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Palais Royal, Wethersfield, Connecticut. More information needed. Numerous times I have been told of an Amusement Park just over the Wethersfield line from Hartford, Connecticut. Ballroom ? Amusement Park ? The sources can never really remember anything about it or it's name. It might be this place as it is listed with the Connecticut Historical Society as a Ballroom and Amusement Park. More information definitely needed.


Musicians on stage beneath fringed curtain. They wear black ties and tuxedos. One man has a small mustache. They hold instruments, including a trombone, trumpet, drums and drumsticks, a banjo and saxophones. A violin and clarinets are on the floor. A piano is in the background. Inscribed on back: "Palais Royal / Hartford - Conn. / Feb. 1926 / Harry Jensen's Nighthawks."

The Palais Royal was an amusement park, located at 900 Wethersfield Avenue.



CREDITS: Excerpts: Connecticut Historical Society