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An original L-5 Owners’ Club Membership Card
“This card is to serve as identification and introduction to fellow members regardless of where you may travel – share with them your problems as well as your joys – The Gibson L-5 Club is world-wide and in its membership will be found not only the outstanding guitarists of a community but also the finest of good fellows.”
This is an original card belonging to Mr. Clifford Rausch of Brooklyn, New York, who became a member of the L-5 Club on purchasing his L-5. The card is dated 25th April 1934. His guitar’s serial number was 90366, which corresponds to a shipping date of 1934.
“This card is to serve as identification and introduction to fellow members regardless of where you may travel – share with them your problems as well as your joys – The Gibson L-5 Club is world-wide and in its membership will be found not only the outstanding guitarists of a community but also the finest of good fellows.”
Images on this page courtesy of Rod McDonald.
