Moderator: Brad Bechtel
Very good, Doug. Wow, just think about all the professional musicians from ages past who were once known (even locally) or on the circuits, and who are now lost to time. Thank you for the detail shot. The Radio Grande is really rare today, especially in their original Hawaiian set up, and not converted to Spanish as this one has been:Doug Beaumier wrote:Scott, I did a search for Erna Schlee a while back and that name popped up in the 1940 census records. It said she lived in San Francisco. That's all it said. It's probably the same person.
The picture is obviously her teaching studio and she sells Gibson guitars and amps. I assume that's her on the left side under the poster and the woman on the opposite side is likely her other teacher/assistant. They both have fancy guitars with the same logo on the headstock. A moment captured in time, and a bygone era!
...wonder why no early Gibson electrics are shown? They were in production by the late 30s.
I think about that a lot, Scott. Even in the local circuit I played in my younger days... there were some very good players, great venues, a lot of mom and pop music stores, all gone now. The young musicians I work with now never heard of any of them.Wow, just think about all the professional musicians from ages past who were once known (even locally) or on the circuits, and who are now lost to time.
