Norfolk had a thriving economy in 1860 when this business directory was published in S.D. Northway’s Norfolk Almanac. The S.D. Northway Manufacturing Company was located in South Norfolk and produced a variety of leathers, calf skins, and hides. Its annual almanac contained the usual astronomical data as well as interesting town, county, and state statistics. 

Text by – Ann Havemeyer
Photo Courtesy of the Norfolk Historical Society