HistoryCommission2: A 1970s-era Kaplon portrait of Harvey Baker in what appears to be one of the old stores next to Kaplon's, as you can see the bridge and the old Roelke building in the background. Mr. Baker was one of 3 uncles, whom the author Russell Baker wrote about...

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A 1970s-era Kaplon portrait of Harvey Baker in what appears to be one of the old stores next to Kaplon's, as you can see the bridge and the old Roelke building in the background. Mr. Baker was one of 3 uncles, whom the author Russell Baker wrote about...

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== Summary ==
A 1970s-era Kaplon portrait of Harvey Baker in what appears to be one of the old stores next to Kaplon's, as you can see the bridge and the old Roelke building in the background. Mr. Baker was one of 3 uncles, whom the author Russell Baker wrote about visiting in Brunswick in his Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir "Growing Up":

"Uncle Harvey lived with his wife and daughter at the crest of one such hill. He was a one of God's favored people, a locomotive engineer. I was in terror that he might try to engage me in conversation. When he heard a train whistle echoing off the valley below, I goggled in admiration as he produced his big railroad watch, studied it coolly and announced, 'The 3:54 is running five minutes late today.'''

(From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)

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HistoryCommission2: A 1970s-era Kaplon portrait of Harvey Baker in what appears to be one of the old stores next to Kaplon's, as you can see the bridge and the old Roelke building in the background. Mr. Baker was one of 3 uncles, whom the author Russell Baker wrote about...