 Joining the American Artists agency in 1937, he sold to slick magazines, including "The American Magazine", "The American Weekly", "Collier's", "Cosmopolitan", "Esquire", "McCalls", "Redbook" and "Woman's Day".In the 1950s he worked for men's adventure magazines, such as Argosy, Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, and True.In 1945, Baumhofer and his wife Alureda moved to Long Island.