Honolulu County HI Archives Biographies.....Baker, Ray Jerome December 29, 1878 - 
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Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV
Author: George F. Nellist (editor)

 Baker, Ray Jerome: Photographer.

     Born Dec. 1, 1880, near Rockford. Ill., son of William and Sarah (Palmer)
Baker; married Edith Mary Frost, Eureka. Cal., Nov. 21, 1906; son, Earl Frost
Baker; member Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club (president 1922 to 1929 and
1929-30, director 1920 to present). Hawaiian Academy of Science, Hawaiian
Volcano Research Association, Honolulu Ad Club.

     Arriving in Hawaii in February, 1908, for what was to have been a two
weeks' vacation. Mr. Baker prolonged his visit to four months and returned to
the Islands in January, 1910, to make his permanent residence here as an art
photographer, interspersed with occasional mainland lecture tours on the
subjects of Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii. He lectured on the
Chautauqua circuits in the Middle West during the seasons of 1919 and 1929.

     Mr. Baker also acted as cameraman for the Pathe interests in 1924, 1925 and
1929. Prior to his arrival in Honolulu, he conducted a photographic business in
Eureka, Cal., from 1904 to 1910. He was educated at the Mechanic Arts High
School, St. Paul, Minn., and the University of Minnesota.


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