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B.K.Turner. Black Ace

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.
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Cliff Edwards (better known as Ukulele Ike). With a Dobro tenortrope.
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Duke Akina and his Hawaiian Four.
Names?
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Duke Ellington, playing a W series 14 fret Triolian and Cab Calloway on piano.
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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.
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Cap Andy and Flip
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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.

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Willard Johns Trio.

Willard holds a Gibson, the lady has a W series Triolian on her lap.

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