In 1893, Southampton historian William S. Pelletreau wrote that it was “safe to address almost any middle-aged man one might meet as ‘Captain’, for the chances were that he was one.”
Zachary Taylor, curator at the Southampton History Museum, is set to give PowerPoint lecture on sea captains who made Southampton their home, using research and photographs from the Museum’s archive on Saturday, March 7, at 1 pm.
More information about the lecture is available on the Southampton History Museum website.
This event is one of many special events created for THAWfest in March organized the Hamptons Arts Network composed of 19 cultural organizations on the South Fork of Long Island.
Photo of Whaling Captain Albert Rogers Mansion, c. 1890 provided.
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