M first thought was Lyon & Healy as well. But without a close inspection even those who have experience with pre-War parlors are not going to be able to say anything definitive. It could also be a Cerrito or other small builder. You need to look at the build - the neck joint, the carve of the bracing, how many braces there are and such.
Off the top of my head, obviously the tailpiece is not original. As far as I know the only two builders who continued to place the position marker on the 10th rather than the 9th fret into the 1900s would be Larson Bros. and Oscar Schmidt. Before that though, it was fairly common.
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