12 Aug

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Norfolk: Town with a Strange Personality by Ann Havemeyer [caption id="attachment_12798" align="alignright" width="300"] Philip Curtiss (1885-1964)[/caption] A century ago, Norfolk was emerging from the heyday of its summer resort years. Many of the hotels would soon close their doors. The...

12 Aug

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] From Immigrant to Inventor by Ann Havemeyer “In 1897 I bought a farm at Norfolk. This blessed spot where I regained my health and happiness became my real American home and I have never had the desire to...

12 Aug

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Two Women and a Sporting Book Collection by Ann Havemeyer Most people have heard of Orvis, the fly-fishing and wingshooting international retailer headquartered in southwestern Vermont. But are you familiar with Mary Orvis Marbury, author of the 1892 fly-fishing...

12 Aug

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Button Up! by Leslie Battis There’s more to buttons than you may think. I discovered this when I happened upon an unusual volume in the library collection: The Complete Button Book by Lillian Smith Albert and Kathryn Kent, published in...

23 Jul

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1721782816143{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12416" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1731544882204{margin-top: 7px !important;}"] Built in 1892, the Eldridge Gymnasium had two grass tennis courts, where tennis tournaments were held, including the Connecticut State Tennis Championships in 1915. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width"...