“Sunday Ritual at St. Andrew’s Dune Church, Southampton c.1910 — With View Toward the Old Mill on Lake Agawam”, s.1910's

An extraordinary glimpse into the rarefied world of Southampton’s Gilded Age elite, this original c.1910s image captures a moment suspended in time. Along a winding dirt road beside Lake Agawam, a line of chauffeur-driven automobiles sits in elegant stillness, their drivers patiently awaiting the return of worshippers from the famed St. Andrew’s Dune Church.

Framed by the modest wood-shingled chapel in the foreground and the grandeur of Southampton mansions across the lake, the scene is punctuated by the silhouette of the historic Old Mill—its wind sails frozen mid-motion in the morning light. Once part of a working mill complex, the structure later became a beloved cottage and landmark, standing as a quiet sentinel over a world of privilege, ritual, and understated opulence.

This Fine Art Print is more than a documentary image—it is a meditation on class, tradition, and the layered history of America’s most exclusive seaside enclave. The contrast between simplicity and grandeur, between quiet devotion and visible affluence, speaks to the cultural rhythms that defined early 20th-century Southampton.

To date, this specific composition—with the full lineup of automobiles, the Dune Church in mid-ground, and the Old Mill prominently featured beyond Lake Agawam—does not appear to have been widely published, marking it as a rare visual document of 1910s Southampton life.

Printed from an original vintage glass negative, this work is offered as a limited edition fine art print suitable for collectors, historians, and those with an eye for timeless Americana.