North American Soda & Beer Bottles - Baker Brothers & Co.

Manufacturer Notes: Baker Brothers & Company

Baltimore Directories

1856

HENRY J. BAKER. CHARLES J. BAKER. JOSEPH ROGERS, JR.

BAKER & BROTHER,
MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTERS OF
WINDOW GLASS, GLASSWARE,
Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glue, &c.
Propers Balto. Window Glass & Druggists Glass Works,
JARS, VIALS, WINE, PORTER & MINERAL WATER BOTTLES
FLASKS, DEMIJOHNS, &c.
Nos. 32 and 34 S. CHARLES STREET,
BALTIMORE.

1858

BAKER BROTHERS & CO. manufacturer's agents for Baltimore and New Jersey glass works, 32 and 34 s Charles--[See p. 8 Advertisements.]

Ad (page 8)

HENRY J. BAKER. CHARLES J. BAKER. JOSEPH ROGERS, JR.

BAKER BROS. & Co.
MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTERS OF
WINDOW GLASS, GLASSWARE,
Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glue, &c.
PROP'RS Balto. Window Glass & Druggists Glass Works,
JARS, VIALS, WINE, PORTER & MINERAL WATER BOTTLES
FLASKS, DEMIJOHNS, &c.
Nos. 32 and 34 S. CHARLES STREET,
BALTIMORE.

1860

BAKER BROTHERS & CO. manufacturer's agents for Baltimore and New Jersey glass works, chemicals, oils, &c., 32 and 34 s Charles.--[See p. 28 Advertisements.]

Ad (page 28)

HENRY J. BAKER. CHARLES J. BAKER. JOSEPH ROGERS, JR.

BAKER BROS. & Co.
MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTERS OF
WINDOW GLASS, GLASSWARE,
Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glue, &c.
PROP'RS Balto. Window Glass & Druggists Glass Works,
JARS, VIALS, WINE, PORTER & MINERAL WATER BOTTLES
FLASKS, DEMIJOHNS, &c.
Nos. 32 and 34 SOUTH CHARLES-ST.
BALTIMORE.

1863

Glass Manufacturers.

Chapman J. J., 3 S Charles
Edwards R., jr. 24 S Charles
George Andrew J., 41 S Charles
Reitz & Eberhart, 37 Hughes

Glass, Window.

BAKER BROTHERS & CO., 32 and 34 S Charles. (See advertisement p. 5 back.)
POPPLEIN G. & N., Jr , 50 North. (See advertisement op. Druggists.)

INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

Baker, Brothers & Co. (Window Glas and Druggists' Glass Ware), p 5 back of book

Ad

HENRY J. BAKER CHARLES J. BARKER. JOSEPH ROGERS, JR.
BAKER BROTHERS & CO.,
Manufacturers, Importers, and Agents for
BALTIMORE WINDOW GLASS,
Druggists' Glassware, Vials, Bottles, Jars, &c.;
Bi Carb. Soda, Sal Soda, Borax, Alum, and other Chemicals,
PAINTS, OILS, GLUE
EXTRACT OF LOGWOOD, CASTILE SOAP, &c.,
32 & 34 S. Charles St.,
BALTIMORE.

1878

BAKER, BROS. & CO. (Chas. J., Wm. jr., Chas. E. and Geo. B. Baker) manufacturers Baltimore window glass, druggist's glassware and bottles, importers chemicals, paints, oils, glue, &c. 32 and 34 s Charles.--[See Advertisement outside back cover.
BAKER, BROS. & CO. coal and wood, yard Hughes and Henry, office 32 and 34 s Charles

Glass Manufacturers.

