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Exhibition Catalog and Artifacts

Schwartzer Electric Zither, Sn. 1057, 1923
Aloha Electric Hawaiian Guitar by Kay, Chicago 1937
Volu-Tone, Custom Green Sparkle 7-string Electric Hawaiian, Ca. 1935
ViVi-Tone Electro Spanish, Sn. 97, ca. 1933
Rickenbacker Electric Tenor, Sn. 0089, 1934
Vega Electric Violin Model 220, Sn. V8933, ca. 1939
Vega Supertron, Sn. 36 111 Boston, Mass., 1939-40
Gibson ES-150, Prototype Batch, SN1058-9 B, 1936
Epiphone Electar Rocco Model, Doubleneck Electric Hawaiian Guitar, Sn. 303, ca.1936
Rickenbacher Model 49, Sn. S-43, 1940
Dobro All Electric (OUT Resophonic) Electric Guitar, Sn 6773, ca. 1934
Slingerland Electro Spanish Guitar, Model 401, Sn. 131, 1936-7
Home-Made Electric Banjo, ca. 1933-35
Vega Electric Mandolin, Sn. 38 458, ca. 1936
Supro Electro Spanish Guitar, Sn. S2842, 1937
National New Yorker, a.k.a. Memphis Minnie Model, Sn. C5830, 1939
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ON Exhibition Artifacts - 18
Gibson Prototype ES-300
Dobro Resophonic
ON Exhibition Artifacts - 21
Gibson’s First Electric Banjo, Shipped Nov. 16, 1937
National Electric Spanish Sn. N542, 1935-6
Audiovox Duo 336 Double Neck
Rickenbacker Electric Vibrola Guitar, Sn. D 2449, ca. 1938
Rickenbacker Electric Vibrola Guitar, Sn. D 2449, ca. 1938
Ro-Pat-In Cast Aluminum Electric Hawaiian
Dobro Electric Hawaiian, Sn. A276, ca. 1935
Gibson E-150 Cast Aluminum Ukulele, Sn. 175, 1935
Dobro All Electric Mandolin, Sn. A347, ca. 1936
Gibson Custom Miniature Electric Hawaiian Guitar, 1936
Gibson Prototype Electric Violin, ca. 1937
Electric Ukulele, Unknown Maker, ca. 1935-7
ON Exhibition Artifacts - 34
Gibson Prototype Electric Guitar, Fall 1935
National Electric Mandolin, Sn. 1932, 1936-37
Regal Electric Spanish Guitar, 1936
ON Exhibition Artifacts - 38
ON Exhibition Artifacts - 39
Vega Electric Plectrum Banjo, Model 170 Sn. 35 419, ca. 1936
ON Exhibition Artifacts - 41
Stromberg Boisinet
ON Exhibition Artifacts - 43
National Electric Hawaiian Guitar, Sn. A5955
ON Exhibition Artifacts - 45
Supertone Electric Hawaiian Guitar, ca. 1937
ON Exhibition Artifacts - 30
National-Dobro Amplifier Model 6107, Sn. 5229, ca. 1935
AudioVox Amplifier, ca. 1936
ViVi-Tone Electromagnetic Pickup in Drawer, ca. 1935

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