The diorama that greets visitors at the Town Marine Museum in Amagansett is of Montauk’s first downtown, or fishing village, on Fort Pond Bay. Accurate in the smallest detail.
An Early 20th-Century Village (1 of 6)
The Jake Wells packing house and dock
Photo by Durell Dodfrey
An Early 20th-Century Village (2 of 6)
The Parsons packing house
Photo by Durell Godfrey
An Early 20th-Century Village (3 of 6)
The Perry B. Duryea and Son lobster house with its tiny flag.
Photo by Durell Godfrey
An Early 20th-Century Village (4 of 6)
An overview of the village showing the railroad tracks, along which fish were taken to New York City.
Photo by Durell Godfrey
An Early 20th-Century Village (5 of 6)
A contemporaneous dragger.
Photo by Durell Godfrey
An Early 20th-Century Village (6 of 6)
From the Montauk Library collection, is an aerial view of the village before it was destroyed in the Hurricane of 1938.
