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Winner gets a mercury dime I found this year!!!:thumbup:In case of duplicate answers,earliest posting gets it...HERE IT IS:A QUESTION:On the TV series THE WALTONS;the character Jason plays a guitar-a C.F.Martin,to be exact....The question is:Why is the brand of guitar he plays in that Depression Era show significant??NO-the answer is NOT they didnt make C.F.Martins then-They have been in business since 1833....GOOD LUCK-If there is a winner,I will post it 8:00P.M.Sunday nite Eastern time!!!:clapping::hot:
 
Guessing (1) the guitar was not a cheap purchase even back then and as you mentioned (2) it was the Depression. I will guess he (Jason) did some work for the Baldwin sisters in order to get enough money to buy it.
 
The growing popularity of the guitar in the early 1900s, fueled by the growing popularity of folk music and country and western music, led to a demand for louder and more percussive guitars. This led to many companies beginning to string their guitars with metal instead of catgut. These became known as steel-string guitars, and Martin began concentrating on this type of guitar by 1921.

The company's reputation and production continued to grow. Forays into mandolin making in the late 1890s and ukulele making in the 1920s greatly contributed to their expansion, and by 1928 they were making over 5000 instruments per year. Remaining a family-owned business, the company employed a relatively small number of highly-trained craftsmen making instruments primarily by hand.
 
PETE,MY FRIEND!!!...Mike,that was a good insight into the Co's history,but Pete had the earliest,and correct answer!!!Thats one of the earliest things I noticed-how a depression-era family could afford I believe is either a D-15 or a D-18 Martin-Today one retails for around $1,000.00-Back then had to have been$3-400.My all time favorite C.F.Martin guitar is the D-45;the D-stands for Dreadnought series,designating the shape and dimensions...That D-45 retails for $9,299.00-Ya get a chance,go to www.martinguitars.com and check out their selection of GORGEOUS musical instruments...ANYWAY,PETE is the winner of a Mercury Dime I found this year!!Do ya want me to send it to ya pete-OR deliver it to ya Thasnksgiving time???
 
I guess the main reason I thought what I did about the depression was this ring I am still trying to find the owner for. Graduating during the depression and buying a ring had to have been a hardship to afford during those times. Guess I am a little more in tune with the sacrifices people had to make back in those days...it war rough but it made them stronger and more frugal with all they owned not just their money...and also why we have post hole banks still buried to be found by us.

If we ever find a post hole bank, once our heart stops racing, we need to think of the person who buried it and remember it was probably hidden because he didn't trust banks. Yet we also have to remember if he never came back for it, its location died with him and his family suffered because they did not have access to this money.

Something to think about...life was different back then.
 
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