El
Dorado County
Biographies
MAX BAER
Max
Baer, numbered among the public-spirited and prominent citizens of El Dorado
County, is the owner of a leading clothing and men’s
furnishing store at Placerville, which business is the outgrowth of one of the
pioneer stores established in gold mining days.
Mr. Baer is also active in all affairs of his home community, has served
two terms as trustee of Placerville, and is well known in fraternal and club
circles. Born in Germany March 1, 1873,
he is a son of the late Leopold and Theresa (Maier) Baer, the father having
been a business man in the old country. Max
Baer received his education in the public schools of the fatherland, and while
a young man served an apprenticeship in a men’s
clothing establishment. Having acquired
a thorough knowledge of the business, he came to the United States at the age
of eighteen years and first settled at Eureka, California, where he was
employed by a clothing firm for a period of twenty years, becoming manager of
the business. In 1909 Mr. Baer moved to
Placerville, where, with a partner, he bought his present store from A. Mierson
& Company. The business had been
originally established by Mr. Mierson in 1861 and accordingly is one of the
oldest in northern California. In the
early days, one portion of the store was occupied by the Mierson Bank, and the
miners customarily exchanged their gold dust for clothing and other supplies. Four years after Mr. Baer took over the
business he bought out his partner’s interest, and has since conducted the
store alone, carrying a complete line of men’s clothing and furnishings.
Max
Baer was married to Miss Edith Bennett, a daughter of Judge M. B. Bennett, one
of the most respected men of El Dorado County.
Mr. and Mrs. Baer have two daughters, Maxine and Helen. Mr. Baer is a Republican, and a member of the
Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Lions Club, of which he
is past president.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 2 Pages 372-373. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.
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