East Hampton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of East Hampton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗This area had been inhabited for thousands of years by wandering tribes of indigenous peoples. At the time of European contact, East Hampton was home to the Pequot people, part of the culture that also occupied territory on the northern side of Long Island Sound, in what is now Connecticut of southern New England. They belong to the large Algonquian-speaking language family. Bands on Long Island were identified by their geographic locations. The historical people known to the colonists as the Montaukett, who were Pequot, controlled most of the territory at the east end of Long Island.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart East Hampton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Hampton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view"Près Choisis," Albert Herter hou…, 1913: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10East Hampton, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as "Près Choisis," Albert Herter house, Georgica Pond (1913) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.