Baker Stock Company

The Baker Stock Company was a theater group based in Portland, Oregon, United States, active from 1901 through 1923.

The company was established by businessman George Luis Baker,[1] who served as its manager from 1901 to 1915.

Historian Gordon B. Dodds notes that the Baker Stock Company was "among the best in the nation" of its kind, and produced theatrical productions for several weeks of each year.

[2] Dodds further notes: "The appeal was to middle-class professional persons and white-collar workers: housewives attended the Wednesday matinees, family groups the weekend performances, and older couples the evening plays.

"[2]Among the company's notable actors included local child performers Mayo Methot[5] and Rhea Mitchell;[6] Josephine Dillon;[7] Herbert Heyes,[8] and John Gilbert, who performed with the company as a guitarist.