Cornelia Clarke was a nature photographer from Grinnell, Iowa.
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10 Facts About Cornelia Clarke
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Cornelia Clarke's took a variety of natural landscape photographs, especially of the area around her home in Grinnell, Iowa.
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Cornelia Clarke had a rather lonely childhood, spending most of her time alone or with her father.
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Cornelia Clarke's attended Grinnell High School and Grinnell College, graduating in 1909.
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Cornelia Clarke first gained national attention for a series of photographs of her pet cats, Peter and Polly.
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Cornelia Clarke's had dressed the cats in detailed miniature outfits, and posed them with miniature furniture she created.
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The photos were very popular and by 1912 Cornelia Clarke had started a collaboration with Elizabeth Hays Wilkinson.
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Cornelia Clarke's took numerous photos of the area around her community.
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Cornelia Clarke's was an unassuming community member, and many did not realize the extent of her success until after her death.
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Extent of Cornelia Clarke's work was largely lost until 2017 when historian, Dan Kaiser, began to research her story.
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