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The house on the corner of Greenwoods Road and Maple Avenue was the home of Dr. William H. Porter of New York when this photograph was taken in the early 20th century. Porter was a summer resident of...
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Original photograph in RG 101, Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, Connecticut State Library. One hundred years ago on Nov. 2, 1920, Norfolk women cast their ballots in a presidential election for...
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The Church of Christ Congregational is the picture of Victorian abundance in this exuberant Christmas evergreen display as photographed by Marie Kendall around 1900. Mary and Isabella Eldridge,...
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With the Norfolk Curling Club temporarily out of commission owing to Covid-19 restrictions, have a look at the earliest days of curling in Norfolk. The sport was introduced here sixty-six years ago by...
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Meet the Curtisses. Back in the days when there were ten district schools in Norfolk, the Curtiss children walked a mile each day to attend the North End School, located off Doolittle Drive near...
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Photo Courtesy of the Norfolk Historical Society The Dudley Tannery and bark shed, pictured here in an early 20th century photograph by Frank DeMars, stood at the corner of Ashpohtag Road and Route 44...
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The sundial pictured in the foreground of this photograph was installed behind Battell Fountain on the village green in 1904. An antique bronze plate acquired in London reads, “Our days are as a...
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The Eldridge Gymnasium, now Town Hall, was built in 1892. This view of the rear of the building, then with an open veranda, features the vibrant multi-colored buff and beige Mission tiles of the roof,...
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With so much underground sewer pipe installation interrupting traffic flow this summer, we can look back to the late 19th century when the Norfolk water system was built. Housed in this building that...
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One of Marie Kendall’s most beloved photographs shows a group of Norfolk men working out at the Eldridge Gymnasium (now Town Hall) in 1896. Some have been identified, such as John DePeu, bearded...
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