{"id":335833,"date":"2025-12-09T04:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T04:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/artist-illustrator-poughkeepsie-high-school-graduate\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T04:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T04:11:59","slug":"artist-illustrator-poughkeepsie-high-school-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=335833","title":{"rendered":"Artist, Illustrator &#038; Poughkeepsie High School Graduate!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Franklin D. Roosevelt \u2018Man of the Year\u2019 cover; 5 Jan 1942: created by Ernest Hamlin Baker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Bill Kleppel<\/p>\n<p>Print magazines have been a dying medium since the turn of this century. Today, most legendary periodicals are hanging on by an existential thread, or no longer exist.<\/p>\n<p>The once giant <em>Time<\/em> magazine gets a slightly significant mention twice annually for their \u201cPerson of the Year\u201d and \u201c100 Most Influential People\u201d issues.<\/p>\n<p>Every week during the twentieth century, <em>Time<\/em> magazine was produced, distributed, and devoured like food by American families. Since 1923, it was as ever-present in people\u2019s homes as their daily newspapers. Copies flew off newsstands whenever a seismic event shook the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Newstands\u2026. Oh for goodness sake, you don\u2019t know what a newsstand is? Really? You awful millennial Gen-Zers, or whatever you call yourselves! Damn you! (\u2026My apologies for being an \u201cold.\u201d Get off my lawn!).<\/p>\n<p>In one of the magazine\u2019s golden periods, an artist named Ernest Hamlin Baker created more than 300 cover illustrations for <em>Time<\/em>. From 1940 to 1957, Baker was hailed as one of their finest artistic contributors\u2026 And of course, he grew up right here in Poughkeepsie on Church Street!<\/p>\n<p>Ernest was actually born on the west coast of Lake Champlain in the town of Essex, New York, near Lake Placid and White Face Mountain. Before Ernest turned one, his father, Clarence Hamlin Baker, relocated the family to Poughkeepsie to begin a job at a shirt factory. Clarence eventually ran his own shirt factory over Von Der Linden\u2019s Sporting Goods Store at 52 Market Street. He was active in the Prohibition Party, and was involved in bringing attention to civil service reform efforts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39415\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39415\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39415\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12-Sep-1914-Ernest-Hamlin-Baker-illustrations-Poughkeepsie-Eagle-2.jpg\" alt=\"Covering the Poughkeepsie Fair for the Eagle; 12 Sep 1914\" width=\"600\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27274%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20274%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27274%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12-Sep-1914-Ernest-Hamlin-Baker-illustrations-Poughkeepsie-Eagle-2.jpg?resize=200%2C91&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12-Sep-1914-Ernest-Hamlin-Baker-illustrations-Poughkeepsie-Eagle-2.jpg?resize=400%2C183&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12-Sep-1914-Ernest-Hamlin-Baker-illustrations-Poughkeepsie-Eagle-2.jpg?fit=600%2C274&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Covering the Poughkeepsie Fair for the Eagle; 12 Sep 1914<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ernest graduated early from Poughkeepsie High School at the age of 14. After graduation, while working alongside his father at the shirt factory, he took a drawing correspondence course. Ernest\u2019s inspiration was the great illustrator Thomas Nast.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of 17, he landed a position as an editorial cartoonist for the <em>Poughkeepsie Evening Star<\/em>. From the years 1906 to 1910, he created over 100 illustrations for the paper. He was also hired by the <em>Poughkeepsie Eagle<\/em> during and after his years at college.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39416\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39416\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39416\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Ernest-Hamlin-Baker.jpg\" alt=\"Ernest Hamlin Baker; Colgate University 1912\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27350%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20350%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27350%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Ernest-Hamlin-Baker.jpg?resize=200%2C117&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Ernest-Hamlin-Baker.jpg?resize=400%2C233&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Ernest-Hamlin-Baker.jpg?fit=600%2C350&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernest Hamlin Baker; Colgate University 1912<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With help from his alumnus brother Irving, Ernest enrolled at Colgate University in 1910. Like his life in Poughkeepsie, he worked hard at various jobs off campus in order to pay for his tuition. He also sold illustrations to students and faculty members for profit. His work was featured in all of Colgate\u2019s annual yearbooks while he attended the school.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39417 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Sophomores.jpg\" alt=\"Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Sophomores\" width=\"600\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27581%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20581%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27581%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Sophomores.jpg?resize=200%2C194&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Sophomores.jpg?resize=400%2C387&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Sophomores.jpg?fit=600%2C581&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-39418\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Juniors.jpg\" alt=\"Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Juniors\" width=\"600\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27467%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20467%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27467%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Juniors.jpg?resize=200%2C156&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Juniors.jpg?resize=400%2C311&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Juniors.jpg?fit=600%2C467&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-39419\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Seniors.jpg\" alt=\"Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Seniors\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27455%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20455%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27455%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Seniors.jpg?resize=200%2C152&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Seniors.jpg?resize=400%2C303&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Seniors.jpg?fit=600%2C455&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39420\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39420\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39420\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Fraternities.jpg\" alt=\"Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Fraternities\" width=\"543\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27543%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20543%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27543%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Fraternities.jpg?resize=200%2C221&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Fraternities.jpg?resize=400%2C442&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Colgate-Yearbook-1912-Fraternities.jpg?fit=543%2C600&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 543w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colgate University yearbook illustrations; 1912<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ernest excelled not only as an artist, but as a musician, becoming proficient at playing the violin. A star track athlete at Colgate, he was a member of the relay team. Individually, he broke the college record time for the 440 yard run. He was the chief staff artist for the yearbook (Salmagundi), and class president in his senior year.