Photograph, taken at night, showing George L. Baker and an unidentified woman standing in the back of an open-topped car. An unidentified man is sitting in the driver’s seat. A crowd is gathered in the background, and an unidentified person partially outside the frame is holding out a wreath toward Baker. See related image No. 371N0150.

Full-length portrait of George L. Baker (front row, third from right) and a group of unidentified men posing with a boulder outside Portland City Hall. Several of the men are sitting on the boulder. Most of the men in front are wearing jackets, shorts, and knee-high socks. At right, partially outside the frame, is a large rock on a wooden sled. The photograph was probably taken during Baker’s tenure as mayor of Portland.

Photograph of George L. Baker (left) and two unidentified men outside City Hall. The man on the right, on crutches, is attaching a flower-shaped pin to Baker’s lapel as the man in the center watches. The photograph was probably taken during Baker’s tenure as mayor of Portland.

Full-length portrait of George L. Baker sitting on a bench at a golf course. He is facing front and is resting his chin on one fist. He is wearing a collared shirt, knickers, and golf socks.

Full-length portrait of George L. Baker sitting on a bench at a golf course. He is facing front and is resting his chin on one fist. He is wearing a collared shirt, knickers, and golf socks.

Full-length portrait of George L. Baker standing on a golf course and holding a golf club. He is facing slightly right and is wearing a jacket, collared shirt, tie, knickers, and golf socks.

Full-length portrait of George L. Baker sitting on a bench at a golf course. He is facing to the left and is resting his chin on one fist. He is wearing a collared shirt, a tie, knickers, and golf socks.

Full-length portrait of George L. Baker on a golf course, facing front. His arms are raised overhead and he is holding a golf club behind him. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Full-length portrait of George L. Baker on a golf course, facing to the left. He is holding a golf club and is standing as though about to putt. He is wearing a collared shirt, a tie, knickers, and golf socks.

Photograph, taken in March 1933, of Portland Mayor George L. Baker (left) and Mayor-Elect Joseph K. Carson (right) standing on either side of an unidentified woman and man holding a sign advertising a benefit for victims of an earthquake in Long Beach, California. They are standing at the bottom of steps outside a building, probably the Portland Municipal Auditorium (now the Keller Auditorium). The sign reads: “Auditorium Tues. March 28 / 10 Slashing Amateur Bouts / Northwest’s Leading Amateurs / Big League Vaudeville / Special Features / Monster California Earthquake Benefit / All Proceeds Go to the Red Cross for California Sufferers / Portland-Put This Over Big! / Sponsored by the “40-8” of the American Legion / Geo. L. Baker, Announcer / Joe Carson, Jr., Referee / Chief Leon Jenkins, Bouncer / Admission 25¢ to $1 / Starts 8 P.M.”

Photograph of George L. Baker (left) shaking hands with an unidentified man. The two men are facing each other and smiling. They are standing outside a building; the word “studio” is visible on a sign in the background. See related image No. 371N0139.

Photograph showing Portland Mayor presenting a letter to Robert Kerr, a member of the Oregon Agricultural College transcontinental debate team, as five others watch. The photograph was taken outside Portland City Hall on Sunday, May 22, 1925. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 13 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 22, 1925, under the headline “O. A. C. Debaters Given ‘Bon Tour.’ “ The photograph had the following caption: “From left—Earl W. Wells, coach; Lindsey S. Spight, publicity agent; Mayor Baker; Frank E. Andrews, president Portland Chamber of Commerce; Robert Kerr, Frank De Spain and Blair Stewart, debaters.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Debate Team to Leave Today For 10,000-Mile Trip / Oregon Aggie Men Given Formal Farewell Saturday by Mayor Baker and Business Men.” The Oregonian newspaper, in its coverage of the send-off, reported that the letter the mayor gave to Kerr was a greeting from Baker to the mayor of Portland, Maine. The debaters were to deliver the letter at the end of their tour. Oregon Agricultural College is now Oregon State University. See related image No. 371N0132 and 371N0133.

Photograph showing Portland Mayor presenting a letter to Robert Kerr, a member of the Oregon Agricultural College transcontinental debate team, as five others watch. The photograph was taken outside Portland City Hall on Sunday, May 22, 1925. A nearly identical photograph, image No. 371N0131, was published on Page 13 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 22, 1925, under the headline “O. A. C. Debaters Given ‘Bon Tour.’ “ That photograph had the following caption: “From left—Earl W. Wells, coach; Lindsey S. Spight, publicity agent; Mayor Baker; Frank E. Andrews, president Portland Chamber of Commerce; Robert Kerr, Frank De Spain and Blair Stewart, debaters.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Debate Team to Leave Today For 10,000-Mile Trip / Oregon Aggie Men Given Formal Farewell Saturday by Mayor Baker and Business Men.” The Oregonian newspaper, in its coverage of the send-off, reported that the letter the mayor gave to Kerr was a greeting from Baker to the mayor of Portland, Maine. The debaters were to deliver the letter at the end of their tour. Oregon Agricultural College is now Oregon State University. Also see related image No. 371N0133.

