The L-7 is probably slightly thinner, but because of the carved top and carved back, it takes up the same room in the case as a thicker-bodied flat top. If you need a case for it, any case fitting a J-200 or other 17" Gibson flat-top should fit, since these archtops have the same body shape as the J-200. If you an find an FON inside, we can pin it down more closely. By 1948, this would have had the modern block logo instead of the script logo. In any case, as Jim says, this appears to be an L-7 from no later than 1947. It is possible the guitar was set up as a lefty at some point in its life. That is typically seen on the opposite rim on a right-handed guitar. One interesting detail is that there appears to be a screw hole for a finger rest (pickguard) bracket on the bass rim, near the waist. Those are still readily available in modern repro versions. The original tuners, if you don't have them, would be individual closed-back single-ring Klusons with plastic keystone buttons. The inside of the guitar is probably clear-coated rather than bare wood. If there is no factory order number, look for evidence of a lost label, such as an oval glue pattern on the inside back. Guitars prior to that probably would have a factory number (FON) ink-stamped on the inside back, which should be visible through one of the F-holes if you look closely with a small flashlight. That label came in during April of 1947, the best I can tell. There are a number of distinct time periods for Gibsons serial numbers, where the systems differed. But with a little bit of research you should be able to find out when your Gibson was built and in some cases where. Mine had a white oval label with A-prefix serial number (visible inside the bass-side F-hole). Gibson guitar serial numbers are, like a lot of serial number systems from guitar manufacturers, a complicated beast. That is the same logo configuration that was on my 1947 L-7.
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