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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...

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...

Louisa Van Renssalaer Robb Livingston (1877-1960) In light of her later reputation as a fierce defender of Old Guard ways, and a sharp...

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...

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...

Lily Whitney Barney (1852-1946) The Dedicated Socialite Now, while the museum remains closed, I have been deepening my research into the...

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...

John and Morgan, our 2018 Summer Interns, spent a lot of their time with us creating this virtual exhibit for our social media accounts...

A few weeks ago we started including the staff lectures in our blog posts as a means to digitally archive everything we produce in one...

This photograph of Main Street in Southampton was taken during the Holiday Season in the 1950's (exact year unknown). While facing north,...

JESSIE WOOLWORTH DONAHUE - THE STRIVER (1886-1971) In the sad saga of Jessie Woolworth Donahue’s life, there is dramatic proof that money...

This is a Davenport English dish from the early 19th century (post-1805). The whole of the dish is painted with elaborate, intertwining...

This is a drawing of the whaling ship 'Lagoda' by both David Bunn Martine (credited as David Bunn Siklos) and John Batchelor, done in...

This entry is a blog-formatted version of my 'Games People Played' talk that I gave on November 19th. In case you missed my talk, the...

This is a painting of "Hells Gate Lighthouse" by Ellen de Pazzi, with the exact date unfortunately unknown. Hell Gate Lighthouse is...