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Title
W.I
.
Sparks
store
,
Norfolk
.
Creator
Northern Survey Company.
Place
Norfolk (Conn.)
Topic
General stores
Undertakers and undertaking
Stores, Retail
Theme
Livelihood
Description
Three
men
in
front
of
W
.
I
.
Sparks
dry
goods
store
in
Norfolk
;
northeast
corner
of the
green
.
Cat
on
porch
at
right
of
man
in
center
.
Two-story
clapboard
Greek
Revival
with
louvered
shutters
and
full
front
first
and
second
floor
porches
.
Sign
on
upper
railing
over
door
"
W
.
I
.
Sparks
" and
one
on
right
"
R
.
S_?__
Undertaker
".
First
floor
has
double
entry
door
flanked
by
twin
bay
shop
windows
displaying
ceramic
containers
.
Right
bay
window
sign
; "
Dry
Goods
".
Left
side
of
building
has
1
story
porch
and
small
ell
with
shop
window
and
sign
"
Boots
&
S[hoes?]
"
Second
story
porch
has
banister
railing
,
lattice
panel
on
left
,
fan
shaped
trellis
,
two
small
tables-one
with
plants
, a
hanging
plant
and
exterior
stairs
going
down
right
side
of
building
.
Rectangular
gable
window
appears
to have
leaded
glass
.
Right
rear
roof
eave
near
a
door
has
boxed
pulley
with
hook
on
rope
.
Left
of
building
is
picket
fence
and
tall
post
.
Left
front
of
building
is
stone
loading
dock
.
Street
lamp
at
right
of
building
.
Inscription
on
back
: "
Norfolk
"<br>
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. <br>
Some
photographs
in this
collection
bear
the
imprint
of the
Northern
Survey
Company
. <br>
Known
as the "
Old
Store
"
beginning
in
1843
as the
Battell
Store
.
W
.
I
.
Sparks
was
one
in a
series
of
owners
and
operated
as a
general
store
from
1879
to
1886
. In
1885
, the
original
building
is
said
to have
deteriorated
and
collapsed
. <br>
Date created
[188-?]
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
16
x
22
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
X.2000.1.250
<br>
File
name
2800
img0100.pcd
<br>
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
.
Collection
Clark
Collection
.<br>
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
Sub-collection
Photographs
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