Baker Bros. & Co. 32 and 34 s Charles
Baltimore Glass Works, Ostend nr Eutaw
Dobson John A. & Co. 31 s Charles
Seim & Emory, Maryland Window Glass Works, foot of Leadenhall, office s w cor Howard and Fayette
Swindell Bros. 112 w Lombard

1906

BAKER BROS & CO (Charles E and Charles J Baker, Jr), Glass Manufacturers, also Paints and Oils, 220 w Camden
BAKER BROS & CO, Coal Office, 220 w Camden

1910

BAKER BROS & CO, Coal, Office, 108 South
BAKER BROS & CO (Charles E Baker), Glass Manufacturers, also Paints and Oils, 108 South, C & P Tel St Paul 2374 (See advt)

Ad (page 256)

BAKER BROTHERS & CO.
BALTIMORE GLASS WORKS
Bottles, Window Glass
...ALL KINDS...
Druggist Prescription Ware, Liquor and Water Bottles
CORKS, DEMIJOHNS, ETC.
108 SOUTH STREET.

1915

BAKER BROS & Co (Charles E Baker). Manufacturers of Window Glass and Bottles, 108 South, Phone St Paul 2374

1916

Baker Bros & Co glass 27 s Gay

GLASS MANUFACTURERS.

Baker Bros & Co 27 s Gay
Baker Glass Co The, 118 s Eutaw
........

1917

Baker Bros & Co 27 n Gay

GLASS MANUFACTURERS.

BUCK GLASS COMPANY 825-841 e Fort av cor Lawrence
CARR-LOWREY GLASS COMPANY, Westport, Md
.........

1918 Not Listing

1919 Not Searched

1920 Not Listed

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Charles Joseph Baker, President of the Canton Company and head of the house of Baker Brothers & Company, was born in this city on the 28th of May, 1821. His parents, William and Jane Baker, then resided at "Friendsbury," their country seat, situated in what is now the growing and rapidly improving northwestern section of the city, within the corporate limits, although fifty years ago, it was considered sufficiently remote from the built-up portions of the town, to be denominated country. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Baker, who was the head of the dry goods importing house of William Baker & Sons, once well known in this city, came to Baltimore to make his own way in the world at the early age of twelve years, having been left an orphan by the massacre of his parents and all the other members of the family, by the Indians, about the year 1750. The scene of the massacre was near the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, not far from the present town of Reading, in Pennsylvania. The grandfather of Charles J. Baker, on the mother's side, was Richard Jones, who emigrated to this country from Caernarvonshire, in Wales, in 1781, preceding his family, in order to provide a home for them, before sending for wife and children to join him. He settled in Baltimore, in the part of the city which has retained the name of Fell's Point, and began business as a manufacturer and dealer in paints and oils, a branch of commerce which three generations of his descendants have since continued. In 1793, Mr. Jones purchased and improved the beautiful site to which he gave the name of "Friendsbury," where the parents of Mr. C. J. Baker resided until their death, a few years since, and where the subject of this sketch was born. Like large numbers of his countrymen, Mr. Jones in early life, before his emigration to America, became a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Society, under the preaching and influence of its celebrated founder, whose personal acquaintance he enjoyed.

Charles J. Baker received his early education at home, and at boarding school, at the Franklin Academy in Reisterstown, Baltimore county, then under the charge of Mr. N. C. Brooks. Afterwards, he was sent for a short time to St. Mary's College, in this city, and, in 1835, entered the grammar school of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. In 1837, he was admitted Freshman in the College proper, and graduated with the Class of 1841, under the presidency of the Rev. J. P. Durhin, D. D. During his stay at Carlisle, in 183J, Mr. Baker united himself in membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in that place. Upon the completion of his college course, he entered the counting-room of his father, who was then engaged in the manufacture of window-glass at the old Baltimore glass works, at the foot of Federal Hill. In 1842, he started in business with his brother, H. J. Baker, on their own account, in the paint, oil, and glass trade, at No. 2 N. Liberty street. Shortly after the firm became proprietors of the Baltimore Window Glass and Bottle and Vial Glass Works, previously carried on by Shaum & Reitz. In 1843, the brothers removed to No. 42 South Charles street, and enlarged their business, until, in 1848, they were enabled to purchase the two warehouses, Nos. 32 and 34 South Charles street, and changed the style of the firm to that of Baker & Brother. In July, 1850, their two warehouses, with all their contents, including $75,000 worth of glass, paints, &C., were destroyed by fire. Nothing daunted by this disaster, the firm immediately commenced the work of rebuilding, and, in the course of the following year, had finished the present five story warehouses, Nos. 32 and 34, on the same site. During 1850, the two brothers, Charles J. and Henry J. Baker, organized the firm of H. J. Baker & Brother in New York city, for the purpose of conducting the same business there, and also importing French glass and chemicals. In 1851, the firm in Baltimore was changed to Baker Brothers & Company, upon the admission of a new partner, Mr. J. Rogers, Jr., and so continued until 1865, when Charles J. Baker purchased the entire interest of H. J. Baker and Mr. Rogers, and admitted his two sons, William Baker, Jr., and Charles E. Baker, into copartnership, retaining the old style of Baker Brothers & Company.

