MARTIN ARCHIVES
• background image: Longtime Martin craftsman Earl Hartzell sands the bent sides for Hawaiian guitars and ukuleles, which peaked in popularity in 1925, when this photograph was taken. • left: FCliff Edwards, known as“ Ukulele Ike,” was an American pop singer, musician, and actor who enjoyed widespread popularity during the 1920s and early 1930s
• above: C. Frederick Martin tries out a Martin ukulele while employee Charles Savitz plays guitar at the company’ s Nazareth, Pennsylvania, factory.
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