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BALDWIN, C. M. - Proprietor of the Capital City Art Gallery, corner East Walnut and Fifth streets. Mr. B. is a native of Indiana, having been born in Grant county, that State, January 27, 1848. There he resided until he was 17 years of age when his father removed to Michigan, where he resided some two years, when he came to Iowa, locating in Marshall county. During the time he resided in that county he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1874 he came to Des Moines, and for some four years was in the employ of M. C. Lewis. In October 1878, he bought Mr. Lewis out and has since been conducting the business, having large and commodious rooms on the northeast corner of East Walnut and Fifth. He was united in marriage to Mrs. L. J. Atkinson, a native of Ohio, December 25, 1876. Have buried two children: Ella and Stella.