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    Since just the name Lloyd Loar is pretty special to us all here I thought that it might be interesting to post and see others post pics of our famous Lloyd Loar. Feel free to post some and or enlighten us if you like I know most of these have been viewed already but here's a few to start that I like.
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    I know there are more, I don't have them but, I KNOW it!
    It's pretty cool to have the ones you have all in one spot, thanks.
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    that last picture looks nice but I'm trying to find a bigger version and can't ;/
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    There are actually a whole lot of small pictures of Lloyd Loar online.
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    I was having trouble finding this one.
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    Here's a picture of Lloyd Loar's bowling scores from the autumn of 1921....


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    We've shared this link many times over the years but if you want to see some amazing historical content, plenty of it with Lloyd Loar and the Fisher Shipp Concert Company photographs a bunch of them are housed in the Univ. of Iowa Traveling Culture database, a wealth of all kinds of information. Always fun to share this link. Possible they've added more content since last posting in 2013.

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    The largest copy of Loar at his bench at Gibson I can find is in this thread. If anyone knows of a larger copy please post a link or the image.
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    Scott posted this one to the homepage.
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    At a glance I thought someone had found some Lloyd Loar picks, extremely high quality and possibly very pricey, the ne plus ultra of refinement in the field of pick technology. Imagine my disappointment.

    These are quite enjoyable in their own right, of course.

    Anyway, here's a larger version of the one Mike mentioned, and another.

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    Now who's that? Certainly not LL. But the mando sure is an original F5. It's most interesting, since there is no pick guard, and the mando seems really worn. Given that the picture is quite old, this F5 may well be one of those mysterious "sent-back-to-the-factory-for-refinish" cases.

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    The poster I have of the Gibsonian Orchestra uses the photo you posted as an insert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Eagle View Post
    Now who's that? Certainly not LL.
    I dunno. It's from this blog, which is not necessarily a verifiable source. But all the other photos there correspond with our collection. The hair's different, but the photo looks to be from a bit later.
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    Here are two more, from Roger Siminoff's website. He's the older lad in the family photo, age 10 or 11.

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    I really like this blow-up detail of his workbench. See the page for an analysis. Nicely done!

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    Quote Originally Posted by journeybear View Post
    I dunno. It's from this blog, which is not necessarily a verifiable source. But all the other photos there correspond with our collection. The hair's different, but the photo looks to be from a bit later.
    Not only the hair is different, I'd say all is different, especially the ears. And looking at the F5, the missing finger rest is not at all loarish.
    The blog, your source, mentions Loar as a master luthier, which he apparently was not. Though he sure was a talented musician and tinkerer, and a scientist to some degree.

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    Lost in the crowd. Number 7 (Lower panorama, first row, fourth from left, if you blow up the thumbnail).

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    Quote Originally Posted by journeybear View Post
    I dunno. It's from this blog, which is not necessarily a verifiable source. But all the other photos there correspond with our collection. The hair's different, but the photo looks to be from a bit later.
    Nope, that's not LL. Some random F5 owner from the period..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Eagle View Post
    Now who's that?
    Hint: He sang 'Cattle Call' and 'Make the World Go Away'. (Never knew he played the mandolin though.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by FLATROCK HILL View Post
    Hint: He sang 'Cattle Call' and 'Make the World Go Away'. (Never knew he played the mandolin though.)
    That's Eddie Arnold?! Dang, I guess it does look like him, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Eagle View Post
    Not only the hair is different, I'd say all is different
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    Some random F5 owner from the period.
    That's fine. I know just a little about this, but I'm curious to learn more. My skills in this quest are in searching; I present what I find for others who know more to determine what's what. I'm willing to play the fool, if it helps find the wisdom of truth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FLATROCK HILL View Post
    Hint: He sang 'Cattle Call' and 'Make the World Go Away'. (Never knew he played the mandolin though.)
    Really....?? I think that's a joke, right? Maybe it's his Dad...

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    Really....?? I think that's a joke, right? Maybe it's his Dad...
    Yes...Just a silly joke. I kinda thought he resembled Eddy Arnold.
    I hated to think of the poor guy as just "some random F5 owner". From now on, he'll be known to me as Eddy Loar, the Kalamazoo Plowboy.

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    found a couple more with his wife BerthaClick image for larger version. 

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    Mike, nice to see some shots with Bertha!
    I like "Eddy Loar, the Kalamazoo Plowboy!" Almost passed a soda through my nose!
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    Quote Originally Posted by journeybear View Post
    That's fine. I know just a little about this, but I'm curious to learn more. My skills in this quest are in searching; I present what I find for others who know more to determine what's what. I'm willing to play the fool, if it helps find the wisdom of truth.
    JB! You know plenty, don't sell yourself short! You are an instigator of thought and conversation here but, I have no problem with that at all!
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