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Steve Baer Drafting Studio Portrait

Steve Baer seated in a dim, warmly lit drafting studio, wearing a tan/olive jacket, with drafting tables, papers, a red-capped tube, and a coffee cup visible in the background

A color photograph — the rounded corners and warm cast suggest a scanned Kodachrome slide — showing a young man matching Steve Baer’s likeness, seated and looking off-camera in what appears to be a drafting studio or design office. Drafting tables, rolled papers, a red-capped tube (possibly a drawing-tube or adhesive container), and a coffee cup are visible on a table behind him; a dark sweater is draped nearby. A large window or skylight admits the dim, warm light. The clothing and photographic style are consistent with the 1970s, but no date, photographer, or source is recorded with the file — it arrived in the inbox as Steve_Baer.webp with no accompanying context.

Provenance is unconfirmed. The filename asserts this is Steve Baer, and the setting (a working drafting studio) is consistent with his documented practice as an architect/inventor, but the identification has not been independently verified against another dated photograph. Treat as likely, not certain, until corroborated.

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