Harry Neal Baum
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Harry Neal Baum was an American author and the third son of L. Frank Baum. His father dedicated his 1902 novel The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus to him.
Maud Gage Baum and her four sons, Robert, Harry, Kenneth, and Frank, 1900
Four-month-old Harry Neal Baum in 1890
Maud Gage Baum
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Maud Gage Baum was the wife of American children's publisher L. Frank Baum. Her mother was the suffragist Matilda Joslyn Gage. In her early life, she attended a boys' high school.
Harry Neal Baum
…a Mystery to satisfy his ailing father's publishing obligations. Raised in Chicago, Baum was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, on December 18, 1889, to Maud Gage and L. Frank Baum. The third son of L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he was named "Harry Neal Baum" to honor Harry Baum and…
Maud's mother, Matilda Joslyn Gage
Photograph of Maud Gage Baum circa 1906
Maud's wedding picture in November 1882
Aberdeen, South Dakota, in an 1888 photograph by L. Frank Baum