The Russell Hall Company, a Division of Imperial Dade

For over 150 years The Russell Hall Co has operated with the philosophy established by its founder, Russell Hall, to sell honest goods at competitive prices. In 1854, at the age of 18, Russell Hall began to make tinware, and was considered to be one of the well known Yankee Tin Peddlers throughout the area. The company was operated out of a barn behind Russell Halls house at 469 East Main St in Meriden, Connecticut. In the 1860s Russell Hall branched out and began dealing as a wholesaler of grocers supplies. Russell Hall developed a reputation throughout the state as a businessman who practiced legitimate and square methods only, and his business grew as one of the largest of its kind in the state. Russell Hall died in 1922 and the business was carried on by his son, Howard Hall. The product line expanded, including such items as fine papers, wrapping papers, paper towels, canned goods, grocery supplies, and toys (wagons, scooters, sleds). The Russell Hall Co. became a distributo...