Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
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id: ED078-S01
title: Hearst: Hallock’s company and location history
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institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: Reported early-1920s origins; 1940 family purchase; later 2003 and 2017 moves.
url: https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/ct-hallocks-appliances-retail-branding-22270720.php
credit: Hearst: Hallock’s company and location history
notes: Linked source. The collection provides an original historical summary; the complete record remains with its repository.
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id: ED078-S02
title: Temple Keser Israel 1949 anniversary journal
kind: Sources & research leads
date: See individual source date
institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: Hallock’s advertisement, PDF page 50, gives 75 Orange Street.
url: https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/TKI-40-Anniv-Journal-1949.pdf
credit: Temple Keser Israel 1949 anniversary journal
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id: ED078-S03
title: Andy Blair: Orange Street photograph, 1974
kind: Sources & research leads
date: See individual source date
institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: Dated street photography; creator retains rights.
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4350087988
credit: Andy Blair: Orange Street photograph, 1974
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id: ED078-S04
title: NPS: Ninth Square historic-district nomination
kind: Sources & research leads
date: See individual source date
institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: 1984 inventory identifies Hallock’s Furniture and Surplus Outlet; building ages differ from retail occupancy.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/84001135.pdf
credit: NPS: Ninth Square historic-district nomination
notes: Linked source. The collection provides an original historical summary; the complete record remains with its repository.
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id: ED-N-hallocks-01
title: Hallock's advertisement in Temple Keser Israel Fortieth Anniversary Journal
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1949
institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: This 1949 advertisement places Hallock's at 75 Orange Street and shows the retailer supporting a local congregational publication.
url: https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/TKI-40-Anniv-Journal-1949.pdf
credit: Hallock's; Temple Keser Israel journal / Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel historical publications
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. PDF page index 49 (viewer page 50). OCR identifies 75 Orange Street and telephone 7-0183. Nearby 96 Congress Avenue belongs to another ad, so must not be attributed to Hallock's. Reuse: undetermined: Original 1949 journal is digitized by the congregation; no image reuse license found.
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id: ED-N-hallocks-02
title: Orange Street's furniture and appliance shops
kind: Photographs
date: July 4, 1974
institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: Hallock's belonged to a street of furniture and appliance shops. Store signs let students reconstruct the shopping district from the photograph.
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4999401165
credit: Andy Blair / Andy Blair / WAVZ 13 on Flickr
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Date from photographer's title; Flickr's 2010 Taken field is inconsistent and likely reflects digitization metadata. Original photo record and rendered image URL inspected. Reuse: all_rights_reserved: Original Flickr record explicitly says All rights reserved.
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id: ED-N-hallocks-03
title: Orange Street looking north
kind: Photographs
date: December 28, 1974
institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: Hallock's vertical sign appears on the right, opposite Yale furniture signage. Cars and shop fronts show the district in everyday use.
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/4350087988
credit: Andy Blair / Andy Blair / WAVZ 13 on Flickr
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Date from photographer's title; 2010 Taken field is not the historical scene date. Photo visually inspected in browser; Hallock's sign legible. Reuse: all_rights_reserved: Original Flickr record explicitly says All rights reserved.
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id: ED-N-hallocks-04
title: New Haven's furniture and appliance row
kind: Photographs
date: July 4, 1974
institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: Hallock's and its neighboring shops appear with the Coliseum in the distance, linking everyday commerce with urban renewal.
url: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wavz13/50060507356/
credit: Andy Blair / Andy Blair / WAVZ 13 on Flickr
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. Photographer's narrative dates the capture to July 4, 1974; upload was June 2020. Original photographer's description names Hallock's and Coliseum; rendered image URL inspected. Compare to hallocks-02 for possible related views before placing both prominently. Reuse: permission_required: No open license established on this item; same photographer's other two inspected items are All rights reserved. Treat as permission required pending specific license check.
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id: ED-N-hallocks-05
title: 75 Orange Street — Hallock's Furniture historic inventory
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1984 nomination documentation; building dated circa 1876
institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: The inventory identifies Hallock's at 75 Orange Street and dates the building to about 1876. Building age and business founding date are different facts.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/84001135.pdf
credit: Nomination preparers; see document / National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Ninth Square Historic District
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. PDF page index 22, section 7 page 15. Names former Wooster, Ensign and Son hardware store; references Photograph 19. Reuse: undetermined: Public federal repository, but underlying nomination authorship does not automatically make every image public domain.
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id: ED-N-hallocks-06
title: 45–51 Orange Street — Hallock's Surplus Outlet inventory
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1984 nomination documentation; building dated circa 1886
institution: Hallock’s Furniture & Appliances
summary: A second inventory entry records Hallock's Surplus Outlet at the Central Corner Block, evidence that the retailer occupied more than one Orange Street property.
url: https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/84001135.pdf
credit: Nomination preparers; see document / National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Ninth Square Historic District
notes: Available at the linked repository; image or full record is not included in this download. PDF page index 20. Inventory references Photograph 19, not directly retrieved. Reuse: undetermined: No item-specific open reproduction license established.
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