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Coal Bin Paintings Find New Home: Southampton African American Museum To Display Segregated Bar Relics

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Brenda Simmons Executive Director of SAMM, Mary Godfrey owner of Mary Godfrey Custom Framing and Photography and Zachary Taylor, Curator and Registrar for the Southampton History Museum, with the Coal Bin paintings. DANA SHAW

Brenda Simmons Executive Director of SAMM, Mary Godfrey owner of Mary Godfrey Custom Framing and Photography and Zachary Taylor, Curator and Registrar for the Southampton History Museum, with the Coal Bin paintings. DANA SHAW

One of the Coal Bin paintings by J.E. Agard. DANA SHAW

One of the Coal Bin paintings by J.E. Agard. DANA SHAW DANA SHAW

One of the Coal Bin paintings by J.E. Agard. DANA SHAW

One of the Coal Bin paintings by J.E. Agard. DANA SHAW DANA SHAW

The artist's signature. DANA SHAW

The artist's signature. DANA SHAW DANA SHAW

Brenda Simmons and Mary Godfrey with the Coal Bin paintings. DANA SHAW

Brenda Simmons and Mary Godfrey with the Coal Bin paintings. DANA SHAW DANA SHAW

Brenda Simmons, Executive Director of SAMM. May Godfrey, owner of Mary Godfrey Custom Framing and Photography and Zachary Taylor, Curator and Registrar at the Southampton History Museum with the Coal Bin paintings. DANA SHAW

Brenda Simmons, Executive Director of SAMM. May Godfrey, owner of Mary Godfrey Custom Framing and Photography and Zachary Taylor, Curator and Registrar at the Southampton History Museum with the Coal Bin paintings. DANA SHAW DANA SHAW

Brenda Simmons, Executive Director of SAMM. May Godfrey, owner of Mary Godfrey Custom Framing and Photography and Zachary Taylor, Curator and Registrar at the Southampton History Museum with the Coal Bin paintings. DANA SHAW

Brenda Simmons, Executive Director of SAMM. May Godfrey, owner of Mary Godfrey Custom Framing and Photography and Zachary Taylor, Curator and Registrar at the Southampton History Museum with the Coal Bin paintings. DANA SHAW DANA SHAW

authorMichelle Trauring on Jan 6, 2021
Inside the Herb McCarthy estate, Tom Edmonds pulled two canvases out from a closet in the late 19th-century mansion and took a step back. He turned to his companion, Sheila... more

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