George Baldwin

1879 photograph by George Baldwin of Main Street from the top of Berkeley Hill. Evans Cottage is on the left.

Born: 1849

Died: December, 1930

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George W. Baldwin was a photographer who, with William L. Distin, and William F. Kollecker produced a rich collection of photographs of the area, that is largely preserved in the Adirondack Collection of the Saranac Lake Free Library.

George W. Baldwin was the son of Jonathan and Elvira Baldwin. He began his photographic career in the 1870s and at various times in his career had studios in Keeseville and Plattsburgh, as well as in Saranac Lake. He advertised that he was a manufacturer of gold and plush picture frames, and a publisher of books depicting Adirondack scenes. He also made stereoscopic slides which were enhanced with a rustic border. Some of his portraits have become family heirlooms and some are found in antique shops around the North Country. In about 1900, he sold his business to William L. Distin.

In 1893 he bought the Lake Placid House; he sold it in 1897 shortly before moving to Rutland, Vermont. ¹

See also: Saranac Lake Village, c. 1885