William E. Baker negative collection, [191-?]-[193-?].

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William E. Baker negative collection, [191-?]-[193-?].

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This collection of glass plate negatives were made by William E. Baker's studio in Montgomery. The majority of the negatives show individuals and families from the Montgomery area. Approximately half of the negatives are of African-American families. Some of the images are of soldiers in uniform, who were training nearby at Camp Sheridan. Most of the images were made in Baker's studio but many are of outside scenes. All 1,965 images were made between the early 1900s and the 1930s and the identities of the persons in the images are not known.

1965 glass plate negative (15 archives boxes).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6696626

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Baker, William E. (William Edgewood), 1878-1948.

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