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Harmony family : Standard size
models 78 Harmony models - models 50 other brands (Harmony made) models

H1000 - 1938 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Floral design stenciled around soundhole. (Compare to H1021).
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H1000B - 1935-1937 - Acoustic flatop - Mahogany shaded
H1000B is the "ebonized pin bridge" version for the H1000TS. All birch, slotted head.
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H1000TS - 1935 - Acoustic flatop - Mahogany shaded
"Best minimum priced" guitar in the '35 catalog. All birch, slotted head. H1000TS 3/4 is a 3/4 version. H1010TS is the natural finish version.

H1001TL - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Some have the "Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)
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H1002 - Caribbean - 1956 - Acoustic flatop - Reef Coral / white
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H1003 - Caribbean - 1956 - Acoustic flatop - Copper / Sahara yellow
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H1004TL - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
"Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)

H1005 - Caribbean - 1956 - Acoustic flatop - Tangerine / white
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H1006 - Caribbean - 1955 - Acoustic flatop - Fire Bronze and Silver

H1007 - Caribbean - 1955 - Acoustic flatop - Spring Green
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H1008 - Caribbean - 1955 - Acoustic flatop - Chocolate Brown and Taupe
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H1009TL - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
The precise model number in the catalog is F1009TL. Sunburst with horizontal faux-flame. All birch. "Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)
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H1010TS - 1935 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
All birch, natural finish version of the H1000TS

H1015B - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
All birch, open slotted headsyock, pin type bridge

H1020TS - 1935 - Acoustic flatop - Dark sunburst
All birch, crystaline (faux perloid) fingerboard. H1021TS is the same mdel with a large added motif around soundhole.
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H1021TL - 1934-1940 - Acoustic flatop - Dark brown shaded
Crystaline fingerboard (faux perloid) and large motif around soundhole. H1020TS is the same without the large motif around soundhole.
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H1023 - Standard size birch - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Standard size and birch construction. Horizontal faux-flame. Trapeze embossed tailpiece. Could be compared to later very common H929 stella models.

H1025 - Standard size birch - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Standard size and birch construction.Vertical faux-flame. Trapeze embossed tailpiece. H1025 3/4 is the 3/4 size version. Could be compared to later very common H929 Stella models.

H1026TZ - 1935 - Acoustic flatop - Dark sunburst
All birch, crystaline (faux perloid) fingerboard

H1028TZ - 1935 - Acoustic flatop - Dark sunburst
All birch, green crystaline (faux perloid) fingerboard, red band around soundhole
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H1030TL - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst, faux pickguard
Standard size, all birch construction. Faux gardplate stenciled in white. All birch. "Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)

H1030TZ - 1935 - Acoustic flatop - Dark sunburst
Standard size, all birch construction. Faux gardplate stenciled in white. Crystaline (faux perloid) fretboard. All birch.

H1031 - Standard size birch - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Standard size and birch construction. Horizontal faux-flame. Slotted head.
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H1033B - 1935 - Acoustic flatop - Dark sunburst
Standard size. All birch. Large black pickguard. H1033TS is the trapeze tailpiece version.

H1033TS - 1935 - Acoustic flatop - Dark sunburst
Standard size. All birch. Large black pickguard. Nicel trapeze tailpiece. H1033B is the pin bridge version.
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H1046 - 1939 - Acoustic flatop
All birch construction. H912TL was a (later ?) similar guitar with the "musical note" stenciled faux puickguard.
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H1051 - Standard size birch - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Standard size, all birch construction. Faux gardplate stenciled in white, crystaline fingerboard. All birch. Trapeze embossed tailpiece

H1054C - 1935 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst and flowers
All birch - Floral stencil on the lower bout, gold and black decoration at soundhole. Black pickguard.
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H1056 - Round-up - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Opalescent Gray
Stenciled with cowboy on horseback roing cattle. Cactus and Sunrise. Same scene used on guitars named "Lariat" or "Stampede"

