photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
Example from auction site
reverse of the card at the left
There are no examples of the work of W H Baker of Saratoga Springs,
NY, in LOST GALLERY. The research here is to see if there was any
connection to the W H Baker of Barnesvill, OH, or perhaps to Baker Art
Gallery of Columbus, OH.
Apparently there is not.
William Henry Baker
(1842-1923)
1842 Dec
NY state records and US census, William Henry Baker is born to Henry
and Mary Baker
1868 (earliest city directory available)
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer with Warriner &
Baker (Albert G Warriner) at 100 Broadway; res: house Catharine near
Rock
1872
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer with Baker and
Record (Emerson A Record) at Commercial Bank Building, 114 Broadway;
res Division next to Depot
1874
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer with Baker and
Record (Emerson A Record) at 114 Broadway; res: Division, n of
Franklin
1876
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer with Baker and
Record, (Emerson A Record) at 360 Broadway; res American Hotel
1877 through 1881
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory NOT available
1882
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer with Baker and
Record, (Emerson A Record) at 448 Broadway; res 66 Carolyn
1884, 1885, 1886
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer at 448 Broadway;
res 66 Caroline
1887
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer at 448 Broadway;
res 446 Broadway
1888
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer at 446 Broadway;
res same
1889
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory pages missing, studio at 446
Broadway
1890
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer no studio listed,
Magovern listed at 446 Broadway; res: 67 White
1891 to 1898, 1900, 1901
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer with Magovern &
Baker (Thomas F Magovern) at 446 Broadway; res 140 Spring
1902 and 1903 city directory unavailable
1904 to 1910
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer at 446 Broadway;
res 140 Spring
1912
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as photographer but not in
business pages, perhaps working for another photographer; res 140
Spring
1915
Saratoga Springs, NY, NY state census as photographer; res 140
Spring
1916
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory as Retired; res 140 Spring
1920
Saratoga Springs, NY, US census, as no occupation listed; res 140
Spring st
1923 Jul 15
Saratoga Springs, NY, city directory, entry in 1923 city directory
says that W H Baker died; the notation was also found in the New York
death Index
The examples included on this page are mostly from 448 Broadway. These
would have been finished between 1884 and 1887 when Baker was working
alone at that address.
City Directory ad from 1872
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from Spotlight on Stanford University
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
photographer: W H Baker
448 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
example from KEN on Flickr
Owner dated 1884
Saratoga, NY
example from contributor Donna Cashion
Saratoga, NY
example from contributor Donna Cashion
Saratoga, NY
example from contributor Donna Cashion
Saratoga, NY
example from contributor Donna Cashion
Saratoga, NY
example from contributor Donna Cashion
Not sure of the actual dimensions of this example.
It appears to be a later example
of embossed card mounts.
photographer: Baker
Granville, NY
example from auction site
(Is this the same Baker? The blind stamp imprint is not legible enough to tell. Saratoga is only about 50 miles from Granville.)
Not the one you were looking for? Here's the photographer's INDEX by name. Listed here are all the Cabinet Card photographers of the 19th century found in LOST GALLERY. This is a work in progress. For a look at the original postings go to LOST GALLERY.
New examples and additional information are always welcome. Any
additional information will help narrow the time that these precious
antiques were made.
All submissions should be free of glare and shadows. Do not crop.
Leave a border around each card. The edges are sometimes an
important clue to the age of the card.
Some examples on this page have been enhanced or restored for clarity
and presentation here.
This page is free for educational and research purposes only but, as
always, if the original owner of any of these examples objects to the
use on this page, just let me know and they will be immediately
removed.
The Art Institute of Chicago has a collection of photographs by WH Baker/ Baker and Record, of Saratoga Springs NY. There was also a W.H. Baker photographer in Downers Grove IL. Do you know if he, or his son, continued with a photography studio in Illinois?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the question. I looked back on my notes for this photographer and found nothing to connect this Baker with Downers Grove, IL. I did a search of Downers Grove newspapers and found a W H Baker that was apparently a grocer in the early 1890’s. Ancestry.com shows a photographer W H Baker in Beaufort, North Carolina in the early 1900’s. Also there was W H Baker of Barnesville, OH on another page in this blog. If I find anything more in Illinois, I will post an addition on this page.
Delete