Solo performer during the 1930s in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, playing his Style 2 squareneck tricone using a square medicine bottle as a bar.
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| Guido Bordin with his 7 string National Lap steel, and National amplifier. Picture 70
| | Cliff Edwards (better known as Ukulele Ike). With a Dobro tenortrope. Picture 5
| | Duke Akina and his Hawaiian Four. Names? Picture 10
| | Duke Ellington, playing a W series 14 fret Triolian and Cab Calloway on piano. Picture 11
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| The Hicks from the Sticks.1934.
(Clockwise from top centre) John B Allshouse, Abby Neal, Gilbert Neal, Leona Allshouse, and Walt Neal. Gilbert is playing a Triolian National, Leona plays the style 0. Picture 15
| | Cap Andy and Flip Picture 51
| | Richards Trio
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| | Edna Mae Cooper With Dobro and a very rare Dobro cyclops ukulele. Edna Mae appeared in many Cecil B. DeMille films from the late 1910s through 1956. Later she became the pilot who set a world record for refueling.
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| | JIMMYZ Michael Messer found this in a New York magazine about 15 years ago & we have never been able to trace these people, or the hand-built early National Tricone. (Mark Maikin tells me they were known as "Woody Cars Steel Guitars" Trio)
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| Max Miller with his Duolian, entertaining evacuees on Brighton beach UK, on July 16th 1939.
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| | Max Miller "The Cheekie Chappie" English comedian/music hall entertainer from the 1930s, 40s & 50s, he was the proud owner of a 14 fret National Duolian that he apparently bought from a visiting American performer in the mid 1930s. The guitar is now owned by comedian/actor/presenter Roy Hudd, who bought it from Maxs estate after his death in the mid 1960s.
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| | Ray Meany with his National roundneck tricone, Style 2.
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| | Sol Hoopii Trio
The musicans are Bob Vierra on taropatch uke (probably a Martin), Sol Hoopii on steel, and Tom Ainahau on rhythm.
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| | Unknown player with style 0.
(Anyone have access to Texas numberplate records?)
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| Unknown. Family with painted National Triolian.
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| | Willard Johns with a National style 1 Spanish tricone. On the back of this one is written "2 Rocky Mtn Trio Thats going wind up sweeping N.C. and Ga.!"
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| | Willard Johns Trio.
On the back of this one is written "Were you afraid to sit with us?"
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| | Willard Johns standing, with Gibson.
The lady holds a National W series Triolian.
Picture 58
| | Willard Johns Trio.
Willard holds a Gibson, the lady has a W series Triolian on her lap.
Picture 59
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