Bloomfield

Historical marker location:

800 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, Connecticut

( Marker is at the intersection of Park Avenue (Connecticut Route 178) and Bloomfield Avenue (Connecticut Route 189), on the left when traveling north on Park Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1977

The first lollipop-making machine was invented in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908 by George Smith. He named the candy after a popular racing horse called Lolly Pop.