H1057 - Singing Cowboys - 1951-1963 - Acoustic flatop
Stenciled with "Western chuck-wagon scene". Based on the 1938 Supertone model S237. This model disappears fom Harmony catalogs in 1964, but later model exists, with an updated design (more modern cowboy hats, drawers in the wagon). A recent made in China reissue can be found (all black, white stencil).
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H1058 - Mountain cowboy - 1947 - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled on natural wood
Stenciled mountain scene with a couple, the guy playing guitar. This H1058 was branded Bob West and distributed by the "Bob West Guitar co." in Chicago, as evidenced in a 1947 catalog. (it looks like the only model specifically branded "Bob West", other guitars in same catalog wears the Harmony brand).
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H1070 - Wagon wheels - 1940-1954 - Acoustic flatop - Reddish brown with stenciled scene
Different models stenciled with "Western chuck-wagon scene" The version sold by Sears has "Pioneer Days" title, the one sold by Wards has no title, and the Harmony version has "Wagon Wheels" title… The Canadian sold through Simpson-Sears was "Wagon Train"
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H1074 - Hawaiian moon - 1935-1940 - Acoustic flatop - Black with stencil in green and silver
Hawaiian stenciled design (black/green)
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H1077 - Southern Seas - 1935-1940 - Acoustic flatop - stenciled
1940 catalog says redish mahogany stain but one model exists in a dark green transparent finish. Contrasting stencil. Slotted head. All birch construction.
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H1079 - Hawaiian scene - 1935-1940 - Acoustic flatop - Shaded with stencil in green and pale yellow
Hawaiian stenciled design
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H1083TW - Panelled faux woodgrain - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Trapeze mahogany grained on front, from neck to tailpiece. Fretboard with alternate dark and light finish. Trapeze embossed tailpiece - All birch construction

H1084TW - Panelled faux woodgrain - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
panelled design, faux grain of flamed and curly maple. Fretboard with alternate dark and light finish. Trapeze embossed tailpiece - All birch construction

H1088TW - Panelled faux woodgrain - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
panelled design, "drape" panel on top. Trapeze embossed tailpiece - All birch construction

H1089TW - Panelled faux woodgrain - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
panelled design, faux grain giving the effect of matched quartered walnut. Ebonized fretboard. Trapeze embossed tailpiece - All birch construction

H1091 1/2 - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Musical clef design on headstock. "Harmony" name on lower bout (some seen on upper bout ?). "Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)
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H1112 - Acoustic flatop
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H1114 - Panelled artdeco - 1939-1945 - Acoustic flatop
Panelled design - "Idento" nameplate tailpiece - All birch construction - 6 different panelled designs, numbered H1114 to H1119
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H1115 - Panelled artdeco - 1939-1940 - Acoustic flatop
Panelled design - "Idento" nameplate tailpiece - All birch construction - 6 different panelled designs, numbered H1114 to H1120
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H1116 - Panelled artdeco - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Panelled design - "Idento" nameplate tailpiece - All birch construction - 6 different panelled designs, numbered H1114 to H1121
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H1117 - Panelled artdeco - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Panelled design - "Idento" nameplate tailpiece - All birch construction - 6 different panelled designs, numbered H1114 to H1122

H1118 - Panelled artdeco - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Panelled design - "Idento" nameplate tailpiece - All birch construction - 6 different panelled designs, numbered H1114 to H1123
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H1119 - Panelled artdeco - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
Panelled design - "Idento" nameplate tailpiece - All birch construction - 6 different panelled designs, numbered H1114 to H1124

H1139 - Acoustic flatop
two contrasting "faux-flame" zones - approx 1940
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H1150 - Wood Panel - 1937-1940 - Acoustic flatop
Inlaid wood panel effect
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H1221 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
H1221 model number was used on the blue "Catalina", then later (seventies ?) on a small flatop, Stella-like but wearing only "Harmony" on the headstock
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H165 - Stella version - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Mahogany
The H165 all mahogany model, marketed as a Stella in the 1940 catalog, in standard size and with an open, slotted head. Pin style bridge.

H33 - Jubilee - 1955 - Acoustic flatop - red
electrified, with external volume/tone control
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H6128 - Stella - 1972-1975 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
Seventies version of the H927 - Late models have a faux spruce grained top, an all plastic adjustable bridge, and dots instead of "H" painted markers on the fretboard.
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H6130 - Stella - 1972-1975 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Seventies version of the H929 - adjustable bridge
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H6134 - Stella - 1972-1975 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
Seventies - screwed pinless adhustable bridge
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H900TL - 1940 - Acoustic flatop
All birch, contrasting dark and light fret fields. "Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)

H902 - Stella sundale - 1956 - Acoustic flatop - Pacific blue and white
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H903 - Stella Sundale - Acoustic flatop - Chartreuse and Brown
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H904 - Stella Sundale - 1955 - Acoustic flatop - Forest Green and Spring Green
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H905 - Stella Sundale - 1955 - Acoustic flatop - FrenchGray and Sunshine Yellow

H906 - Stella sundale - 1956 - Acoustic flatop - French grey and black
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H907 - Stella sundale - 1956 - Acoustic flatop - Red/white
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H909TL - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Brown sunburst
The precise model number in the catalog is F909TL. Crystaline fingerboard (faux perloid). All birch."Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)

