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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding C.S. Baker
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 1049
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Item Description:
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Baker, C.S. - Biographical information for Charles Solomon Baker [aka C. S. Baker]; "A Pioneer Photographer -- C. S. Baker", by E. B. [Mrs. Elizabeth Baden?] for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
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Date:
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Undated
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Link to Finding Aid:
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https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Notes:
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born: Aug. 19, 1837, at Saratoga (N. Y.)
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died: Oct. 28, 1924 (age: 87), at Evanston (Wyo.)
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buried: Evanston City Cemetery (Plot: 5-OA-092-03 - Memorial ID: 70205593) at Evanston (Uinta Co., Wyo.L)
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Fort Bridger (Wyo. Terr. - 1869)
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located and built studio in Evanston (Uinta Co., Wyo. - o/a 1871)
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photographer
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Mayor (Evanston, 1897 - 1909)
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Mason (1864)
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ran away from home, sailed on whaler to Africa (1850)
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frigate Constitution, sailor (1 yr.)
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enlisted in U. S. Navy, apprentice boy on the San Jacinto - Commodore Armstrong's crew (1851 - 1858)
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served Navy in Indian campaigns
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joined Union's 2nd New York Cavalry, chief bugler (Civil War - 1862)
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official Army photographer and bugler for Major Thornton (Fort Bridger, Wyo. - 1869)
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formed partnership with a "Mr. Johnson" - They photographed western states.
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took photos of Chief Washakie, the Patsy Coughlin execution, etc.
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Baker, Mrs. Olive W. "Ollie" Shigley (wife, born: 1851, in Ohio- married: ? - died: 1989 in Randolph Co., Ind. - buried: Riverside Cemetery at Ridgeville, Ind.)
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Notes:
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children? Florence Attilia "Attie"
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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