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The Long Island Express - Rare Photographs of East Hampton after the Hurricane of 1938

Special Curator Tours: September 1st & September 15th at 10 a.m.

Exhibition dates: July 28th – October 8th, 2012

Saturdays, 10 am–5 pm; Sundays, Noon–5 pm

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No admission; donations appreciated.

The Great Hurricane of 1938, or the “Long Island Express”, was the most powerful, costliest and deadliest hurricane to hit Eastern Long Island in recent history.  In the 21st century, this hurricane remains the benchmark by which all other destructive storms in the northeastern United Sates are measured.

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The East Hampton Historical Society’s new exhibition, “The Long Island Express: Rare Photographs of East Hampton after the 1938 Hurricane” was inspired by the discovery of dozens of hurricane pictures tucked away into two family photo albums, recently brought to light. Only now will this private collection be exhibited at the East Hampton Historical Society’s Clinton Academy. The East Hampton Historical Society has enlarged that collection into over 125 rarely seen images that illustrate this force of nature’s impact on our fragile spit of land.

A special Curator Tour by Director Richard Barons will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturdays, September 1st and September 15th – just days before the September 21st anniversary of the Long Island Express

The exhibit is on display through October 8th.

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