Figure 1.-- We have found this photograph taken at the Baldwin Estate. We think that is the estate created by Dwight Baldwin with his piano fortune. We see two unidentified children enjoying the wooded outdoors on the estate, we think during the 1880s-90s. The cabinet card mount suggests the 1890s to us. They are wearing wide-brimmed has and white smocks or dresses. We are guessing that they are Baldwin grandchildren, but we have no biographical information at this time. They look to be a brother and sister. The inscription on te back doesn't help much. "Baldwin estate: path leading to the north steps to 'the glen'. Put your cusor on the image for a blow up.

One of the most famous names in the American manufacture of pianos is Baldwin. The company was founded by Dwight Hamilton Baldwin, borm in Eire, Pennsylvania (1821). His parents were Mark Baldwin and Sophronia Waugh. The family were were devout Presbyterians and many became ministers and missionaries. The most famous was Dwight Baldwin (1798–1886) who played an important role in Hawaii. As a boy, Dwight wanted to be a minister. He attended Oberlin College but, since he was not particuly of robust health to become a curcuit-riding parson, he was advised to reconsider his calling. Because he loved music he studied music and began teaching music and choir in Kentucky churches. There he met and married Emerine Summers (1844). Much of Baldwin's business career and manufacturing operation was conducted in Ohio. We know nothing more about the family. We have found this photogrph taken at the Baldwin Estate. We think that is the estate created by Dwight Baldwin with his piano fortune. We see two unidentified children enjoying the wooded outdoors on the estate, we think during the 1880s-90s. The cabinet card mount suggests the 1890s to us. They are wearing wide-brimmed has and white smocks or dresses. We are guessing that they are Baldwin grandchildren, but we have no biographical information at this time. They look to be a brother and sister. The inscription on te back doesn't help much. "Baldwin estate: path leading to the north steps to 'the glen'.

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