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Sag Harbor Historical Society Celebrates Mashashimuet Park

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It's hard to believe, but ice skating was once a popular pastime on Otter Pond. COURTESY BLACK SWANN ANTIQUES

It's hard to believe, but ice skating was once a popular pastime on Otter Pond. COURTESY BLACK SWANN ANTIQUES

Traffic did not pose much of a problem for automobiles trying to get in or out of Mashashimuet Park as shown in this vintage postcard. COURTESY NANCY BENVENT

Traffic did not pose much of a problem for automobiles trying to get in or out of Mashashimuet Park as shown in this vintage postcard. COURTESY NANCY BENVENT

The entrance to Mashashimuet Park as seen in a vintage colorized postcard. COURTESY NANCY BENVENT

The entrance to Mashashimuet Park as seen in a vintage colorized postcard. COURTESY NANCY BENVENT

Boaters on Otter Pond appeared in a vintage postcard. COURTESY NANCY BENVENT

Boaters on Otter Pond appeared in a vintage postcard. COURTESY NANCY BENVENT

authorStephen J. Kotz on Jul 5, 2022
The history of Mashashimuet Park, Sag Harbor’s chief recreational resource and one of the many gifts given to the village by its most famous benefactress, Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage, will... more

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