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clothing store next to the dress shop on Broadway. The children's store closed in 1950 and was renovated to be a larger dress shop, Bob said.Bob's grandmother and Bob's father, Walter Baker Jr., took over the shop in the late 1940s. Baker Jr. took complete ownership of the business in the early 1970s."I literally grew up there," Bob said. "It was a second home."Bob spent at least two or three days a week at the shop, helping out after school. His first job was washing the windows of the shop for 25 cents. He also had the tedious task of untangling the clothing hanger once a week, he said. But Thanksgiving and Christmas was the busiest time for the shop.Men who needed last minute Christmas gifts for their wives would come to the shop shortly before closing time on Christmas Eve. Luckily, Baker Jr. knew his customers well. He always had cheese, sandwiches, and booze for the men, and a list of things he knew their wives liked or wanted.The store also had annual sales on Black Friday and the day after Christmas. After eating their holiday meal and opening gifts, Bob and his father would go to the shop to prepare for the sale. They handwrote the sale prices on bright yellow tags for each item.Baker Jr. took pride in personal sales, Bob said. He worked nearly 70 hours a week, focusing specifically on each customer that walked through the doors. He would spend entire afternoons with one customer, just to make sure she left satisfied. And before any item was put on a hanger and displayed in the store, it was personally inspected for any damage.Bakers was known as one of the better dress