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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Edgartown, Mass., Emily Post came to grips with a new problem in etiquette: what does the well-bred hostess do when a guest pilfers a prized gewgaw from the breakfast tray? A few days after Hostess Post's loss at her country home, a discreet item appeared in the local newspaper, touching on the "unpleasant situation" and appealing gently for its correction by "the person, perhaps young and certainly thoughtless, who yielded to impulse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Mixture as Before | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

Screen Star James Cagney, 44, bought an $85,000 waterfront place in Edgartown, Mass., but denied that it was to get his children as far away as possible from "the Hollywood atmosphere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Flesh & Spirit | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

Harvard Club of Martha's Vineyard: Abner L. Braley '11, P. O. Box 321, Edgartown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Club Head Asks '48 To Join Locals | 5/25/1948 | See Source »

...Edgartown, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 19, 1946 | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

...across the sound to Oak Bluffs on the Vineyard takes roughly three-quarters of an hour. From Oak Bluffs you can branch out to any part of historical Martha's Vineyard. You will have five hours or so before the steamer returns from Nantucket. A bus runs over to Edgartown on the southern end of the island, and to Vineyard Haven and West Chop. You can also cross to the extreme corner of the island to the Indian Reservation at Gay Head. A chat with boat builder Manuel Swartz, whose shop is only a stone's throw from the Edgartown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vineyard Sunday Cruises Ideal for Lovers of Nature | 8/1/1944 | See Source »

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