Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
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Trinity College
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 John Armando, or possibly Hans,  was a fixture in Hartford for many years.  This photo was taken at the carousel just after it opened in 1975.  He was born in France and spoke several languages including Esperanto.  He had been a bicycle racer in hi

John Armando, or possibly Hans, was a fixture in Hartford for many years. This photo was taken at the carousel just after it opened in 1975. He was born in France and spoke several languages including Esperanto. He had been a bicycle racer in his youth and some stories relate that he was an excellent racer and was in the Olympics and raced in one Tour de France in its early years.

He would stand in the middle of Hartford’s business district at 4 am and enjoy his accordion’s sound echoing off the tall buildings. He was an intelligent man who lived a difficult life, but on his own terms!

Sarah Vaughan
Oscar Peterson
Ella Fitzgerald
IMG_2270.jpg
IMG_1136.jpg
IMG_2273.jpg
B45C0D7C-9122-41F5-8B50-F4DAD92381D7.jpeg
IMG_2918.jpg
IMG_2920.jpg
IMG_2009.jpg
IMG_2015.jpg
CT cows.jpeg
CT hippo.jpeg
park street manequin.png
Trinity College
 John Armando, or possibly Hans,  was a fixture in Hartford for many years.  This photo was taken at the carousel just after it opened in 1975.  He was born in France and spoke several languages including Esperanto.  He had been a bicycle racer in hi
Sarah Vaughan
Oscar Peterson
Ella Fitzgerald
Trinity College

John Armando, or possibly Hans, was a fixture in Hartford for many years. This photo was taken at the carousel just after it opened in 1975. He was born in France and spoke several languages including Esperanto. He had been a bicycle racer in his youth and some stories relate that he was an excellent racer and was in the Olympics and raced in one Tour de France in its early years.

He would stand in the middle of Hartford’s business district at 4 am and enjoy his accordion’s sound echoing off the tall buildings. He was an intelligent man who lived a difficult life, but on his own terms!

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