Joseph D. Jamieson, 100; photographer known for coverage of FDR

Joseph D. Jamieson, 100, an Associated Press photographer who covered Franklin D. Roosevelt’s White House, the veterans’ Bonus March of 1932 and the 1937 Mississippi River flood, died of pneumonia May 20 at Casey House in Rockville, Md.

Jamieson was born in Toledo, Ohio, on June 21, 1906, and started his long photo career at age 17 at the Washington Post. He was working as a copy boy when a fire call came in; the newsroom was empty, so he grabbed a camera and rushed to the scene. His photo was used, and from that moment on, Jamieson was a photographer, covering sports and features.

Jamieson worked at the Post until 1928, then joined the Associated Press. He covered Presidents Coolidge and Hoover but came into his own while covering Roosevelt. He started on the assignment in 1933, traveling more than 50,000 miles a year by train with the president.

He worked for the New York Times’ Wide World Photo Service until the AP bought it in 1941. In the 1950s, he became a photo assignment editor until his retirement in 1971.