Stackpole Moore Tryon 85th Anniversary celebration, 242 Trumbull Street, Hartford
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Stackpole Moore Tryon Company
American, founded 1909
Date1994 September 22
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 × 5 7/8in. (10.2 × 14.9cm)
Credit LineGift of Morneault’s Stackpole Moore Tryon
DescriptionColor photograph of the 85th Anniversary celebration of Stackpole Moore Tryon in Hartford on September 22, 1994. A crowd of people stands outside the store on Pratt Street.
Object number2025.79.29.1
NotesSubject Note: On September 22, 1994, the Stackpole Moore Tyron Co. held a parade on Pratt Street in Hartford to celebrate the store's 85th anniversary. The parade featured a firetruck, a jazz band called Alabama Jubilee, the Hartford Guides, Hartford mounted police, and about 20 store employees carrying signs boasting names of different manufacturers whose goods the store carried.(Source: SEREMET, PATRICIA, and Courant Columnist. "PARADE TO MAKE UNDERSTATEMENT STACKPOLE MOORE TRYON TO CELEBRATE 85 YEARS IN BUSINESS: [STATEWIDE EDITION]." Hartford Courant, 20 Sept., 1994, pp. F1. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/parade-make-understatement-stackpole-moore-tryon/docview/255538618/se-2.)
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