Tupelo Hardware Co. Sold Elvis His First Guitar
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It was a 10-year-old Elvis Presley who in 1945 entered the Tupelo Hardware Co.‚ wanting to buy a .22 bolt-action hunting rifle.
Owner George H. Booth told Elvis he would never sell a gun to a child‚ causing the future singing legend to cry. Booth then promised young Elvis a present of his choice‚ since the Presleys had little money.
A few days later‚ Elvis and his mother‚ Gladys‚ returned to the hardware store‚ and she suggested that her son pick out a guitar instead. Elvis cried again but eventually accepted Booth’s kind gift and took the instrument home.
The price of Elvis Presley’s first guitar: $7.75.
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