H910TL - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Brown sunburst
The precise model number in the catalog is F910TL, Floral design around soundhole. All birch.Open slotted head. "Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)
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H912TL - Musical note - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Natural, stenciled
Faux guardplate stenciled with a musical note design. All birch."Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)

H913TL - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
The precise model number in the catalog is F913TL. Open slotted head. All birch."Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)

H917 - Stella - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Precise model number is FF917 in 1940 catalog. Open slotted head. "Idento" tailpiece (place for your name on a rectangular card)
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H927 - Stella - 1964-1970 - Acoustic flatop - Natural top
Floating bridge and metal tailpiece.
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H928 - Stella - 1945-1962 - Acoustic flatop - Ivory faux-flame
All birch, floating bridge and metal tailpiece. Ivory finish with faux-flame. (The same H928 model number was used later in 1971 for a different Stella, upgraded version of the H927).
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H928 - Stella (1971) - 1971 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
All birch, floating bridge and metal tailpiece. This is the updated version of the H927, with a red stenciled rosette, floral design on pickguard and plastic adjustable bridge. (The same H928 model number was used in the fifties for a different Stella, with an ivory and faux-flame finish).
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H929 - Stella - 1945-1970 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst, vertical faux flame
Floating bridge and metal tailpiece. It was a very popular model, sold under various brand name (Sivertone, Regal, Airline, Fender..). The H929 Stella was also available as 3/4 size and tenor, but each with classic glued bridge. In 1959 a "Hawaiian" model exists, with a square neck and metal bridge, for slide playing.
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H930 - Stella - 1951-1962 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst, horizontal faux flame
All birch, horizontal faux-flame, "Idento" metal tailpiece and painted on pickguard on early years. No more design around soundhole and real pickguard added from 1960. White striping line added around body last year in 1962. Similar in last years to the long lasting and common H929. (Same H930 model number was used later in 1971, for a different Stella model, updated version of the H929).
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H930 - Stella (1971) - 1971 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst, vertical faux flame
All birch, floating bridge and metal tailpiece. This is the 1971 updated version of the H929, with added stenciled rosette around soundhole, floral design on pickguard and adjustable plastic bridge. (H930 model number was used before in the fifties, for a different Stella model with horizontal faux-flame and a painted on pickguard).
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H930T - Stella tenor - 1971 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst, horizontal faux flame
Tenor version of the H930 : 4 strings tuned CGDA - Pin type bridge - This is the updated version of the H929T tenor, with added stenciled rosette around soundhole and floral design on pickguard - Some were stamped H929.
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H931 - Stella - 1964-1966 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst, horizontal faux flame
Pinless type bridge
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H933 - Stella - 1967-1970 - Acoustic flatop - Redburst, tiger faux flame
Fender-style headstock - compare to earlier H931
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H934 - Stella - 1971 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst, faux flame
Fender-style headstock. This is the updated version of the H933, with added stenciled rosette around soundhole, floral design on pickguard and adjustable bridge.
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Nevada - 1939 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst with faux flame
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Airline 7076 - 7076 - 1968-1971 - Acoustic flatop
Classic "Stella" design, all birch construction. Replace the previous Airline 7026 model. Floating bridge, metal tailpiece. Painted pickguard design, with a different style in later years.
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Airline 8286/7026 - 7026 - 1954-1967 - Acoustic flatop
Classic "Stella" design, all birch construction. Model number changed from 8286 to 7026 in 1961. Replaced in 1968 by Airline 7076 similar model. Floating bridge, metal tailpiece. Large painted white fretmarkers
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Alden 9935 - Standard Flat Top - 1958-1962 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst or Blonde with faux flame
Based on the Harmony Stella H929 (sunburst) or H928 (blonde). All birch, faux-flame finish, metal tailpiece.
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Alden 9952 - Standard size metal trimmed - 1958-1959 - Acoustic flatop - Blue with metal
Catalog says "stainless steel", but I guess this was aluminium, as the "Harmometal" seen on the Harmony "Caribbean Colorama" models.

Barclay H929 - (Stella) - Acoustic flatop - Redburst with faux flame
All birch construction
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Bluebird Musical note - 1940 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
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Fender F-1000 - Stella-like - 1970-1971 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Very comparable to the common H929 Stella, but with a different white pickguard and specific Fender stencil on headstock. All birch body.
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Holiday AL9238 - Stella - 1965-1967 - Acoustic archtop - Sunburst faux-flame
Standard size flat top, very close to its Harmony sister.

