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    Guy J. Fooy

    Nijmegen, b. 1897

    FOOY, Guy J. Born 1897 Nijmegen Netherlands, Worked from 1960 Barton Lake, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA. Arrived in America c.1920. Active in Vicksburg, Mississippi and latterly Barton Lake. Amateur maker in retirement c.1960. Stradivari model. Manuscript label. — John Dilworth
    Worked Nijmegen
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    FOOY, Guy J. Born 1897 Nijmegen Netherlands, Worked from 1960 Barton Lake, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA. Arrived in America c.1920. Active in Vicksburg, Mississippi and latterly Barton Lake. Amateur maker in retirement c.1960. Stradivari model. Manuscript label. Gysbertus Johannes Fooy / Geboren te Nijmegen Dec.30, 1897 / Made at Barton lake, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, U.S.A. / no.. 19.. [Woodcock]

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