Image: Mr Potato Bug from Cadaenza Vol. 15, no. 3 page2
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Description: Advertisement for Orville Gibson's mandolins. Gibson was aggressively promoting the idea that his mandolins represented progress. He disparaged the older round-back mandolins (Italian-style origin) as potato bugs (due to the striped pattern on their backs, from strips of wood in alternating colors).
Title: Mr Potato Bug from Cadaenza Vol. 15, no. 3 page2
Credit: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/053d5fa0-cf57-0133-5106-00505686a51c
Author: William E. Foster
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