Historical owners
Although in
many cases the ownership history of a vintage banjo is lost over time, whenever
possible I have included the names of the original owners of the banjos featured
on this site. In some cases, I have also included names of people who, though
not original owners, did own and use the banjo in question for a significant
part of its history. With two or three notable exceptions, I have not listed
the names of living owners.
Columbus Agazzi
Elmo Allred
Grace Attfield
Martin Anthony Balada
Elmer Barbeau
J.M. Barber
Walter C. Behnke
Paul Binder
Margaret
Boote
Richard A. Booth
G.I.H. Boshoff
B.E. Boyd
Carlos
Brown
Davis Brown
Tal Brown
Chas. A.
Clark
J. Clark
Manuel Dewey "Old Joe" Clark
Earl Collins
Elbert Collins
Jack Cozart
Charlie Curell
Harvey Davenport
Judge
Tom Davis
Harry DeRousse
Morell DoRan
Tom Bill Draughn
Lester Dunn
Peter J. Eelman
Douglas Ewald
Harold K. "Hod" Fisher
Troy Foster
George Frost
Dr. Howard Fugate
J.B. George
Floyd Graham
R.E. Guffy
Donald Hall
Ken
Harvey
J.G. Hemmis
Donald C.
Hill
Floyd Jacobs
Oren Jenkins
Bert Johnson
Dick
Hysell
Helen Knighton
Herb Kratoska
John Lampart
Marian Lauber
Harold
Leatherman
Selmer
Lien
Lillie Linebarrier
M. Campbell Lorini
Ross MacGregor
Charlie Macrow
Wade Mainer
Ralph Marquardt
Edmund Martin
Lewis
McDaniel
Andrew Metzgar
L.K. Miller
Steve Molenda
Edward Mulroney
Mrs. Powell Newman
Reverend Glenn Odell
Charlie "Tex" Oldokowski
Maury C. Perdue
Florencio G. Pernia
Dean K. Peterson
William G. Proctor
Mateo Quintana
"Banjo Pete"--New York, New York
Reid Rakes
Andrew Rampulla
A.E.
Rawlonsory
Earnest Ray
"Red"--Lansing, Michigan
Ola Belle Reed
Jack Reedy
Joe
Ribaud
Jack Rice
K. Rivers
Ray Roeller
Chas. Rush
Edgar G. Scott
Earl Scruggs
Aloysius
Schreibmaier
Morley Skinner
Anton Smith
Earl Smith
Gerry Smith
Isidoro Termini
Guy F. Tostevin
Bill Umeck
Gene
Wilhelm
Henry Williams
William Woodrow
Maynard Yocum
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