They were the center of the Jazz Age social set and the models for F. Scott Fitzgerald
characters. They served chilled sherry to Ernest Hemingway on the French
Riviera. But Gerald and Sara Murphy’s romance started and ended in the Hamptons, where
her self-made-millionaire father owned 600 acres—property that would be
worth well over $1 billion today. Here’s a look at a piece of the lost Hamptons, through
never-before-seen family photos dug out of boxes in the estate’s old garage.
... Read the story
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They were the center of the Jazz Age social set and the models for F. Scott Fitzgerald characters. They served chilled sherry to Ernest Hemingway on the French Riviera. But Gerald and Sara Murphy’s romance started and ended in the Hamptons, where her self-made-millionaire father owned 600 acres—property that would be worth well over $1 billion today. Here’s a look at a piece of the lost Hamptons, through never-before-seen family photos dug out of boxes in the estate’s old garage. ... Read the story
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