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{{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.<ref name="THC">{{cite web|url=https://www.tupelohardware.com/pages/about-us|title=About us|website=Tupelo Hardware Co.|access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>

===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.<ref name="THC" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Tupelo, Mississippi|Music]]
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