Hortense and R. Merritt Baker Photograph Album
Scope and Contents
The Hortense and R. Merritt Baker Photograph Album, titled "Snapshots and Flashlights," documents the social and extra-curricular activities of Hortense and R. Merritt Baker from 1906 to 1909. The album includes candid and posed photographs of the Bakers, Sidney Frantz, and their friends play-acting and staging home-made theatrical productions; Manual Training High School athletic teams and events; as well as trips to Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Grand Lake (Colorado), and Bloomerville (Colorado). Although there are few captions, most pages contain colorful hand-painted decorations and illustrations.
Dates
- Creation: 1906-1909
Creator
- Baker, Hortense and R. Merritt (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical Note
Hortense Baker was born in 1889 and her younger brother, Robert Merritt (known as Merritt) was born in 1890. They also had a brother named Melvine. The Bakers grew up in Denver, Colorado. Merritt was a student at the Manual Training High School in the Whittier neighborhood, and graduated in 1910. As teenagers, both Hortense and Merritt staged home-made theatrical productions with friends. During the 1910s, Hortense married Sidney Frantz. They had two children. Sometime in the early to mid-1920s, the Frantzs moved to San Diego where Sidney worked as a set designer, and Hortense acted with the Yorick Players. Merritt lived in San Diego during the early 1940s and worked at the John Weiss Organization, a real estate firm. He later became the City Manager of Sierra Madre. He died in Los Angeles in 1955. Hortense passed away in San Diego in 1958.
Extent
0.92 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Separated from the John and Jane Adams Ephemera Collection.
Source of Acquisition
Unknown
Accruals and Additions
9999-212
- Title
- Hortense and R. Merritt Baker Photograph Album
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amanda Lanthorne
- Date
- 02/03/2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository