The Stamford Historical Society

PHOTO ARCHIVIST’S SELECTION OF THE MONTH: FEBRUARY 2006

E.Z. Sloat's Bakery

Grocery & Variety Stores

Originally, we wanted to do a Valentine's special. Alas, our collection let us down! So here are images of grocery stores and variety and neighborhood stores from 1892 through the early 1980s instead.

Later Stores
Neighborhoods

c. 1892

Kirk & Dixon's Groceries

Kirk & Dixon, see ad in the 1892 City Directory below
City Directory, 1892
From Picturesque Stamford

The quotes below are all verbatim out of the book.

West Park Bakery

The proprietor of the West Park Bakery at 69 & 71 Main Street was Francis Ward (baker & ice cream). He lived in Stamford since 1875.
In 1883 he began business in partnership with Richard Kane, who withdrew in 1888.
“Mr. Ward is a practical man, with a long experience, and has built up a fine business.”
(His ad is in gold leaf on the spine of the city directory.)

E.Z. Sloat's Bakery

E.Z. Sloat

“E.Z. SLOAT came to Stamford in 1882 and established a bakery at No. 189 Pacific Street. He does a large wholesale business in bread, cakes and pastry. Mr. Zloat is a native of Carmel, N.Y., resided for several years in Brooklyn, and conducted a business in Mount Vernon, N.Y., similar to that in which he is now engaged.”

 

St. Elmo Cigar Store, Quintard Block – Interior View
“THOMAS PRITCHARD entered into the cigar and tobacco business in April 1890 in the ‘St. Elmo’ Cigar Store, Quintard Block. The store has been used for many years in the same trade, and under Mr. Pritchard's proprietorship and careful management has attained wide popularity and a generous patronage.” 		St. Elmo Cigar Store
J.E. Loockwood's and T.J. Fairty's markets
J. E. Lockwood's Market, 8 Park Row T. J. Fairty's Market, 9 Park Row

T.J. Fairty

“THOMAS J. FAIRTY, proprietor of the Center [sic] Market, Park Row, was born in New Canaan, his father, Thomas M. Fairty, who is still living, being a prominent and highly respected citizen of that village. Mr. Fairty came to Stamford in early 1882, he having purchased the retail business of Wm. A. Weed, who had just begun the Chicago dressed beef enterprise. Mr. Fairty's business career in Stamford has been uniformly successful, and is conducted in a manner to attract and please a numerous body of discriminating patrons. He still retains his residence in his native village of New Canaan, while giving constant and industrious attention to his business in Stamford.”

W. Chauncey Palmer

“W. CHAUNCEY PALMER was born at Round Hill, Greenwich, January 2, 1842. His parents were descendents of the oldest settlers of the border country between New York and Connecticut. They removed to New York City when Chauncey was eight year of age, and in the schools of that city he received the greater part of his education. On reaching adult years, he engaged in the market business in the city, and acquired valuable experience in the trade, before coming here in 1874. Ever since the date last mentioned, his People's market has been in successful operation at No. 168 Main Street, and obtains liberal and growing patronage. In social life, Mr. Palmer is highly respected by a wide circle of friends an family connections. He holds the treasurership of Rippowam Lodge, I.O.O.F., and has long been a useful and active member of that body.” 		W.C. Palmer's People's Market

Later Stores
Neighborhoods

© Stamford Historical Society

Selections 2000
Month Title
June 2000 Strand Theatre on Upper Atlantic Street, ca. 1933
July 2000 Union House Hotel, ca. 1870
August 2000 “The Anderson Opera Company,” ca. 1890
September 2000 Dr. Francis J. Rogers, Physicians & Druggist
October 2000 Election 1936: Alfred Noroton Phillips Jr., Wilbur Lucius ”Uncle Toby” Cross
November 2000 Bicycle patrol in Stamford, then and now
December 2000 The railroad
Selections 2001
Month Title
January 2001 First National Bank
February 2001 Stamford's First Oldsmobile and the Mechaley Brothers
March 2001 The Blizzard of 1888
April 2001 Stamford Street Railroad Co.
May 2001 Dr. Jacob Nemoitin (1880-1963), Stamford's healer & humanitarian, painter & poet
Summer 2001 The Old Town Hall and the 1904 Fire
October 2001 Stamford Post Offices
November 2001 Postcards from another age
December 2001 Images from Guide to Nature Magazine, June 1910
Selections 2002
Month Title
January 2002 The E.B. Hoit Company. Grand Central Market in 1913
February 2002 The C.O. Miller Company. Department Store
April 2002 The Hoyt Family Meeting 1866
May 2002 Memorial Day Parade 1919
August 2002 The Children's Home on Hamilton Avenue
September 2002 Public Works Department 1914. Building Roads with the Rock Crusher
October 2002 The Hurricane of '38 and the Floods of '54 an '55
November 2002 Linden Lodge
December 2002 The Maziarek Woodworking Shop
Selections 2003
Month Title
January 2003 The Wardwell Homes on Elm Street
February 2003 The Old Town Hall II  
March 2003 The Portable Typewriter and its Uses, 1913 
June 2003 Wardwell Family Photos
Selections 2004
Month Title
March 2004 Horse Carriages
May 2004 A Woodland Home Made of Packing Boxes
July 2004 Postcards: Fun at the Beach (Shippan Point)
September 2004 One-Room Schoolhouses in Stamford
November 2004 Hoyt Getman & Judd and The St. John Wood-Working Company
Selections 2005
Month Title
January 2005 Ice Harvesting - The Diamond Ice Company
February 2005 Presidents, Past Presidents, Would-be Presidents in Stamford
March 2005 Burleigh Park: The Phillips Estate, c. 1900
May 2005 Dr. Givens' Sanitarium, Stamford Hall
June 2005 Portrait Postcards, Early 20th Century
July 2005 July 4th Celebrations in Stamford
October 2005 Football in Stamford, 1890 to 1942 / Michael Boyle
November 2005 A Veterans Day Special: Soldiers Monument, St. John's Park
December 2005 The Circus Comes to Town, and more…
Selections 2006
Month Title
January 2006 Women's Fashions
February 2006 Grocery & Variety Stores
April 2006 Rezo Waters, Basket Weaver
June 2006 Bands & Orchestras
September 2006 Yachting in Stamford
October 2006 Lockwood and Palmer Department Store
November 2006 The DiPreta Family: Seven Sons in WWII
Selections 2007
Month Title
May 2007 The League of Women Voters and Harold I June, June 26, 1930
June 2007 Brownstones on Bell Street
July 2007 The Nature Studies and Recreations of a Business Man
Selections 2008
Month Title
January 2008 Ladybird Johnson Opens Kiwanis Park, May 16, 1968
February 2008 From Our Postcard Collection: Bridges
April 2008 Baseball in Stamford
May 2008 The C.O. Miller Department Store at 15 Bank Street
June 2008 From Plates, Puddings and Pies to Plants (Gardening in North Stamford 1916)
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