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Original catalog descriptions

[1955 catalog]
Holiday Colorama - Catalina arched guitars
Color… color in modern two-tone contrast… gives accent to the graceful arched top and backs of these Catalina models.
Guitars are Auditorium size, 40 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches, of dependable hardwood construction. Fitted with gear-type machine heads, bone nuts, celluloid guardplates mounted on bracket, adjustable bridges, nickel plated tailpieces. Elevated type fingerboards, accurately fretted. Carefully finished in lacquer enamels with striped edges.
Catalina guitar, Pacific Blue and Dawn blue : $28.50.

[1957 catalog]
HOLIDAY COLORAMA CATALINA Guitars Color in modern two-tone contrast
gives accent to the graceful arched tops and backs of these Catalina models.
Auditorium size, 4012 x 15 3/4 in., of dependable hardwood construction. Fitted with bone nut, celluloid guardplate mounted on bracket, adjustable bridge, nickel plated to piece. Elevated type fingerboards, accurately fretted. Cat fully finished in lacquer enamels with striped edges.
No.1220 Charcoal Grey and Pink $36.50
No.1221 Pacific and Dawn Blue $36.50

Original price

  1955 : $28.50
  1956 : $33.50
  1957 : $36.50

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• NUA - 2006-04-07
  I've never seen a cool guitar like this!!(I'm taling about two-tone archtop)
• Frank Overbey - 2007-06-07
  I just bought what I think is a H1221. It is the same size as my 60s Stella, but has a natural spruce top, mohogany stained sides, tortoise bat-wing pickguard, and the chrome Stella-like tailpiece. There is no paper label on the inside. When you look through the soundhole there is a very smal 412 stamp. When you look on the inside up toward the neck there is a 7677H1221 stamp. I would like to know if this is a USA Harmony and when it was made. If someone has copies of the old catalogs, it would be really helpful if they could be scanned and place on the web in a format big enough to read.
  overbey@infionline.net
• Joe - 2007-12-27
  I have one of these dawn blue catalina guitars I bought it at a horse auction for $10.00 I realy dont have a clue what it might be worth but it looks real cool, missing pick guard