I don't think though that I am going to keep it. So I guess that will have to do, until I meet up with a luthier to see about replacing the dot, strap button and string peg. I have two good guesstimates, one in the 1920's and one about 1930. No one has been able to definitively peg a manufacture date on it though. All the nuances about guitar construction has been very interesting.
I have tried in a few places to gleam as much information about this guitar and it has been real educational. I will have to try the mirror trick and see if it has been revised. Boy am I glad he did 'cause this little baby sure has a great old sound now. My 1920 Stella had this done to it, but fortunately, Neil Harpe took off the back, removed the X braces and put in a set of ladder braces from another old basket case he had. This is a very common modification which some luthiers love to do. If you want to investigate further, you could get a small mirror on a swivel connected to a rod, available at most auto parts stores, and, with a small light and the strings slacked out of the way, you might be able to look at the underside of the top to see if there is any evidence of ladder braces having been removed and replaced with X braces. The fact that it is currently X braced is a real mystery, altho' Gavin's guess that that may be the reason for the X designation on the head stock is plausable. Often one wood was stained to look like a more expensive wood. I, too, think the interior view shows the back to more likely be mahogony, which I like better for a blues guitar anyway. I've read your thread over on IGS and see that Gavin E has given you some good info.
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