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Professional photographer and filmmaker Edward Arthur Bollinger, son of Edward and Nelllie Bollinger, was born 6 September 1909 at Buffalo, N.Y. He graduated from the Buffalo School of Fine Arts and taught art in the public schools from 1927 to 1939. While in Buffalo he met artist Esther Baker, of Melvern Square, Annapolis Co., N.S., whom he married on 15 July 1933. Bollinger spent several summers in Nova Scotia before moving to Halifax where he opened The Camera Shop on Blowers Street with his brother-in-law Reid Sweet in June 1939. In 1941, Bollinger returned to the U.S. and worked for the Motion Picture Division of Bell Aircraft Corp. In 1947 Reid Sweet opened his own business and Bollinger's Camera Shop became the Camera Shop of the Maritimes which he operated until 1974. In addition to photographic services, he ran a small animation studio where he produced sports films for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commercials for various businesses, and films for the Nova Scotia government. Bollinger was also a founding member of the Camera Obscurists Club and the Color Photographic Guild of the Maritimes. Following the sale of his business, Bollinger retired to Satellite Beach, Fla. where he ran a photo equipment servicing business for several years. He died there on 20 March 2001.