Photograph showing Portland Mayor shaking hands with Robert Kerr, a member of the Oregon Agricultural College transcontinental debate team, after presenting him with a letter at a sendoff for the team. With Baker and Kerr are (from left) Earl W. Wells, debate coach; Lindsey S. Spight, publicity agent; Frank E. Andrews, president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce; and Frank De Spain and Blair Stewart, debate team members. The photograph was taken outside Portland City Hall on Sunday, May 22, 1925. A similar photograph, image No. 371N0131, and a story were published on Page 13 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 22, 1925. The story was headlined “Debate Team to Leave Today For 10,000-Mile Trip / Oregon Aggie Men Given Formal Farewell Saturday by Mayor Baker and Business Men.” The Oregonian newspaper, in its coverage of the sendoff, reported that the letter the mayor gave to Kerr was a greeting from Baker to the mayor of Portland, Maine. The debaters were to deliver the letter at the end of their tour. Oregon Agricultural College is now Oregon State University. Also see related image No. 371N0132.

Portrait of four men standing in a row and facing front. All four are wearing suits and ties. Portland Mayor George L. Baker is the second man from the right; the other three men are unidentified. The word “Mayors” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the photograph. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph of (from left) Portland Mayor George L. Baker, composer Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Rose Festival association president Frank C. Riggs standing in ankle-deep snow outside Union Station in Portland on January 20, 1927. That day, a cropped version of this photograph, along with image No. 371N0394, was published on Page 18 of the Oregon Journal. The photographs were published under the headline “Getting Ready for June’s Roses.” This photograph had the following caption: “Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer of ‘Rosaria,’ arrives to confer with Rose Festival board on coming pageant. Above—F. C. Riggs, president of festival association, Wakefield and Mayor Baker revel in snow in front of Union station.” The photograph accompanied a story, headlined “Composer Here to Work on Rose Festival Music,” which reported that Cadman was serving as director general of the 1927 festival pageant. See additional related image Nos. 371N0136 and 371N0393.

Full-length portrait of (from left) Portland Mayor George L. Baker, composer Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Rose Festival association president Frank C. Riggs standing outside Union Station in Portland on January 20, 1927. The photograph was taken after Cadman’s arrival in Portland on a trip to plan that year’s Rose Festival pageant, of which he served as director general. Baker and Riggs greeted him at the station. That day, the Oregon Journal published a story about Cadman’s arrival, headlined “Composer Here to Work on Rose Festival Music,” along with two photos, on Page 18. See related image Nos. 371N0135, 371N0393, and 371N0394.

Full-length portrait of a group of men standing on the sidewalk outside the Multnomah Hotel in Portland. They are wearing overcoats, suits, and hats. The third man from the left is George L. Baker; the other men in the photograph are unidentified.

Photograph of George L. Baker (left) shaking hands with an unidentified man at an event. They are standing outside a building; behind them is a crowd of people on the steps of the building. Some of the people in the crowd are wearing nurses’ uniforms. The photograph was probably taken during Baker’s tenure as mayor of Portland.

Photograph of five men and two women standing outside a building. They are standing in a row with their arms linked, and all the others are looking at the man who is second from the right. The second man from left is George L. Baker; the others are unidentified. See related image No. 371N0130. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph, taken outdoors, showing (from left) Portland Mayor George L. Baker, First Lady Florence Harding, and Oregon Governor Walter M. Pierce in Portland on July 4, 1923. Baker and Harding are looking upward, and Pierce is laughing. The photograph was taken while the first lady and President Warren G. Harding were in Portland as part of a trip across the nation. Their visit to Portland followed a stop in Meacham, Oregon, on July 3. Events in Portland included an address by Warren G. Harding at Multnomah field, a visit to veterans at Hahnemann hospital, and a tribute to Oregon soldiers killed in World War I. See related image Nos. 371N1047, 371N1050, 371N1051, 371N1057, and 371N1172. Also see image Nos. 371N1048, 371N1049, 371N1052, 371N1053, 371N1054, 371N1055, 371N1056, 371N1058, 371N1059, 371N1060, and 373G0073 from Harding’s visit to Meacham.

Photograph George L. Baker (left) and an unidentified woman and man standing in a row at Union Station in Portland. Baker and the unidentified man are looking at one another; the woman is facing front and smiling. See related image No. 371N0145.

Photograph of four men standing in a row. Each is wearing a hat, suit, and embroidered collar trimmed with fringe. The man at left is George L. Baker; the second man from right is Walter M. Pierce. The other two men are unidentified.

Photograph of two unidentified boys in uniforms holding a United States flag during a ceremony. They are standing in front of a sculpture or pedestal on the sidewalk outside a building. A crowd of people, mostly women, is gathered behind the sculpture. To the left of the sculpture are two men; the man closest to the sculpture is George L Baker, who was probably mayor of Portland when this photograph was taken. See related image No. 371N0144.

Photograph of two unidentified boys in uniforms holding a United States flag during a ceremony. They are standing in front of a sculpture or pedestal on the sidewalk outside a building. A crowd of people, mostly women, is gathered behind the sculpture. To the left of the sculpture are two men; the man closest to the sculpture is George L Baker, who was probably mayor of Portland when this photograph was taken. See related image No. 371N0143.

Full-length portrait of a group of people, most of them men, standing in a row outside Union Station in Portland. The fourth man from left (in front of pillar) is George L. Baker; the others are unidentified. See related image No. 371N0141. Image note: The photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph of Portland Mayor George L. Baker (second from left) and three unidentified men with a car (1929 LaSalle Seven-Passenger Sedan) outside Portland City Hall. One man is sitting in the driver’s seat; the other three are standing in front of the car. The man at left may be Oscar F. Willing.

Photograph of George L. Baker (second from left) and two unidentified men with a car parked outside Portland City Hall. Baker and the man at right are each standing with one foot on the car’s front bumper and looking at the man on the left. That man, who may be Oscar F. Willing, is facing them and looking downward. The photograph was probably taken during Baker’s tenure as mayor of Portland.