Keywords: kalamazoo public library michigan history photography gibson factory manufacturing wood ebony madagascar rosewood brazil mahogany workmen room musical instrument Interior of Gibson, Inc., cutting room. Original photo caption reads, " Cutting raw material. Woods for instruments come from all over the world: ebony from Madagascar; Rosewood from Brazil; Mahogany from British Honduras." Two unidentified workmen in the background. For more information on Gibson Inc. read: www.kpl.gov/local-history/business/gibson.aspx KPL catalogue number P-76. Interior of Gibson, Inc., cutting room. Original photo caption reads, " Cutting raw material. Woods for instruments come from all over the world: ebony from Madagascar; Rosewood from Brazil; Mahogany from British Honduras." Two unidentified workmen in the background. For more information on Gibson Inc. read: www.kpl.gov/local-history/business/gibson.aspx KPL catalogue number P-76. |