CHRISTIAN FREDERICK MARTIN
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unimoggers
N 40° 44.760 W 075° 18.749
18T E 473619 N 4510608
Now this is the most recent marker I've found to date.
Waymark Code: WM1Q8
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/20/2005
Views: 27
Marker Text:
Founder in 1833 of C.F. Martin & Co. (The Martin Guitar Company), one of the world's oldest musical instrument manufacturers. Its innovations in acoustic guitar design-- including the x-braced flat-top guitar and Dreadnought guitar-- were to exert a formative influence on the industry. German -born C.F. Martin moved the firm from New York City to this area in 1838. He built a small shop here in 1859. It expanded many times and was long the company's factory.
Marker Name: Christian Frederick Martin
County: Northampton
Date Dedicated: 08/02/2002
Marker Type: City
Location: 10 West North St., Nazareth
Category: Business & Industry, Entrepreneurs
Website: Not listed
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