As one of the results of a successful business career, as well as of the enterprising and liberal spirit which has
contributed so largely to that success, Mr. Baker has become prominently and usefully identified with various mercantile and manufacturing interests in this city. In 1859, he was elected a director in the Franklin Bank, and in 1867, was chosen its president. In 1860, he was elected the director in the Canton Company, and in 1870, was elected president. He is also interested in the Maryland White Lead Company, the Maryland Manufacturing and Fertilizing Company, and other kindred enterprises of associated capital and skill.

Through the energetic efforts of Mr. Baker, as president of the Canton Company, the Union Railroad, running from the northwestern limits of the city to tidewater, is being rapidly pushed forward, and will be of immense service to the business of Baltimore.

Nor have Mr. Baker's life and energies been so far absorbed in business pursuits and undertakings, as to make him neglectful of other and higher duties. His life as a citizen has not been uneventful. In 1859-60, he took an active part in the Municipal Reform movement of that year, and was a candidate for the second branch of the City Council on the same ticket with George William Brown, for Mayor, and was elected by a large majority. In the organization of the branch, although the youngest member, Mr. Baker was elected president; which position he continued to fill during the stormy and memorable days of April, 1861, and the period which followed,—acting as Mayor of the city, ex officio, from September, 1861, to January, 1862, while Mayor Brown was a prisoner in Forts Lafayette and Warren.

The interest in religious matters which led Mr. Baker to identify himself early in life with the Methodist Episcopal Church has never failed or ceased. In 1855, he was associated as trustee of Baltimore City Station with the late R. G. Armstrong, David Thomas, John G. Chappell, Dr. Roberts, and others, and was connected and prominently identified with various religious movements and enterprises, such as the extension and rebuilding of the Eutaw Street M. E. Church, the erection of the Madison Avenue M. E. Church, and in the cause of missions, particularly the German Mission, under Dr. Jacoby, in Bremen, Frankfort, and elsewhere in Germany. As one of the trustees of Dickinson College, he manifested his interest and kept alive his connection with the Alma Mater of his youth. The dissensions, however, which disturbed the peace of the Methodist Episcopal Church after 1860, led to Mr. Baker's withdrawal from the position which he held in that body. He assisted in organizing the Chatsworth Independent Methodist Church, and in building the present church edifice at the corner of Franklin and Pine streets, and, subsequently, in 1867, he aided in building the Bethany Independent Methodist Chapel at Franklin Square.

The leading traits of Mr. Baker's character may be readily inferred from the foregoing incidents in his career. Energy and probity in business; a high sense of duty in all the relations of life, public and private; a spirit and temper firm in the recognition and advocacy of principle, yet withal kindly and conciliatory, and always governed by the rules of Christian charity, and a liberal heart and hand in the support of all undertakings, secular or religious, which commend themselves to his sympathy and judgment, have made Mr. Baker widely respected, trusted and esteemed in this community.

Mr. Baker married, in 1842, Miss Elizabeth Bosserman, of Carlisle, Pa., daughter of Ephraim Bosserman, a merchant of that place.

Mayer, Brantz; Baltimore: Past and Present. With Biographical Sketches of Its Representative Men (Baltimore, Richardson & Bennett, 1871)
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