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This is a decorative Westmoreland Glass Dish manufactured between 1890 and 1930.

This is a box of Pa-Pay-Ans Bell indigestion pills, manufactured by Bell & Company Inc., located in Orangeburg, NY

This is a bottle of Dr. Hess Poultry Inhalant, an aid for clearing mucous from the respiratory tract in chickens.

This is an Edison Blue Amberol Record, manufactured by the Thomas A. Edison Inc. holding company between 1912 and 1929.

This is a box of Anacin Analgesic Tablets, used to treat “simple headaches and minor neuralgia”.

During the late 19th and early 20th century, 'consumption' was the term for tuberculosis. The demand for a cure brought about countless...

For Southampton historians, William Smith Pelletreau (1840-1918) is revered for preserving town records (his tombstone read “He rescued...

These two Baroque Silver objects, a cream pitcher and sugar tureen respectively, were made by Joel Sayre (1778-1818).

This is a feed sack blanket made of four Camel brand feed sacks, produced by the Excelsior Milling Company.

This toothbrush was manufactured in France by A. Dupont, most likely in the late 1800’s.

This is the Rolleiflex Camera Model K8 T1

In 2016 our former Curator, Emma Ballou, had the idea of highlighting some objects from our collection that one could easily walk right...

Agnes Lawrence Pelton has ties to Water Mill where she set up a studio in the Hayground Windmill

This is a Night Candle developed by Johann Gottlob August Glafey, circa 1869.

This is a bottle of American Ideal powder perfume, made by the California Perfume Co.

This is a set of Brandes Superior Matched-Tone headphones, manufactured between 1919 and 1921.

This cast iron, black Singer Toy Sewing Machine is the original 1910 "Singer 20" model.

This is the No. 2C Autographic Kodak Jr. model camera, a large format film folding bed camera. This was produced by the Eastman Kodak...

This is a Betsy Ross miniature toy sewing machine, light green and made of cast iron.

This is a prince-nez style set of eyeglasses, popularized during the 19th and early 20th centuries