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  Photos courtesy of Bob Hartman. The right photo was obtained from the family of the players, and Bob bought (and sold) one of the mandolins!

This nattily-attired Dyer player is a fellow named Jessie Runyan Hughes, born in Iowa in 1872, died in Nebraska in 1922.	Mr. Hughes with zither player William Kuhn.
Hughes' great grandson, Rick Mummert, in 1972. Note the replaced bridge.

Schwarzer Zither Orchestra, Omaha, c.1910

This lovely set of photos feature many of the same people, including the Dyer owner on the left, above.  The two Dyers have only 5 sub-basses, so are likely earlier specimens.

Unknown Dyer player	Unknown group and vintage

Unknown musician has added a tailpiece support.	The Cadenza, April, 1909	The Cadenza, Dec, 1910. Abt was actually a premiere mandolinist.

The Dyer Symphony Harp Quartet. The Cadenza, Nov, 1910	A Dyer subs for a Schrammel guitar in a Valentino and Swanson movie.

The Charity Ball Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City, on November 12, 1912. Open the first image and see if you can spot the Dyer player. If not, here he is in the right image.

This postcard has a 1913 Minnesota postmark.	This postcard is dated on the back 1916.	Undated postcard.

American Guitar Society Orchestra (1920's) The Society was founded by Vahdah Olcott-Bickford (standing, far right, with baton), whose collection of music and periodicals became the International Guitar Research Archive headed by Ron Purcell at California State University, Northridge.	Unknown group and vintage.

Jim & Bob, "The Genial Hawaiians."	King Benny Nawahie's band, c.1919.  Two Dyers and a Knutsen - talk about a "wall of sound"!	Vierra's Native Hawaiians, from the Chautauqua concert circuit, seem to be a different group than Vierra's Royal Hawaiian Singers and Players seen with a Knutsen harp guitar (see Knutsen Historical Photos). (image courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries)

Another rare image of Vierra's Native Hawaiians, with the same Dyer player.	The Dyer company letterhead in 1905.

Proof that the bizarre Maurer/Larson "Picasso" harp guitars were taken seriously! These two  examples are again different from the patent and surviving specimens.

And another "Picasso" with two Dyers and a Gibson in this detail from the 1923 lineup of Milwaukee's Bonne Amie Musical Circle. (see The Larsons' Creations, p.21 for the full image)

From The Cadenza, Dec. 1910. The distinctive (ultra-thin body, oversize soundhole) H.F. Meyer instruments are believed to have been made by the Larson brothers	From The Cadenza, March 1907. Truax - Larson-made?  Hartman says no, Meulle-Stef and I say likely.