Barnett McFee Clinedinst

Barnett McFee Clinedinst (September 12, 1862 – March 15, 1953) was the official White House photographer.[1] Clinedinst was born 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]

  1. ^ a b c d e "B. M'F. Clinedinst, Photographer, 90. He Took Camera Portraits of Roosevelt, McKinley and Taft. Succumbs in Florida Home". The New York Times. March 18, 1953. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
  2. ^ 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.