Zanzibar: E.D. Moore, ivory buyer for Pratt, Read & Co., Deep River, Connecticut, reclines atop Zanzibar's largest shipment of tusks — 355 tusks weighing 22,000 pounds, circa 1900

Pratt-Read was founded in Ivoryton, Connecticut, in 1798 as Pratt, Read & Company, originally producing beads, buttons, and billiard balls from elephant tusks imported from Africa. The company began to specialize in manufacturing ivory piano keys in 1839.

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