Manhattan MA6019 - Guitar assortment - 1938 - Acoustic flatop - 3 different guitars
Selmer distributed under the same reference 3 different budget models, with a special price for lot of six. Two have a plain head, one have a slotted headstock. One compares with the Harmony H1009, the other H1004, and the open head compares to Harmony H910 (1939 models)

Montgomery Wards 8286 - Standard size flat top - 1954-1960 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst with faux-flame
All birch Stella style

Montgomery Wards 8330 - Colored standard size flat top - 1956 - Acoustic flatop - Copper and yellow with metal strips
Colorama series with "permasheen" metal

Paramount PA610 - PA610 - 1973 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
Made in the seventies, similar to the last Stellas produced by Harmony in the USA. Adjustable bridge. It looks like the old Paramount brand was used again in the seventies. Unknown distributor.
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Paramount PA612 or HP610 - PA612 - 1973-1975 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Made in the seventies, similar to the last Stella produced by Harmony in the USA. Adjustable plastic bridge. Plywood body. It looks like the Paramount brand was used again in the seventies. Unknown distributor. Some seen with a PA612 label, others with a HP610 stamp.
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Regal R200 - Standard size - 1966 - Acoustic flatop - Redish sunburst with faux-flame
All birch construction, typical standard size of the Harmony production, similar to Harmony Stella's and many other models in various brands
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Regal T11 - 1974 - Acoustic flatop
Late version of the all birch Harmony Stella, from the seventies. Wears Regal brand and was distributed by Fender.
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Silvertone 1200 - Flat top (standard size) - 1968-1970 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Standard size all birch guitar. Replaces the similar previous model 603.
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Silvertone 1204 - Flat top (standard size) - 1968-1969 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst with faux flame
New model number for previous model 604. All birch standard size guitar with screwed on bridge.
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Silvertone 1205 - Flat top (standard size) - 1969-1970 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
Standard size birch guitar with screwed-on bridge, finished in natural color, replaces the previous model 1204 wich was sunburst.

Silvertone 1316 - Electrified flat top - 1957-1958 - Electric hollowbody - Sunburst
Electrified version of the model 605 - Magnetic pickup in soundhole, with outboard volume potentiometer and attached jack cord.

Silvertone 216 - Gene Autry "Melody Ranch" - 1941-1943 - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled on sunburst
Standard size - Plain head with "Melody Ranch" on a sign post. Body stencil based on the older "Round-up" model. 12 fret neck. Spruce top. See also similar postwar model 610.

Silvertone 602 - standard size - 1967 - Acoustic flatop - Redburst
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Silvertone 603 - flat top (standard size) - 1956-1958 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
Blonde version of the model 605. Standard size birch guitar, metal tailpiece and floating bridge.

Silvertone 603 - Flat top (standard size) - 1961-1964 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Renumbered version of the previous 605 model. Birch guitar with tailpiece and floating bridge.

Silvertone 603 - standard size - 1964-1968 - Acoustic flatop - sunburst
"Economy priced"... $11,95 ! Early models don't have the painted pickguard. Later was replaced by a similar model numbered 1200.
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Silvertone 604 - Flat top (standard size) - 1961-1967 - Acoustic flatop - sunburst with faux flame
Screwed on bridge, compare to Harmony Stella H931. Replace the very similar previous model 608. Some models may have been numbered 606.
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Silvertone 605 - Standard size - 1949-1960 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Standard size birch guitar. First appearance in 1949 Sears catalog, shows a pin type bridge, but it's touched-up with a metal tailpiece and floating bridge from 1950.
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Silvertone 606 - standard size - 1971 - Acoustic flatop - sunburst with faux flame
Later model number for previous similar models 608 and 604 - Screwed on bridge, compare to Harmony Stella H931
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Silvertone 608 - Roy Rogers standard size - 1956 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst stenciled
Standard size version of the 3/4 "Roy Rogers" cowboy guitar (see model 600). Spruce top.
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Silvertone 608 - Flat top (standard size) - 1959-1960 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst with faux-flame
Standard size guitar, all birch with screwed-on bridge. Finished in shaded sunburst and horizontal faux-flame. White pickguard. Replaced later by model 604.
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Silvertone 610 - Gene Autry "Melody Ranch" - 1949-1955 - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled on sunburst
Standard size (13"). Plain head with "Melody Ranch" on a sign post. Body stencil based on the older "Round-up" model. 12 fret neck, spruce top. Painted block postion markers on fretboard from ca 1954. See also similar prewar model 216.
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Silvertone 616 - Caribbean - 1955 - Acoustic flatop - Two tone with metal
Standard sized all birch guitar from the "Colorama" series, with added "Harmometal".
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SR Sears & Roebuck 1200 - Flat top (standard size) - 1970 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Standard size all birch guitar. Replaces the similar previous Silvertone model 1200.

