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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...

Zachary Taylor
Jan 12, 20213 min read
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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...

Mary Cummings
Jan 8, 20218 min read
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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,...

Zachary Taylor
Jan 6, 20211 min read
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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...

Connor Flanagan
Jan 5, 202116 min read
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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...

Mary Cummings
Jan 1, 20216 min read
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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,...

Zachary Taylor
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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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...

Zachary Taylor
Dec 30, 20201 min read
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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...

Connor Flanagan
Dec 29, 20202 min read
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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...

Zachary Taylor
Dec 23, 20201 min read
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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...

Mary Cummings
Dec 22, 202011 min read
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High Style in the Gilded Age: Louisa Robb Livingston
Louisa Van Renssalaer Robb Livingston (1877-1960) In light of her later reputation as a fierce defender of Old Guard ways, and a sharp...

Mary Cummings
Dec 18, 20208 min read
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Morris Family and Christmas Tree (1892)
This is a photo of the Christmas tree at the Morris Family home at 128 Elm Street, Southampton. The year of this photo is 1892, during...

Zachary Taylor
Dec 16, 20201 min read
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7 Powell Street
Earlier this year some of my coworkers got the chance to go over to 7 Powell Street and check out an amazing piece of Southampton...

Connor Flanagan
Dec 15, 20201 min read
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High Style in the Gilded Age: Lily Barney
Lily Whitney Barney (1852-1946) The Dedicated Socialite Now, while the museum remains closed, I have been deepening my research into the...

Mary Cummings
Dec 11, 20209 min read
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Photo of the George W. Morris Home at 128 Elm Street, Southampton (Christmas c. 1916)
This is a photograph of the George W. Morris Home at 128 Elm Street, Southampton. It depicts the interior of the home as it was decorated...

Zachary Taylor
Dec 9, 20201 min read
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