Gibson guitars in the 1910s

Through the 1910s, Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.) controlled the Gibson name, and 2 plants built it: Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917) and Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building).^{[1, 2]}

2 eras touch the 1910s across 1 line. The version changed in 1917. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Gibson.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
1910	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917)^{[1, 2]}
1911	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917)^{[1, 2]}
1912	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917)^{[1, 2]}
1913	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917)^{[1, 2]}
1914	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917)^{[1, 2]}
1915	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917)^{[1, 2]}
1916	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917)^{[1, 2]}
1917	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building)^[1]	yes
1918	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building)^[1]
1919	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building)^[1]

Eras in the 1910s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Gibson USA	1902–1917	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Gibson Kalamazoo downtown sites (pre-1917)	unverified^{[1, 2]}
Gibson USA	1917–1944	Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co., Ltd. (later Gibson, Inc.)	Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building)	unverified^[1]

Other brands in the 1910s

Gibson, year by year

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Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1
Wikipedia: wiki/Gibson (guitar company)graded community
2
Gibson, Inc. (Kalamazoo local history)graded secondary

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