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This black and white carte de visite photograph of James Baker Bain is a modern reprint of an original head and torso studio portrait photograph taken in Whanganui. Bain wears a suit jacket open over a white shirt and tweed double-breasted buttoned waistcoat. A pocket watch is visible under his jacket. He wears a full moustache and long beard, and has cropped wavy hair.
Bain was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of David and Mary Bain. He spent some time in Dunedin during the 1861 gold rush. He arrived in Whanganui in the 1860s. Aged 33, he married Elizabeth McLaren (born in Comrie, Scotland) in April 1872, with whom he had five daughters. Bain worked as a baker for John Hurley until he established his own business in 1873 on Victoria Avenue, Whanganui. He also worked as wholesale and retail confectioner, and bread and biscuit baker. His son David took over his father's business in 1895. James Baker Bain died November 1891.
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