zombywoof Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I ran across this version of the famous 1944 Ladies of Gibson photo which had been colorized the other day. I am not sure who did it or why but just thought I would share it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Thats a cool picture. I wonder if any of those ladies are still around. And if they had a chance to make there own guitars at any givin time during there work there. Edited July 18, 2019 by slimt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proclaimer888 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I believe a few are....purchased the book "Kalamazoo Gals" by John Thomas. Great read and sounds silly but I can see Broadway written all over this story!! Think about it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfish Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Great photo of some of us baby bommer's moms Colorized seems to enhance this photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I believe the last one recently passed away. Not for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidalgo Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 15 hours ago, zombywoof said: I ran across this version of the famous 1944 Ladies of Gibson photo which had been colorized the other day. I am not sure who did it or why but just thought I would share it. Cool, isn't it? Ginger Minner, wife of my good friend Bob Minner, Tim McGraw's longtime acoustic guitar player, colorized the photo. 15 hours ago, slimt said: Thats a cool picture. I wonder if any of those ladies are still around. And if they had a chance to make there own guitars at any givin time during there work there. One Gal, now 97 years old, survives. I'll visit her again, soon. Alas, as far as I know, none of the Gals played guitar or built one for themselves. 15 hours ago, Proclaimer888 said: I believe a few are....purchased the book "Kalamazoo Gals" by John Thomas. Great read and sounds silly but I can see Broadway written all over this story!! Think about it!! Thanks! As fate would have it, I recently optioned the film rights to some very interesting folks. Mum's the word now. Details soon. Thanks, again, all, for caring about the Kalamazoo Gals! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPhx Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 That's a great picture! Thanks for posting it, and Thanks to JT for helping to keep their history alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, TomPhx said: That's a great picture! Thanks for posting it, and Thanks to JT for helping to keep their history alive. I agree. Its pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I wonder if JT has any updates on the status of the surviving Kalamazoo Gals. I have the book and really enjoyed John's writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 @Olie - look a couple comments up^, JT posted. B) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Really like the colorized pic. Looking forward to more film info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 22 hours ago, jt said: As fate would have it, I recently optioned the film rights to some very interesting folks. Mum's the word now. Details soon. Thanks, again, all, for caring about the Kalamazoo Gals! This sounds exciting. Those woman exude class, a trait that is missing lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Murph said: Those woman exude class, a trait that is missing lately. Not a neck tattoo in the bunch. Piercings? Most likely ears only. To those of you with guitars from that era- pretty cool to know that your guitar most likely passed through more than a few of their hands. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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