This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in Marshville, OH on May 18, 1878. Baker settled in Oakland in 1916. He worked as a lighting counselor for the northern California Electrical Bureau while painting in his leisure. He was a close friend of Paul Schmitt with whom he made many painting excursions in a large Studebaker along the backroads of California from Mt Shasta to San Diego. Baker died in Oakland on Feb. 20, 1947. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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