Title:

Baker Shoe Shine Stand, Anaheim [graphic]

Digital Anaheim

Description:

Shoe shine stand operated for almost 10 years by businessman Lee Baker, located at 170 West Center Street, (later Lincoln Avenue), Anaheim, at the entrance of the Ideal Barber Shop and Billiard Parlor; image shows four men at shoe shine stand, indentified left to right as William Knott, Frank Schaeffer, Roy Gardiner, and Lee Baker; Baker was also co-owner of a ranch in Riverside County and in 1919 came into possession of a 20-acre ranch (valued at $10,000 at the time) when Anaheim attorney, William P. Webb Jr. completed the settlement of the estate of John H. Baker, a relative; painting of moose in a landscape visible on wall in background; calendar hanging on wall in barber shop dated March 1911 [or possibly 1916.]

Date:

ca. 1911 (issued)

Contributing Institution:

Anaheim Public Library