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 F Sharpe |
A few more old photographs |
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(03/20/08 6:00 PM) |
Not too many I recognize here - a couple of Stellas and a L00. Most people were not playing a Martin or a Gibson seventy or eighty years ago.
Gerry  The Williams boys...   The string band entertains...   The Dakota Drifter...      Small sunburst in the sun...  |
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 bassrun |
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(03/20/08 6:04 PM) |
Fantastic photos, Gerry. Thanks so much for posting these!
--John
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fixj |
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(03/20/08 6:14 PM) |
Wow! great photos.
Thanks! Jim |
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dschmude |
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(03/20/08 6:37 PM) |
Looks like a 2-17 on the far left on the 2nd photo but its hard to say for sure..
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(03/20/08 9:12 PM) Banned User |
Thank you for those wonderful photos.
 charlie 
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BHguitars |
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(03/21/08 5:54 AM) |
Thanks Gerry!!!
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F Sharpe |
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(03/21/08 6:28 AM) |
Folks, you are all very welcome. I've got an awful lot out of this forum over the years and I'm just trying to put a little bit back in. Happy Easter!
Gerry |
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(06/23/09 1:43 PM) |
Here is an old photo of a 1926 -021 I have. Photo is from circa 1934 with owner playing guitar on the right.
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(06/23/09 2:32 PM) |
Thanks Gerry for the pics and thanks dlee for returning on this thread, I missed it last year ! How cool is having a picture of the original owner
best,
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(06/23/09 3:20 PM) |
Those images are amazing...appears to have been an entirely different world back then.
Then again, it's just people enjoying their music...like us now. Nils
'93 HD-28S (prototype, non-slothead)
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(06/23/09 3:27 PM) |
Thanks for sharing those wonderful old photos!
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Davids Harp |
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(06/23/09 4:29 PM) |
Great stuff, Gerry, sorry I missed these before.
Dlee, fine job of bringing it all back front and center.
David
They said, "You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are." The man replied, "Things as they are, are changed upon the blue guitar." -Wallace Stevens |
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(06/23/09 5:18 PM) |
Ditto Dario and David's posts.
Wonderful pics! Timon Afterthought: My (very old) parents passed away in the last couple of years, so naturally I looked through a lot of very old photographs, but unfortunately not a guitar or other (stringed or otherwise) instrument was to be seen. Wonder where I got my affliction from.
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(06/23/09 6:20 PM) |
I love this stuff too, Gerry.
If you don't mind commenting on some, the first one, up there, it looks like a guy sitting there on the ground. The Dakota Drifter is sure cool, but looks about 13, and the "small sunburst" lady is really fashionable! thanks again. |
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(06/24/09 9:24 AM) Martin Warranty Service Provider |
I'm always interested in old photos like these, particularly when the guitars are identifiable like the L-00 in one of your pics. I've posted an
article on my website that is a virtual tour through my collection of images and shows the most interesting examples I own. If you haven't seen that (I
suspect many here have) the article can be found here: http://www.guitar-repair.com/article_jan_09_vintage.htm.
Steve Kovacik
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(06/24/09 4:51 PM) |
Collected these off the net. 
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(06/24/09 4:54 PM) |
Very cool, Spook! I wonder what kind of guitar that is in the band of beer drinkers?
--John
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(06/24/09 5:30 PM) |
The one on the right is a National Duolian.
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rob |
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(06/24/09 5:58 PM) |
I wonder what kind of guitar that is in the band of beer drinkers?The one on the left looks like a 14 fret Tonk Brothers Fascinator, ca. 1930's. http://www.retrofret.com/products.asp?ProductID=2559&CartID=9229826242009 RobM
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F Sharpe |
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(06/25/09 12:53 PM) |
Glad other folks like old instrument pictures. I have a whole lot more and a vague notion of a book project sometime with some
friends. I've been travelling in the U.S. these past weeks and visiting record (and guitar) collecting friends - some of whom have outstanding image
collections. I posted two or three other previous old photo threads prior to this one, I believe.
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(06/25/09 3:53 PM) |
The banjo picker is a young Pete Seeger, is it not?
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