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Shinnecock, People of the Stony Shore Photo Project attempts to reinforce our connection to the land and aims to present ourselves in a web-based portraiture platform.
The Shinnecock Portrait Project is made possible with Special thanks to MDOC Storyteller’s Institute hosted at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, in June 2018.
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Oscar Bunn
- Persons: Oscar Bunn
Collection: Unknown
Date:
Type of Material: Photograph
Source: Rogers Memorial Library – Shinnecock People: A Photo History Digital Collection https://myrml.zenfolio.com/p856759042/hfde79e3#hfde79e3
Language: English
Coverage/Location: Unknown
Creator: Unknown
Copyright: No Known Copyright Restriction
Description:
Oscar Bunn (ca 1875 – 1917) was a Shinnecock Trustee, Professional Golfer, and woodcarving artist. He is most well known for playing in the second U.S. Open in 1896 at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club where he later worked. Among his carvings were dark-wood bows and scrub brushes.
Oscar and his wife Della Bunn’s home was one of the most modern on the reservation in the 1920s. One wing of their house was used as a dance hall and was known as Robin’s Nest, where Sam Harvey played piano and was widely known in the area.1
David Martine: “Oscar Bunn was the brother of Charles S. Bunn. He was a golf pro and played in the first U.S. Open Golf Tournament held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in the 1890s.”2
In 2019, a new Oscar Bunn golf facility was created on the Shinnecock Reservation funded by the USGA3
- . Gaynell Stone, The Shinnecock Indians, pp. 282[↩]
- . https://myrml.zenfolio.com/p856759042/hfde79e3#hfde79e3[↩]
- . https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2020/09/oscar-bunn-facility-brings-pride-to-shinnecock-nation.html[↩]
