Barker may refer to:
Occupations
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Barker (occupation), a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events
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Barker (coachbuilder)
Barker & Co. was a coachbuilder, a maker of carriages and in the 20th century bodywork for prestige cars.
History
Founded in London in 1710Coventry Archives: ref. PA1356. Barker & Co. Administrative history: Barker and Company, founded 1710, ...
, a builder of horse-drawn coaches and later of bodywork for prestige cars
* a person who strips
tanbark
Tanbark is the bark of certain species of trees, traditionally used for tanning hides into leather.
The words "tannin", "tanning", "tan," and " tawny" are derived from the Medieval Latin ''tannare'', "to convert into leather."
Bark mills are ...
from trees to supply bark mills
People
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Barker (surname)
Barker is a surname of English origin, meaning "a tanner of leather". Barker may refer to:
A–C
* Abraham Andrews Barker (1816–1898), American politician
* Al Barker (1839–1912), American baseball player
* Alfred Charles Barker (1819–187 ...
, a list of people
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Barker Burnell
Barker Burnell (January 30, 1798 – June 15, 1843) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Early life
Burnell was born on January 30, 1798, in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
State Public service
Massachusetts General Court
Burnell serv ...
(1798–1843), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
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Barker Fairley
Barker Fairley, (May 21, 1887 – October 11, 1986) was a British-Canadian painter, and scholar who made a significant contribution to the study of German literature, particularly for the work of Goethe, and was an early champion and friend ...
(1887–1986), British-Canadian painter and scholar of German literature
Places
Antarctica
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Barker Range
Barker Range () is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy (Victoria Land), Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of Millen Range in the Victory Mountains ...
, Victoria Land, a mountain range
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Barker Peak, off the coast of Victoria Land
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Barker Bank Ula Point () is a low ice-covered point in the Erebus and Terror Gulf, on the northeast coast of James Ross Island, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Cape Gage. First seen and roughly surveyed by Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto No ...
, Graham Land, a marine bank
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Barker Nunatak, Palmer Land
Australia
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Division of Barker, an Electoral Division in South Australia for the Australian House of Representatives
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Mount Barker (South Australia)
Mount Barker is a mountain in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia and namesake of the nearby town of Mount Barker.
The mountain is the home to a transmission tower that services SAGRN and mobile phone transmissions throughout the area. ...
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Barker Inlet, South Australia
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Barker River, Western Australia
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Barker Passage, Western Australia, a water channel
United States
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Barker, Broome County, New York, a town
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Barker, Niagara County, New York
Barker is a village in Niagara County, New York. The population was 533 at the time of the 2010 census. The mail ZIP code is 14012. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Barker is within the Town of Somerset ...
, a village
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Barker, Texas
Barker is an unincorporated community in western Harris County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads off Interstate 10 and seventeen miles west of downtown Houston. Its elevation is 102 feet (31 m), and it is located at (2 ...
, an unincorporated community
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Barker, West Virginia
Barker is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers c ...
, an unincorporated community
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Barker Reservoir
Barker Reservoir is a flood control structure in Houston, Texas which prevents downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou, the city's principal river. The reservoir operates in conjunction with Addicks Reservoir to the northeast, which impounds Mayd ...
, near Houston, Texas
Elsewhere
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Barker, Uruguay, a town
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7868 Barker, an asteroid
Man-made structures
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Barker Field
Barker Field was one of several airfields in the Yorkdale area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
History
Opened in 1927, it was a civilian and privately owned airfield for the early era of flying in Canada and was named after William George Barker in ...
, several former airfields in Toronto, Canada
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Barker Building
The Barker Building, a seven-story apartment building located at 306 South 15th Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Built in 1929, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 2008. The sons of prominent, ea ...
, Omaha, Nebraska, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Barker General Store
Barker General Store is a historic general store located at Beecher Hollow in Saratoga County, New York. The main block was constructed in 1847 and is a -story, gable-roofed rectangular building. A 2-story, shed-roofed addition was added in 1 ...
, Beecher Hollow, New York, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Barker Mill
The Barker Mill is an historic mill at 143 Mill Street in Auburn, Maine. Built in 1873, this five-story brick mill building is one a relatively few in the state that has a mansard roof, and has a higher degree of decorative styling than other pe ...
, Auburn, Maine, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Barker Dam (California)
Barker Dam, also known as the Big Horn Dam, is a dam with water-storage reservoir located in Joshua Tree National Park in California. The dam was constructed by early cattlemen, including C. O. Barker, in 1900. It was raised in 1949 by rancher Wi ...
, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
*Barker Dam at
Barker Meadow Reservoir
Barker Reservoir is a water supply reservoir in the Colorado Front Range located near the town of Nederland, Colorado in southwestern Boulder County.
Barker Dam provides water to a downstream hydroelectric power generating facility, and its r ...
, Colorado, United States
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Barker Ranch
Barker Ranch is located inside Death Valley National Park in eastern California. Used as a mining and recreational property from the 1940s to the 1960s, it is infamous due to its association with Charles Manson and his "family". It was the famil ...
, last hideout of Charles Manson and his "family"
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Barker railway station
Barker railway station was the only intermediate station on the Kew railway line in Melbourne, Australia. It was opened on 19 December 1887 and closed with the line on 13 May 1957. The station was located between Barkers Road and Hawthorn Grov ...
, Melbourne, Australia
Other uses
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Barker baronets, five baronetcies, all extinct
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Barker channel
A barker channel is a form of digital signage, operating in the form of a television channel that is entirely composed of sales promotion and advertising, usually marketing various features of the service carrying the channel. The name is derived f ...
, a television channel with programming comprising mainly advertising
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Barker College, a private college in Sydney, Australia
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Barker's Discount Department Stores
Barkers Discount Department Stores was a chain of discount department stores founded in May, 1957 by Felix Mininberg and Irving Barker. As one of the first hard goods discounters, and with creative promotions, the initial store, in Orange, Conne ...
, a retail chain in the United States and the Caribbean
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Barkers of Kensington
Barkers of Kensington was a department store in Kensington High Street, Kensington, London.
It began as a small drapery business, John Barker & Company, founded by Sir John Barker, 1st Baronet, John Barker and Sir James Whitehead, 1st Baronet ...
, a London department store
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Dog
The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relative. Do ...
, a domesticated animal whose vocalizations include barking
*, a destroyer which served in World War II
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The Barker'', a 1928 film
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The Barkers
The Barkers were an Australian contemporary folk band formed in 1993. Their second album ''Black Joke'' (1996) was nominated at the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 for Best World Music Album.
History
The Barkers were formed in Adelaide in 1993. M ...
, Australian musical group
See also
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Barkers
Barkers or Barkers Men's Clothing is a New Zealand menswear fashion brand and retail chain. It has 31 stores around the country, including 13 in Auckland. It was established in Auckland CBD in 1972, and is headquartered in Grafton, Auckland. The ...
, New Zealand menswear retail chain
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Barkers Creek
Barkers Creek is a tributary of the Guyandotte River, long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in a rural area on the un ...
, West Virginia, United States
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Mount Barker (disambiguation) Mount Barker may refer to:
* District Council of Mount Barker, a local government area in South Australia
* Mount Barker, South Australia, a town
* Mount Barker railway station, South Australia
* Mount Barker Road, South Australia
* Mount Barker (S ...
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