SR Sears & Roebuck 1202 - Flat top (standard size) - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
One of the latest "Stella style" standard size model, finished in 3 tone sunburst, with adjustable bridge.
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SR Sears & Roebuck 1209 - Flat top (standard size) - 1970-1975 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
One of the last incarnation of the "Stella" family of standard-sized birch guitars. This one has a screwed-on bridge.
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SR Sears & Roebuck 1210 - Flat top (standard size) - Acoustic flatop - Natural
Standard size all birch guitar. stenciled rosette around sound hole. Position markers at frets 5,7,9,12. Metal tailpiece and adjusting floating bridge with plastic saddle.
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SR Sears & Roebuck 1294 - Flat top (standard size) - 1970-1972 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
distributed by Sears catalog, wears the Sears/Roebuck atomic logo. All birch body.
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Supertone 200 - Laurels - 1932 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst
Standard size all birch guitar, finished in "shaded red mahogany" with laurels stenciled. Sloted head, 12 fret neck with dots at 5.7.9. Metal tailpiece and floating bridge. Same model proposed in natural top finish as model 201. Later model with a pin type bridge is model 203. Tenor version is model 205.
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Supertone 200 - G clef - 1939-1941 - Acoustic flatop - Natural
Standard size all birch guitar, contrasting painted frets, "Idento" type metal tailpiece. Model 201 is the three quarter sized version.
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Supertone 203 - Laurels - 1934 - Acoustic flatop
Standard size all birch guitar, finished in "shaded red mahogany" with laurels stenciled. Sloted head, 12 fret neck with dots at 5.7.9. Pin type ebonized bridge. Earlier model with a floating bridge and metal tailpiece is model 200. Tenor version is model 205.
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Supertone 203 - Modernistic - laurels - 1935-1937 - Acoustic flatop - dark mahogany
Stenciled with laurels arund sound hole. Silver fingerboard, all birch construction. Nickel tailpiece, floating bridge - All guitars in 1935 catalog had their mandolin equivalent, the mandolin is S390
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Supertone 204 - Flat top f-holes - 1937 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst with faux-flame
This same model was renumbered 217 in 1937. Unusual model with flat top and f-holes. Standard size (13"1/8). All birch construction, sunburst effect with horizontal faux-flame. Nickel tailpiece and floating bridge. Close to later roundhole Stella models. Companion mandolin is 396 /373 in 1937).

Supertone 205 - Flat top f-holes 3/4 - 1937 - Acoustic flatop - Sunburst with faux-flame
3/4 size (11"1/4x32") version of the model 204. This same model was renumbered 217 in 1937. Unusual model with flat top and f-holes. All birch construction, sunburst effect with horizontal faux-flame. Nickel tailpiece and floating bridge.

Supertone 206 - Lone Ranger - 1936-1941 - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled
Black with "Lone Ranger" silver stencil, "crystalline" silver painted fingerboard with 4 black dots. No words painted on early versions - Standard size (13"1/8). All birch. Late versions (1939) have a dark silver splattered fretboard with red dots. A different version (with open type head) was sold by Eaton's in Canada.
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Supertone 219 - The Prep - spruce - 1941 - Acoustic flatop - sunburst
Standard size spruce/maple guitar. Presented as the "standard" version of the stenciled 216 "Gene Autry".

Supertone 233 - Hawaiian Belle - 1933-1935 - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled
Hawaiian stencil in 3 colors. All birch construction. Pin style bridge
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Supertone 237 - Singing Cowboys - 1938-1943 - Acoustic flatop - stenciled
Five cowboys singing around a campfire and singing. First year without the words "Singing Cowboys". Dark Grey then Black last year. Many later models based on this scene. Check Harmony H1057.
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Supertone 248 - Black Knight - 1932-1933 - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled
Standard size stenciled all birch body. Medieval scene with musicians, castle, moon, on lower bout. A similar model was named 'Minstrel" in the Harmony line. Finished in black with checkered bindings around body top and soundhole. Slotted head. Sears catalog shows a 10 fret neck, it should be a mistake. Ebonized pin bridge. The concert sized later version is model 226.
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Supertone 250 - Hawaiian - 1932-1934 - Acoustic flatop - Stenciled
Standard size all birch guitar with hawaiian scene stenciled in colors (green/red). Slotted head, 12 fret neck with dots at 5,7,9. Model 251 is the three quarter size.
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Wizard H901 - Acoustic flatop - Reddish shaded
All birch guitar from the early fourties
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Wizard H908 - 1943 - Acoustic flatop
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