Tupelo Hardware

{{Infobox historic site

| name = Tupelo Hardware Co.

| image = Tupelo Elvis Fest 2011 011.jpg

| caption = Main façade of Tupelo Hardware Co.

| location = Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.

| founded = 1926

| founder = George H. Booth

| website = {{URL|tupelohardware.com}}

| coordinates = {{coord|34.25786|-88.70355|display = inline}}

| locmapin = USA Mississippi

}}

Tupelo Hardware Co. is a store in Tupelo, Mississippi, best known for selling Elvis Presley his first guitar.

History

Tupelo Hardware Co. was originally founded by George H. Booth in 1926 in a building across the street from its current location. Throughout most of the company's history, it has served its customers from its three-story brick, Main Street location in the historic downtown district of Tupelo, Mississippi.{{cite web|url=https://www.tupelohardware.com/pages/about-us|title=About us|website=Tupelo Hardware Co.|access-date=24 November 2023}}

=Elvis Presley=

Gladys Presley brought her son Elvis to Tupelo Hardware Co. in January 1945 to buy him a birthday present. Elvis would have preferred a rifle, but his mother succeeded in buying a guitar instead. The boy strummed the new guitar for a while, before his mother paid $7.75 and a 2% sales tax.

References

External links

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Music

Category:Companies based in Mississippi

Category:Elvis Presley

Category:Hardware stores of the United States

Category:Retail buildings in Mississippi