Barnett McFee Clinedinst Jr.

Barnett McFee Clinedinst Jr. (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]

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]

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