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Feb 13, 2017 - War Time Documents - WPB
Here is a nice historical, once classified military document discussing the music industry during the war. William F Ludwig was invited to attend. In...
8 years agoThe Blues Brothers movie
Personally, my second cousin was in the movie :) He was flipping the bird and screaming at the Nazi's on the bridge! Here are a few drum related disc...
8 years ago1967/68 Fibes COF Buddy Rich
I found a never before seen photo of Tommy P's roadie/drum tech ... :) [COLOR="Black"][SIZE="5"]NO[/SIZE][/COLOR] Fingerprints!
8 years agoFeb 2, 2017 - New Pages
I have been going through some history-inventory and wanted to put some of it on the main web site for everyone to see. I have a nice collection of n...
8 years agoWould you go in?
Here is one of the exterior photos for the Ludwig Drum factory at 1728 N. Damen Ave. Chicago, IL that I have in my collection. In another view, the b...
8 years ago"The Gate" for the Idler IV
I have a bunch of pictures of the yacht, that might yield more information.
9 years ago"The Gate" for the Idler IV
The Idler IV was the Ludwig Yacht. It was used for entertaining and the enjoyment of the family. This is the gate into the slip area. As you can se...
9 years agoIn memory! William F Ludwig I & II
Been 8 years since BII passed away. Here is a fun photo! Check out that outfit! The photo is undated.
9 years agoLudwig Archive - Bell Lyra Dept
Here is an undated photo from the Ludwig Drum Company Archive. Handwritten on the edge from BII "Start of Bell Lyra dept. 1940" The clock time is...
9 years agoWLFIII Drums
Thanks! I just did a quick test with the bitly link web site and it worked. I have to look into the link issue.
9 years agoWLFIII Drums
Join Bill III in ushering in the new generation of family drums - reasonably priced, great sounding, US manufactured snare drums! Hey everyone! Hel...
9 years agoChicago Drum Show -
Here is a quick shot of the booth - we will replace this with a better photo tomorrow. This will give you a good thumbnail sketch of what the display...
10 years agoChicago Drum Show -
Display going up! We have the drums in place. We will post the first pictures tomorrow once it is all in place.
10 years agoChicago Drum Show -
Hey everyone! Hope you are all well! As you all may or may not know, our forum super admin TommyP will be at the Chicago Drum Show, with the "Buddy...
10 years agoWFLIII Drums - information
And one other factual piece of history. The photographer that took the photos of the drum for the web site is the same photographer that took the ori...
11 years ago