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MAHOGANY PENCIL POST BED c.1970

King size mahogany bed complete with rails.  Made by the Baker Furniture Co. of U.S.A.

About Baker Furniture:
Baker, an immigrant from the Netherlands, founds an interior woodwork and door company in 1890 in Allegan, MI, just west of Grand Rapids. The company makes its first piece of furniture three years later, a combination desk and bookcase. Hollis S. Baker, son of Siebe Baker, graduates from the University of Michigan in 1910 and joins Baker Furniture as a salesman.