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 […]
