became very successful.
By 1895, they were permanently exhibiting and selling their prints from their families ancestral home.
Many of their works were never attributed to one sister or the other, but to "the Misses Allen." Many of their idyllic images harken back to an idealized version of the region's colonial history.
In 1899, the Allens sisters joined Deerfield's Arts and Crafts Movement, and began to document the works of its earliest members.
In 1907, Frances Allen was elected Director of the Society of Deerfield Industries.