Guitar

Carl wrote to his wife shortly after they married, “I forgot to tell you that…(we) now have a guitar and there will be songs warbled and melodies whistled to the low Mexican thrumming of Paula and Cully’s {nickname for Carl} new stringed instrument….”
Spruce, mahogany, maple, dyed rosewood, hardwood. "L (overall) 100.4 cm; W 36.0 cm
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, CARL 3393

Mr. Sandburg with Grandchildren Playing Guitar
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, CARL 9579