[Ads-l] antedating dobro

[Dan Goncharoff]

Aren't those uses referring to the name of the manufacturer, the Dobro
Manufacturing Company?

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 12:06 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dobro - OED has 1952
>
> From a display ad:
> _Detroit [MI] Times_ 21 Jan 1931 p 7 col 5
> "1 Dobro Guitar . . . . . . $30.00"
>
> From a classified ad:
> Portland OR _Oregonian_ 8 Jan 1933 Sec 2 p 6 col 1
> "CLEARANCE SALE MUSICAL GOODS . . . . new Dobro amplifying guitar, $27.50"
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