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"Pop" Mercurio and Dom Jr. holding horses outside; wagon and barrels in the background


Mercurio's Market was founded in 1900 by Domenic Mercurio Sr., who used to sell fruits and vegetables door-to-door from a horse and wagon. The original store…

Figures on horses, with dogs

Fairfield's annual Thanksgiving day fox hunt.

A photo of Christopher Columbus Wells in his mail wagon, 1896. Wells was the first Rural Free Delivery or "R.F.D." carrier in Fairfield.

Feeding horses at Bulkley's Livery Stable on Old Post Road.

Early 20th-century postcard, titled "R.R. Station, Fairfield, Conn." shows front of station, with a horse and buggy and an automobile in the driveway.

Fairfield Street Scenes. Blizzard of 1888. March 11-14.

Two men driving double horses at Dr. Dewitt's farm.