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Connor Flanagan
Jan 26, 20213 min read
Self-isolating due to Covid in Sierra Madre
Part of our work is to preserve physical artifacts from Southampton's history. We have plenty of old documents and maps and some...
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Zachary Taylor
Jan 20, 20211 min read
The Swan on Lake Agawam (early 1900's)
This winter scene postcard depicts a gathering (or ballet) of swans on the shore of Lake Agawam, dated from the early 1900's. The swans...
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Connor Flanagan
Jan 19, 20216 min read
Non-Violence and the American Conscience
Yesterday was January 18, 2021, a day known in the United States as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This, the third Monday in January, is...
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Mary Cummings
Jan 15, 20218 min read
High Style in the Gilded Age: The Cryder Triplets
THE CRYDER TRIPLETS - THE CELEBRITY SISTERS b: 1882 (Edith, d: 1954; Ethel, d: 1964; Elsie, d: 1981) Cryder Memorial Window, St. Andrew’s...
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Steve Gould
Jan 13, 20212 min read
The Two Pelletreau Houses
There have been two well-known Pelletreau houses in Southampton. The first Pelletreau house, located on Main Street, was purchased by...
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Zachary Taylor
Jan 12, 20213 min read
A Passion for Ice Skating: James Parrish in Photographs
James Cresson Parrish (1840-1926) – the older brother of Samuel Parrish – was a financier with a massive fortune stemming from the...
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Mary Cummings
Jan 8, 20218 min read
High Style in the Gilded Age: Consuelo Vanderbilt
CONSUELO VANDERBILT BALSAN (1877-1964) - THE PAWN Consuelo Vanderbilt was a willowy beauty of 17 when the 26-year-old Frenchman and...
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Zachary Taylor
Jan 6, 20211 min read
Winter Postcard of the Rogers Memorial Library (early 20th century)
This is a postcard depicting a winter scene at the Rogers Memorial Library. The snow is abundant along the roof, tree branches, steps,...
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Connor Flanagan
Jan 5, 202116 min read
Places + Faces, 2019
During the summer of 2019 our two interns, Conor and Gina, worked on various projects and events and helped to breakdown and install a...
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Mary Cummings
Jan 1, 20216 min read
High Style in the Gilded Age: Rose de Rose
Rose de Rose (1902-1982) The High Society Misfit Left - Rose de Rose with her father at 6 and a half years old Right - Rose de Rose with...
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Zachary Taylor
Dec 30, 20201 min read
Card of James Parrish skating at St. Moritz, New Years 1909
This is a photo of James Parrish ice skating at St. Moritz, as part of a 1909 card wishing the recipient a Happy New Year. James Parrish,...
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Zachary Taylor
Dec 30, 20201 min read
Holiday Season Main Street, Southampton (1979-1980)
This is a photo of Main Street in Southampton during the holiday season of 1979 into 1980. The perspective is taken from the western side...
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Connor Flanagan
Dec 29, 20202 min read
Letters to Santa
This year has been tough. There has been a lot of pain, a lot of anger and a lot of grieving. And while 2021 looks promising to pull us...
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Zachary Taylor
Dec 23, 20201 min read
Goose Feather Tree (late 19th/early 20th c.)
This is a Goose Feather Christmas tree affixed to a white box with a detail of a green wreath with two red bells in the center. The...
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Mary Cummings
Dec 22, 202011 min read
High Style in the Gilded Age: Ruth Wales du Pont
Ruth Wales du Pont (1887-1967) Ruth Wales, born in 1889, is raised in Hyde Park, New York, and spends much of her adult life in Delaware...
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