Frederick J. Bacon
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Frederick J. Bacon was a late 19th to mid 20th century performer and recording artist on the five string banjo. He was also an inventor and entrepreneur, educator, composer, and designer and manufactu
Frederick J. Bacon with his banjo, at the annual concert of the American Guild of Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitarists, at Witherspoon Hall, Philadelphia, May 27, 1918. He performed with Samuel Siegel and William Foden.
Bacon Professional FF #3 Banjo, made by Vega in 1907 and S.S. Stewart Little Wonder Piccolo banjo, 1897
Headstock of Bacon Professional FF 3 Banjo, called the "Chubby Dragon"
Resonator for Bacon banjos, which he patented in 1906
American Banjo Museum
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The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City is dedicated to the history of the banjo. The museum's exhibits document the rise of the banjo from its arrival in North America via the Atlantic slave trade
American Banjo Museum
Selection of Jazz-Age banjos from the permanent exhibits of the American Banjo Museum. Foreground is an Epiphone Recording Emperor banjo from 1930. The ornate decoration and gold-plating is typical of Jazz-Age banjos.
Prewar Gibson banjos: Gibson RB-7 (1938) banjo and Gibson RB-4 (1929) banjo.
The Banjo Lesson was painted by Henry Ossawa Tanner in 1893 in Philadelphia.