Bacon and Day- Dowel

Categories
Audio Visual Collections > Banjo Construction Photograph Archive
Subject
Banjo Construction Photographic Collection
Musical instruments
Creator
Bennett, Bud, 1963-
Type
digital image
Coverage - Temporal
2016
Identifier
Bacon and Day- Dowel4.jpg
Language
English
Publisher
Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
Description
The dowel on B&D banjos generally always have the name and location of the company, the model and the serial number stamped on it. Here we see that this banjo is a B&D Silver Bell No.1. Also visible on the dowel in this photo is part of the mute apparatus. The Bacon Banjo Company was in Groton, Connecticut and was owned and operated by Fred Bacon and David L. Day. The company was started by Fred Bacon in 1906 in Forest Dale, Vermont and later moved to Groton, Connecticut. David L. Day joined the company in 1922. The company was destroyed by a hurricane in 1938 and the business was later sold to Gretsch.
Rights
Copyright is held by Radford University. If you would like to use the materials please contact the Archives & Special Collections at archives@radford.edu. The images are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Banjo Construction Photograph Collection, Appalachian Collection, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use or unauthorized reproduction of these photographs, without the written permission of the copyright owner, is strictly prohibited. Please refer to the McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections website for more information.