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Peter Andreas Johnson

Ostersund, b. 1874

Emigrated to America and established in Aurora, Illinois. Stradivari and Guarneri models with dark red varnish. Some with pre-cut necks. About 500 made. P. A. Johnson Maker Aurora. III. U.S.A. 1928. 9-30 — John Dilworth

Worked Ostersund

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JOHNSON, Peter Andreas Born 1874 Ostersund Sweden, Worked from 1892 USA. Emigrated to America and established in Aurora, Illinois. Stradivari and Guarneri models with dark red varnish. Some with pre-cut necks. About 500 made. P. A. Johnson Maker Aurora. III. U.S.A. 1928. 9-30

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