Annotated Checklist of
Electric Lap Steel Guitars and Resonator Guitars by
National-Dobro Corporation
Los Angeles and Chicago

(in chronological order)

Click on names and/or thumbnail images below to link to complete descriptions

NMM 6756. Electric lap steel guitar by National-Dobro Corporation, Los Angeles, ca. 1936. Dobro No. 1 Electric Hawaiian. Serial number 1142. Ex coll.: Walter Carter, Nashville, Tennessee. Board of Trustees, 1999.

NMM 6757. Electric lap steel guitar by National-Dobro Corporation, Los Angeles, 1936. Supro Electric Hawaiian. Serial number B213. Ex coll.: Walter Carter, Nashville, Tennessee. Board of Trustees, 1999.

NMM 14381. Resonator guitar by National-Dobro Corporation, Chicago, 1936. Duolian Style H. Serial number B223. Gift of John McNeill, Springfield, South Dakota, 2009.

NMM 11255. Electric lap steel guitar, National-Dobro Corporation, Chicago, ca. 1937-1938. Dobro Electric Hawaiian Guitar. Serial No. B2738. Paul and Jean Christian Collection, 2006.

NMM 6758. Electric lap steel guitar by National-Dobro Corporation, Chicago, ca. 1939-1940. "New Yorker" Electric Hawaiian Guitar No. 70 (six string). No serial number. Ex coll.: Walter Carter, Nashville, Tennesee. Board of Trustees, 1999.

National Music Museum
The University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069

©National Music Museum, 2004-2014
Most recent update: August 4, 2009

The University of South Dakota
Return to Top of Page