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Westhampton Beach Historical Society Receives Largest Gift of Photos From Single Family

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Photos of the Dix family home, Windward. JOHN PAUL FERRANTINO

Photos of the Dix family home, Windward. JOHN PAUL FERRANTINO

Photos of the Dix family home, Windward. JOHN PAUL FERRANTINO

Photos of the Dix family home, Windward. JOHN PAUL FERRANTINO

The Dix family on the beach in Westhampton in 1909.

The Dix family on the beach in Westhampton in 1909.

Members of the Dix family in a field near their home in Westhampton in 1909.

Members of the Dix family in a field near their home in Westhampton in 1909.

The Dix Westhampton home,

The Dix Westhampton home, "Windward" in 1909.

The Dix Westhampton home,

The Dix Westhampton home, "Windward" in 1909.

The living room at

The living room at "Windward" in Westhampton in the early 1900s.

"Windward" in 1914.

"Windward" in 1914.

A photo in one of the albums captioned,

A photo in one of the albums captioned, "Eleanor giving Eleanor Alice her first swimming lession in Quantuck Bay in front of Windward, July 1942.

Westhampton Beach Historical Society Collections Manager and Trustee Dot Berdinka with the photo albums. DANA SHAW

Westhampton Beach Historical Society Collections Manager and Trustee Dot Berdinka with the photo albums. DANA SHAW

John Paul Ferrantino on Jul 24, 2023
In April, the Westhampton Beach Historical Society received its largest gift of photos from one family in the history of the organization: a collection of albums from the deConcilis family.... more

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