Tag: East Hampton

The Our Hamptons Podcast

October 9, 2023
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Row of people in 1930s bathing suits on a beach.
East Hampton Beach. Genthe photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Your idea of the Hamptons on the East End of Long Island may include images of supersized mansions and extravagant parties, but there is an older, richer Hamptons history beneath […]

The Long Island Archaeologist

November 9, 2020
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Map from a 1915 atlas showing Freetown and parts of East Hampton.
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Part of East Hampton and Freetown" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1915 - 1917. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-3b13-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Allison McGovern has been digging history for a long time. Fascinated as a child with ancient Egypt and visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she went on to become […]