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Image Not Available for Stackpole Moore Tryon 85th Anniversary celebration, 242 Trumbull Street, Hartford
Stackpole Moore Tryon 85th Anniversary celebration, 242 Trumbull Street, Hartford
Image Not Available for Stackpole Moore Tryon 85th Anniversary celebration, 242 Trumbull Street, Hartford

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): 3 5/8 × 6in. (9.2 × 15.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Morneault’s Stackpole Moore Tryon
DescriptionColor photograph of store employees in the parade celebrating the 85th Anniversary celebration of Stackpole Moore Tryon on Pratt Street in Hartford, 1994. Visible storefronts include: Pratt Opticians, Record Express, and Manhattan Shoe.
Object number2025.79.29.3
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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