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<p>[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 2109749, member: 13430"]Here is what I was able to find about the photographer after [USER=5718]@i need help[/USER] enlightened me on how to read the signature correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Barnet S. Clynne (1888-1919) and his wife Frieda, immigrants from Polish Russia, had a photography studio at 731 Boardwalk in Atlantic City called "Society Studio". In 1919 he opened a studio on Fifth Ave, New York. Tragically, he died suddenly at his New York studio on Feb 27 1919, leaving a young daughter and his wife, pregnant with his son who was born 2 months later. His wife continued the studio in Atlantic City, which survived into the 1950's and '60's, run by Frieda, her second husband (Edward Beldegreen), and later, some of her children.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect examples of Clynne's photographs with his signature would be from his New York studio, which was only open for about a month, which would explain why I couldn't find other examples.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="smallaxe, post: 2109749, member: 13430"]Here is what I was able to find about the photographer after [USER=5718]@i need help[/USER] enlightened me on how to read the signature correctly. Barnet S. Clynne (1888-1919) and his wife Frieda, immigrants from Polish Russia, had a photography studio at 731 Boardwalk in Atlantic City called "Society Studio". In 1919 he opened a studio on Fifth Ave, New York. Tragically, he died suddenly at his New York studio on Feb 27 1919, leaving a young daughter and his wife, pregnant with his son who was born 2 months later. His wife continued the studio in Atlantic City, which survived into the 1950's and '60's, run by Frieda, her second husband (Edward Beldegreen), and later, some of her children. I suspect examples of Clynne's photographs with his signature would be from his New York studio, which was only open for about a month, which would explain why I couldn't find other examples.[/QUOTE]
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