This photograph shows six male members of the Hedges family, probably taken during the celebration for the opening of the Hedges Room at the East Hampton Library in 1953. From the left, the group begins with with Edward E. Hedges (Dayton's uncle), then Dayton Hedges (1884-1957), Dayton's son James (b.1908), followed by Dayton's grandsons Dayton (b. 1935), Michael (b. 1938), and James Jr. (b. 1942). Information on the photo came from the front page of the August 27, 1953 East Hampton Star.