Norfolk Then…
The auction is about to begin as shoppers browse among tables, chairs and chests of drawers displayed in front of George W. Scoville’s store on Greenwoods Road near the corner of the Green. Scoville was a dealer in furniture and upholstery as well as town undertaker and funeral director. The store no longer stands, but […]
Norfolk Then…
When automobiles appeared on the streets of Norfolk, Augustus P. Curtiss converted the stable housing his horse and carriage livery business on Shepard Road to a garage stocked with automotive supplies and gasoline. Look carefully and you will notice Shell’s familiar scallop shell logo on top of the gasoline pump (the shell is now at […]
Norfolk Then…
This year (2008) is not the first time Hollywood has come to Norfolk. In 1945 Alfred Hitchcock filmed a scene from “Spellbound” in the Doolittle Woods. The movie starred Ingrid Bergman as Dr. Constance Peterson in the story of a psychiatrist trying to unlock the repressed memories of murder suspect John Ballantine, played by Gregory […]
Norfolk Then…
If you think you see something out of the ordinary in the first pew of the Catholic Church, you’re right. This is a photograph taken during one of the ski masses held in Norfolk in the 1930’s and worshippers have brought their skis into the sanctuary. Back then Norfolk was known as the […]
Norfolk Then…
Long before Fed Ex or DHL, this G. Fox & Co. helicopter made a door-to-door delivery to a Norfolk family. The year was 1947, and the helicopter was part of the company’s promotion of its 100th year as a retail fixture in Hartford. At that time, Bob Steele hosted the G. Fox Morning Watch radio […]
