Benjamin Franklin: Media
American publisher, author, and scientist
Videos
Have you ever wondered what people mean when they say "spring forward" and "fall...
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An overview of the Founding Fathers.
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A discussion of the Philadelphia museum dedicated to Benjamin Franklin and science...
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Find out how Benjamin Franklin's ideas helped make sure that both small and large...
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Images
The author, inventor, and diplomat was a U.S. Founding Father.
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Title page for Poor Richard's almanac for 1739, written, printed, and sold...
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
American inventor Benjamin Franklin's experiment proving the identity of lightning...
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“Join, or Die,” the first known American cartoon, published by Benjamin Franklin...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 3g05315u)
(From left to right) Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson discussing...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 3g09904u)
Benjamin Franklin, sent to seek help from France during the American Revolution,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Franklin at the court of France, 1778, engraving after a painting by Hobens.
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Franklin, color aquatint by Jean-Franƈois Janinet after Joseph Siffred Duplessis,...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane, 1955.4.19
Benjamin Franklin, oil on canvas by an anonymous artist after Jean-Baptiste Greuze,...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gift of Adele Lewisohn Lehman 1971.93.1
Map of the Gulf Stream drawn by Benjamin Franklin.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Franklin, North American white pine sculpture by William Rush,...
Yale University Art Gallery (accession no. 1804.4)
Engraving of Benjamin Franklin from The Massachusetts Magazine.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
“Join, or Die,” the first known American cartoon, published by Benjamin Franklin...
The Granger Collection, New York
Signing the Preliminary Treaty of Peace at Paris, November 30, 1782, print...
U.S. Diplomacy Center
The Constitutional Convention, oil on canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1973–74;...
Architect of the Capitol
Louis XVI (seated) receiving Benjamin Franklin (bowing), the American commissioner...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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