Category: Baker and Loring families

Baseball’s Original Cast: Tallymen, Base Tenders, and Strikers

October 12, 2016

Were he alive today, Emilie Loring’s father, George Melville Baker, would be on all of the entertainment and talk shows.  Funny and eloquent, George could sing, act, and keep an audience in stitches with one-liners and jokes. He was a Boston insider, connected with the movers and shakers of his day: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, theater players, … More Baseball’s Original Cast: Tallymen, Base Tenders, and Strikers

The Boston Bakers: 100 Years of Forgotten Best Sellers

September 19, 2016

The Baker family influenced popular culture in America for more than one hundred years, through newspapers, plays, books, short stories, and film. They were best-sellers in their time, known on the street, in the theater, and at the publishing house. But who remembers them now? Albert Baker was first.  His father was a sail-maker in … More The Boston Bakers: 100 Years of Forgotten Best Sellers

Entertainment Brings A New Spirit, A New Resolve

July 19, 2016

The Bakers were an entertaining family.  Emilie’s father acted, gave readings, and wrote eighty-nine amateur plays in his spare time.  The family put on plays for weeks at a time in their home, and the children took part before they were even in school.  Rachel, Emilie, and Robert belonged to an acting troupe at their church that put … More Entertainment Brings A New Spirit, A New Resolve

Happy Independence Day with a Glance at History

July 4, 2016

Independence Day, the Fourth of July: a day of concerts, fireworks, cookouts and family gatherings. It’s one of the most celebratory of days, and whether or not we consciously think about its origin in the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the day is given over to celebrations of the American spirit. Families who trace … More Happy Independence Day with a Glance at History

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Then and Now in the Boston that Emilie Loved

June 27, 2016

    The first time I visited Boston, I stayed at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on Arlington Street, a bit south of the Public Garden.  An elegant affair from yesteryear, it had the right atmosphere for discovering “all things Emilie”–uniformed doormen, plush carpets, chandeliers, and afternoon tea served daily.  It felt right.  After exploring … More Then and Now in the Boston that Emilie Loved