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Abigail Fithian Halsey (early 20th c.)
This is a photo of Abigail Fithian Halsey, sister of former Town Historian Lizbeth Halsey White and a descendent of early Southampton...
Zachary Taylor
May 5, 20211 min read
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D.A.R. Chapter House (April 1973)
This is a photograph of the Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter House located on 20 Main Street, Southampton. The photo was...
Zachary Taylor
Apr 28, 20211 min read
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Jobs Lane and Main Street Showing Library
This is a postcard of the intersection of Jobs Lane and Main Street in Southampton facing west. The postmark on this card is dated April...
Zachary Taylor
Apr 21, 20211 min read
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Photo of "Uncle" Thomas E. Warren (1908)
This is a photo of the Southampton whaleman Thomas E. Warren, originally joined with the caption "The oldest living resident of...
Zachary Taylor
Apr 14, 20211 min read
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Faux Fur Women's Hat
This is a large, brimmed black felt and faux fur women's hat. The brim is more elongated and upturned at the front, while being shorter...
Zachary Taylor
Mar 31, 20211 min read
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High Style in the Gilded Age: Millicent Rogers
(MARY) MILLICENT ABIGAIL ROGERS (1902-1953) By the time the stunning granddaughter of Standard Oil magnate Henry Huddleston Rogers Sr....
Mary Cummings
Mar 30, 202113 min read
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Women's Black Velvet Hat
This women's wide-brimmed black velvet hat is circular and relatively flat, with brown feathers sewn around the brim at the base of the...
Zachary Taylor
Mar 24, 20211 min read
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Black Straw Tricorn Hat
This is a black straw tricorn hat, featuring a large brown ostrich feather wrapped around the crown. Ostrich feathers were most popular...
Zachary Taylor
Mar 19, 20211 min read
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Black Straw Boater Hat
This black straw boater hat features a thick maroon and pink striped silk ribbon band, with a stiff black tulle (net edge) along the...
Zachary Taylor
Mar 17, 20211 min read
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Small Child Bonnet
This small child/baby bonnet is made of black straw with two black silk ribbons on both the left and right sides. The brim of the bonnet...
Zachary Taylor
Mar 12, 20211 min read
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Ostrich Feather Hat
This black wool hat features both black netting and a brown and cream colored ostrich feather. Additional accessories include a grosgrain...
Zachary Taylor
Mar 10, 20211 min read
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Faux Flower Straw Hat
This straw hat is adored with orange, yellow and red faux flowers and green leaves around the crown. A brown tubular-shaped material is...
Zachary Taylor
Mar 5, 20211 min read
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Feathered Black Fur Beret
This beret is made of black fur and has a metal form and black material lining. The front is decorated with long black feathers, sized...
Zachary Taylor
Mar 3, 20211 min read
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High Style in the Gilded Age: Frances Breese Miller
FRANCES (TANTY) BREESE MILLER 1893-1985 Frances Breese Miller lives a life in two acts. In the first, she is born into the mannered...
Mary Cummings
Mar 2, 202111 min read
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Brenda Simmons and Dr. Cornel West
This is a photo of Brenda Simmons and Dr. Cornel West, taken in the aftermath of a chance encounter between the two at CVS in Southampton...
Zachary Taylor
Feb 24, 20212 min read
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Photograph of Dr. Patricia Turner
This is a black & white photograph of Dr. Patricia Turner. Dr. Turner was born in Sag Harbor, receiving her education locally, and...
Zachary Taylor
Feb 17, 20212 min read
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Temple Toggle Harpoon (19th c.)
This harpoon in the Southampton History Museum's collection is in the style of a Temple Toggle, a technique that was invented by the...
Zachary Taylor
Feb 10, 20212 min read
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"Along the Shore of Lake Agawam" and The Home of Pyrrhus Concer (1909)
This is a colorized postcard of the shore of Lake Agawam in Southampton, with the home of Pyrrhus Concer visible in the left-hand side of...
Zachary Taylor
Feb 3, 20211 min read
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High Style in the Gilded Age: Grace Clarke Newton
GRACE CLARKE NEWTON - The Poet There is mystery and romance in Grace Clarke Newton’s story, though as the daughter of the noted...
Mary Cummings
Feb 2, 202110 min read
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Main Street, Looking South, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
This is a photograph of Main Street in Southampton, at the corner of Jobs Lane facing south. This photo is a postcard reproduction,...
Zachary Taylor
Jan 27, 20211 min read
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