<\/p>\n<p>At a summer job in Lake Placid between his junior and senior years, he met Syracuse University student Ernestine Pendorf. They quickly became inseparable. The couple decided to get married before they both graduated in 1914. An artist in her own right, Ernestine was a life-long business partner with Ernest. They were together for the next 59 years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39421 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ernestine-Pendorf-Baker-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ernestine-Pendorf-Baker\" width=\"416\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27416%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20416%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27416%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ernestine-Pendorf-Baker-2.jpg?resize=200%2C288&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ernestine-Pendorf-Baker-2.jpg?resize=400%2C577&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ernestine-Pendorf-Baker-2.jpg?fit=416%2C600&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 416w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39422\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39422\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39422\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ernestine-Baker-during-wartime-in-Putnam-County-4-Apr-1943.jpg\" alt=\"Ernestine Pendorf Baker; 1930\u2019s \u2026 during wartime; April 1943\" width=\"276\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27276%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20276%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27276%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ernestine-Baker-during-wartime-in-Putnam-County-4-Apr-1943.jpg?resize=200%2C435&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ernestine-Baker-during-wartime-in-Putnam-County-4-Apr-1943.jpg?fit=276%2C600&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 276w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernestine Pendorf Baker; 1930\u2019s \u2026 during wartime; April 1943<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_39423\" style=\"width: 401px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39423\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39423\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WWI-Poster-1917-2.jpg\" alt=\"WWI Poster, 1917; Library of Congress\" width=\"391\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27391%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20391%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27391%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WWI-Poster-1917-2.jpg?resize=200%2C307&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WWI-Poster-1917-2.jpg?fit=391%2C600&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 391w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WWI Poster, 1917; Library of Congress<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After graduating, the couple moved back to Poughkeepsie for a brief stint. Then it was on to New York City where they found an apartment and studio space on West 42<sup>nd<\/sup> Street.<\/p>\n<p>Ernest started working as a freelance artist\u2026 with tremendous success! During the onset of the U.S. entry into World War I, he designed stamps and created posters for the cause.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39434\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39434\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39434\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kingdom-of-Your-Voice-New-York-Telephone-Ad-1929-1.jpg\" alt=\"'Kingdom of Your Voice' New York Telephone Ad; 1929\" width=\"520\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27520%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20520%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27520%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kingdom-of-Your-Voice-New-York-Telephone-Ad-1929-1.jpg?resize=200%2C231&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kingdom-of-Your-Voice-New-York-Telephone-Ad-1929-1.jpg?resize=400%2C462&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kingdom-of-Your-Voice-New-York-Telephone-Ad-1929-1.jpg?fit=520%2C600&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 520w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Kingdom of Your Voice&#8221; New York Telephone Ad; 1929<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While still keeping their apartment and studio in the city, Ernest, Ernestine, and their young daughter, Jean, moved to Carmel, New York, in 1930. Ernest continued as a freelancer. His big break came when he was hired by publishing magnate Henry Luce. Luce ran <em>Time<\/em> magazine and other big selling periodicals. Baker\u2019s first big gig was as an illustrator for Luce\u2019s <em>Fortune<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Baker illustrated a dozen covers for <em>Fortune<\/em> between 1931 and 1937. His freelance work also increased during the late 20s and throughout the 30s. He created advertisements, posters, large murals and other public works.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39425\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39425\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39425\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fortune-Cover-August-1933-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fortune; August 1933\" width=\"482\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27482%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20482%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27482%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fortune-Cover-August-1933-2.jpg?resize=200%2C249&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fortune-Cover-August-1933-2.jpg?resize=400%2C498&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fortune-Cover-August-1933-2.jpg?fit=482%2C600&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 482w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fortune; August 1933<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many people were devastated by financial troubles during the Great Depression. Baker\u2019s connection with Luce was a saving grace for him and his family. In 1940, Luce contracted Baker to work almost exclusively for <em>Time<\/em> magazine. This partnership would last for 17 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Baker\u2019s decided to give up their New York City apartment in the early 1940s. Ernest continued his outstanding and prolific work, while the family\u2019s daily life became centered in both Putnam and Dutchess Counties. When the United States entered into World War II, Ernestine became Putnam County\u2019s director for volunteer civilian mobilization and defense activities. She also helped run a local radio program, <em>Civilian Defense<\/em>, by booking guest speakers every week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39426\" style=\"width: 463px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39426\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39426\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Time-Cover-Joe-Louis-29-Sep-1941.jpg\" alt=\"Boxer Joe Louis 29 Sep 1941\" width=\"453\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27453%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20453%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27453%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Time-Cover-Joe-Louis-29-Sep-1941.jpg?resize=200%2C265&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Time-Cover-Joe-Louis-29-Sep-1941.jpg?resize=400%2C530&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Time-Cover-Joe-Louis-29-Sep-1941.jpg?fit=453%2C600&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 453w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxer Joe Louis 29 Sep 1941<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_39427\" style=\"width: 463px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39427\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-39427\" src=\"https:\/\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Howard-Hughes-Time-Magazine.jpg\" alt=\"Howard Hughes 19 July 1948\" width=\"453\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27453%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20453%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27453%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Howard-Hughes-Time-Magazine.jpg?resize=200%2C265&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Howard-Hughes-Time-Magazine.jpg?resize=400%2C530&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/poklib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Howard-Hughes-Time-Magazine.jpg?fit=453%2C600&amp;quality=88&amp;ssl=1 453w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-39427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howard Hughes 19 July 1948<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After Ernest\u2019s long run with <em>Time<\/em> ended, the Baker\u2019s retired to Hendersonville, North Carolina. 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