Photograph collection, ca. 1853-1980.

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Photograph collection, ca. 1853-1980.

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Photographs, tintypes, and ambrotypes of people, buildings, and events in Sag Harbor, N.Y., including the coronet band and 1853 orchestra, Cedar Island Light House, Fahey's Watchcase Factory, churches, mills, local residents, Camp Alarica, the Custom House, the fire department, patriotic and fraternal organizations, local scenes, businesses, sporting events, and the Long Island Railroad, ca. 1853-1980. Also, scrapbook of photographs, postcards, and printed pictures of the opening of the John Jermain Memorial Library, local events, and World War II servicemen, 1910-1947; scrapbook of photographs and postcards of storms, celebrations, William Wallace Tooker, East Hampton and Bridgehampton toll houses, homes, steamboats, sailing vessels, and monument, 1870-1954; and 150 stereopticon slides with views of world cities and events, ca. 1910.

2.5 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6883082

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883

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Charles Stratton (1838-1883), stage name General Tom Thumb, was an American showman noted for his small stature. He was the first major attraction promoted by the circus impresario P.T. Barnum. He was not quite five years old when Barnum hired him for his museum, but Barnum publicized him as General Tom Thumb, an 11-year-old dwarf from England. He quickly became a celebrated figure in the United States and abroad. In 1863 Stratton married Lavinia Warren (1841–1919)—another of Barnum’s performers...

John Jermain Memorial Library.

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John Cooper arrived in Southampton in 1640 from Olney, England. The family business of boatbuilding and coopering extended into Sag Harbor, N.Y. The family resided there about 1812. This collection deals with the 6th, 7th, and 8th generations of descendants. From the description of Starr-Gardiner-Cooper collection, 1770-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155551556 ...

Long Island Railroad Company.

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Commuter railroad service in Brooklyn dates to 1834 and the founding of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) during that year. Originally conceived as a means to connect Brooklyn to Boston, Massachusetts more directly, the LIRR played a significant role in the development and economic growth of Long Island's suburban communities, particularly after the railroad was directly linked to Manhattan in the 1880s. As of 2010, the LIRR is the largest and busiest commuter railroad in the United S...

Fields, Zebulon.

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Sage, Margaret Olivia Slocum, 1828-1918

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Cedar Island Light House.

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Pharoah, Samuel.

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Byram, Ephraim.

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Ship chandler. From the description of Account book, 1842-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155545764 ...

Sterling, George L.

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United States Custom House (Sag Harbor, N.Y.)

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Fahey's Watchcase Factory (Sag Harbor, N.Y.)

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Camp Alarica (Sag Harbor, N.Y.)

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Tooker, William Wallace, 1848-1917

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Authority on Algonquian Indian language, history, and culture; resident of Sag Harbor, New York. From the description of Long Island New York Indian vocabularies: glossary, [189-]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758383 William Wallace Tooker once was widely recognized as one of his era's leading specialists in Coastal Algonquian culture, history and place names. A productive and prolific writer, he published 12 books, some 50 pamphlets and over...