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Palm Beach• October 2, 2022

The Rauschenberg Residency @ Captiva

Augustus Mayhew reminds us about the Rauschenberg Residency’s cottage colony down there in Florida just after the great hurricane, showing the beautiful community created by the artist himself. ...

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Memories abound at Clouds Hill as it celebrates its 150th anniversary

House• September 19, 2022.
Charles Burns takes us back in time to the second half of the 19th century when landmark homes, along the shoreline of Narragansett Bay, served as summer retreats for Rhode Island industrialists... READ MORE
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The end of an era for all of us

Social Diary• September 12, 2022.
Summation of a Royal Life, of a mother’s children and then her own, and all for her people... READ MORE
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When Society was in Flower

Social Diary• September 7, 2022.
A view of the architectural monarch of the Gilded Age in summer, still going strong and up to date — Newport... READ MORE
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Resort Life, Chapter XXXVIII: January 1970 – December 1970 Palm Beach + Boca Grande + Down East + Brittany + Ireland

Palm Beach• September 5, 2022.
Labor Day Special. We look back to Ellen Ordway’s photographic record of a life and lives on these days in yesteryear... READ MORE
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Summer Ramble: Birthday Cake & Hard Hats @ Palm Beach

Palm Beach• August 31, 2022.
Augustus Mayhew celebrates Palm Beacher David Reese’s milestone 90th birthday dinner and can't help but take a look at the finishing touches being put on around the town... READ MORE
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Knowing all the right people

Social Diary• August 29, 2022.
A private look inside the lives of the royals and aristos’ very active private lives as seen through the eyes of a boy from Chicago who wanted it all and wrote to tell about it... READ MORE
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Palm Beach Social History: Isadora At Palm Beach

Palm Beach• August 11, 2022.
Augustus Mayhew tells us the story of Isadora Duncan, a woman of her time and before her time, immortalized by her natural energy... READ MORE
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House of Munn Revisited: Was There Life Before Palm Beach?

Palm Beach• July 8, 2022.
Augustus Mayhew takes us on a multi-family saga whose lives all became a major part of Palm Beach history... READ MORE
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A house to remember her by

Social Diary• July 6, 2022.
Reviewing archives for another project, I came upon a subject of a Hollywood life and legend now long forgotten... READ MORE
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Unsettled History: The Kennedys at Palm Beach 1910-1950

Palm Beach• June 7, 2022.
Another fascinating look at the history of Palm Beach by Augustus Mayhew, this time beginning with the Kennedy family history in the early 20th century... READ MORE
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The Art of Easter Sunday

Social Diary• April 18, 2022.
The New York Easter Sunday Parade continues in its new and altered state keeping up with our changing times... READ MORE
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The Continuing Mystery of The Greystone Mansion Murders

Social Diary• April 12, 2022.
A look back to a murder mystery that almost a century later continues to arouse curiosity about Who Done It?... READ MORE

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