Dealer Clapp & Treat (Hartford CT)

[George M. Purtill]

I am looking for orders or sales of Parkers through this store which was originally in downtown Hartford and ultimately in West Hartford. Of course actual guns that were sold through Clapp & Treat are of interest.
Like a lot of Parker sellers, it was originally a hardware store and it morphed into a sporting goods store. That was its downfall, probably.
It closed through a secured creditor sale in the late 80's or early 90's.
I would like to write an article about it for the pages if I get some information on orders and sales.
If you have any research letters that reflect orders by Clapp & Treat I would love to see them.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Clapp & Treat?

I think I went there once.

Wait, maybe that was the free clinic at the health department....


DLH

[Daryl Corona]

Good one big guy! Thanks, I really needed a good laugh.

[Gerald McPherson]

Destry; That is funny. Not true I hope.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

I'll never tell.

[George Lander]

Destry: You ought to be in show biz....... That was a good one........George

[George M. Purtill]

Destry
you have too much time on your hands.
go clean those dusty Parkers.

and find me some Clapp & Treat info!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[John Dallas]

Clapp & Treat?

I think I went there once.

Wait, maybe that was the free clinic at the health department....

Go to the medical officer in Pusan, Korea (1969). One day, at one of our staff meetings with the Colonel, when asked to give a report on the success of the VD control program, the head doctor (who happened to be a Gynecologist), shrugged his shoulders and reported, "Well Colonel, this week, I have looked into some of the worst sewers you can imagine". 40 years after the fact, I Googled my old company ( 609th Ordinance Co) and the only thing which came up was some study on VD in Korea which mentioned tha fact that when the dopot closed, and the company moved further up the peninsula, the "girls" followed the company.

[edgarspencer]

George, do you remember Vine Parmalee, the State Supreme Ct judge? He sold me a gun that he bought at the Hfd store. It was new, in the box, with the sales receipt. I eventually traded it in on something at the Newington Gun Exchange. The guy there said he never heard of C&T. I still have the model 12 my dad bought me in 1957 from them. I think they were still in Hartford then.
I have a friend, whose mother's maiden name is one or the other, though which, I can't remember.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Sorry George, I know this is a serious post for you. I just couldn't resist. *wink*

D

[George Lander]

George, do you remember Vine Parmalee, the State Supreme Ct judge? He sold me a gun that he bought at the Hfd store. It was new, in the box, with the sales receipt. I eventually traded it in on something at the Newington Gun Exchange. The guy there said he never heard of C&T. I still have the model 12 my dad bought me in 1957 from them. I think they were still in Hartford then.
I have a friend, whose mother's maiden name is one or the other, though which, I can't remember.

Edgar, No I can't say as I do remember them (but there's a whole bunch of things that I can't remember). Also, I don't remember ever hearing of "C & T"
(which may be one of the above). I do know that Colt FA CO. was & I believe still is in Hartford. I believe that if I had been in charge of C&T I would have changed it's name.

Best Regards, George

[George Lander]

Sorry George, I know this is a serious post for you. I just couldn't resist. *wink*

D

No problem Destry. It was not at all "serious" in that I seldom get "serious" about anything save eating, drinking & sleeping anymore.
I do remember when my ship was leaving Recife, Brazil after the Santa Maria Cruise Ship hijacking that a good many of my shipmates (fortunately I was not one of them) had to be "treated" for the "clapp"

Best Regards, George:rotf:

[edgarspencer]

Edgar, No I can't say as I do remember them (but there's a whole bunch of things that I can't remember). Also, I don't remember ever hearing of "C & T"
(which may be one of the above). I do know that Colt FA CO. was & I believe still is in Hartford. I believe that if I had been in charge of C&T I would have changed it's name.

Best Regards, George
George (Lander), my post was directed at George Purtill. You get a pass, not knowing the locals up this way.
Colt is now located in West Hartford, and I'm not entirely sure, but don't think they do anything at the old Colt plant in Hartford. The Big Blue dome is still atop the building, and the prancing horse is back up there, but, sadly, I think the heart of the company has moved on.

[Dave Suponski]

Ah yes..The blue onion dome and the rampant colt. I love that old building. I convinced I was born 100 years too late.

[George Lander]

That's O.K. Edgar. At times I also get confused as to who I am.

Best Regards, George Lander

[Pete Lester]

Ah yes..The blue onion dome and the rampant colt. I love that old building. I convinced I was born 100 years too late.

Dave, anyone who enjoys nice firearms, lots of open land and plenty of game was born 100 years too late.

[Dave Suponski]

Got that right Pete...Sorry to say..

[George M. Purtill]

Colt in Hartford is nothing but a highly valuable trade name.
What is under the Blue Onion Dome ( a gift from a Tsar I believe) has nothing to do with guns. The original Rampant Colt was sold to a speculator group, but may have been bought back by the state and is now in the CT Museum in the Supreme Court building.
That museum is worth a trip, in my opinion.

[George M. Purtill]

that pony is fiberglas I believe.

[edgarspencer]

At one point Larry Wilson claimed to own the original Colt, but I believe it came back to the state. More than I can say for some of the fine Colts that he 'borrowed' from the state library.

[George M. Purtill]

what a scandal
sold right out of the state library

[Dave Suponski]

I remember reading somewhere that the "Rampant Colt" was brought back and restored and is now back in its original location atop the factory building. Am I wrong in this? Don't know....

[edgarspencer]

That's what I thought also, Dave.

[George M. Purtill]

I will report back on its location.
I just wish it was in my gun room.