Joseph Jamieson, 101, Photographer At White House
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Joseph Jamieson, an Associated Press photographer for 43 years, died of pneumonia May 20 in Rockville, Md. He was 101.
Jamieson was best known for his coverage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s White House, the veterans’ Bonus Marches of 1932 and the 1937 Mississippi River flood.
As a 17-year-old copy boy for the Washington Post, his work included a front-page photo of formally dressed mourners praying outside Woodrow Wilson’s home shortly before the former president’s death was announced.
After joining The AP in 1928, Jamieson covered the Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt administrations.
He also enjoyed covering the national spelling bee every year.
He later became a photo assignment editor, directing coverage of inaugurations and the funeral of President John F. Kennedy. He retired in 1971.
Jamieson was born in Toledo, Ohio, on June 21, 1906, and moved Washington as a boy. He was a scoutmaster for a Bethesda, Md., Boy Scout Troop. His hobbies included woodworking.
His wife of 74 years, Judith Melton Jamieson, died March 1.
