Barnett McFee Clinedinst explained

Barnett McFee Clinedinst (September 12, 1862 – March 15, 1953) was the official White House photographer. Clinedinst was born in Woodstock, Virginia, to Barnett M. Clinedinst and Mary C. South.^[1]

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. He became the White House photographer for President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and President Taft.

He died on March 15, 1953, in Saint Petersburg, Florida.^[2]

External links

• Barnett McFee Clinedinst Jr. images at Flickr Commons
  • https://patents.google.com/patent/US129104A/en
• https://patents.google.com/patent/US523323A/en

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. News: B. M'F. Clinedinst, Photographer, 90. He Took Camera Portraits of Roosevelt, McKinley and Taft. Succumbs in Florida Home . . March 18, 1953 . 2015-01-09 .