Pickett's Store

Title

Pickett's Store

Subject

Business--general store--Fairfield, Conn.

Description

E. W. S. Pickett's Store. Built 1894, burned 1911. Pickett's had the first plate glass windows. Fairfield Post Office was located in Pickett's Store. Pickett's was located on the northeast corner of Sanford Street and Boston Post Road. Hyde's Pond is at the far left of the photo.

Pickett himself wore many hats within Fairfield society, serving as a fireman, a postmaster, and a real estate and insurance agent.

Creator

Instantaneous Photo-View Company, 757 Third Avenue, N.E. Corner 47th Street, New York.

Source

Photograph Files: Fairfield - Business General - Pickett's Store

Contributor

Photograph gift of Mr. E. Overbaugh, Feb 16, 1991.

Rights

Fairfield Museum and History Center, all rights reserved. Please contact us for information about reproductions.

Format

JPEG, 6x8 inches

Files

Pickett.jpg

Citation

Instantaneous Photo-View Company, 757 Third Avenue, N.E. Corner 47th Street, New York., “Pickett's Store,” Fairfield Photos, accessed April 23, 2024, https://fairfieldmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/75.

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