Barnett McFee Clinedinst
Barnett McFee Clinedinst (September 12, 1862 – March 15, 1953) was the official White House photographer.[1]
Biography
He was born on September 12, 1862 in Woodstock, Virginia, to Barnett M. Clinedinst and Mary C. South.[1][2]
In his youth he operated a circus and worked as a salesman. He then learned photography from his father. By 1900 he opened a photographic studio in Washington, DC.[1] He became the White House photographer for President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and President Taft.[1]
He died on March 15, 1953 in Saint Petersburg, Florida.[1]
Photographs
Colonel Robert Newton Harper
Riccardo Vasquez, Luis D'Antin, Óscar E. Duplán Maldonado, Francisco Peredo, Luis Peredo and Arrendondo, and Jose Arrendondo
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "B. M'F. Clinedinst, Photographer, 90. He Took Camera Portraits of Roosevelt, McKinley and Taft. Succumbs in Florida Home". New York Times. March 18, 1953. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ↑ His father's name appears as "Barnett M. Clinedinst, Sr." in some sources. He appears as "Barnett Michael Clinedinst" in a Library of Congress index. It is not sure is his middle name is "McFee" or "Michael". No definitive document has been found.
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- Barnett McFee Clinedinst Jr. images at Flickr Commons
- Barnett McFee Clinedinst at Library of Congress Authorities, with 76 catalog records
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