United States: Illinois, Chicago Physical Description As depicted in an 1898-99 Lyon & Healy catalog, this ”Lakeside” model guitar, item number 49-3/4, has and oak back and sides, 16th century finish, hand polished, cherry finish neck, top and back inlay with white celluloid and colored wood edge, colored wood inlay around sound hole, ebony fingerboard with pearl position dots, and a metal tailpiece. The company also made musical instruments but is best known as a manufacturer of harps.
Lyon & Healy quickly expanded as a retail distributor for musical instruments. The company was founded in 1864 by George Washburn Lyon and Patrick Joseph Healy as a music publications shop for the Boston company of Oliver Ditson. This guitar was made by Lyon & Healy of Chicago, Illinois around 1897-1925.
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