Interior of Gibson, Inc. The assembling room in the Binding Department. Original photo caption reads, "Assembling room where the binding is glued to the edges of the bodies of the instruments." Several unidentified workmen. Guitar bodies stacked on wheeled racks, on the floor, and hanging from the ceiling.
" This collection was photographed by Mamie Austin. A staff member of the Library at the time of the photographs being taken, Austin was the daughter of commercial photographer from Kalamazoo. Almost all of her photos are take between 1936-1941 and are of various places in Kalamazoo. "
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