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The Ocean House, now the Jared Coffin House, in 1910 From the NHA collection.
My First Visit to Nantucket By David M. Ogden Shortly before Easter 1948, and during my junior year at Yale, I realized I had one last summer before graduating and beginning a career to find a lucrative job that could also be carefree and fun. In an effort to find such a position, I asked a number of classmates how they had spent past summers. One told me he had made a lot of money and had a wonderful time working as a bartender in the Tap Room at the Ocean House on Nantucket Island, which I had never heard of. He suggested I write to Mr. Eben Hutchinson and ask for that position. This I did, outlining my experiences in the Army Air Corps and any other information I could think of, which might induce a favorable reply. Eben answered promptly, explain ing that all positions in the bar had been filled but that he still needed a bellboy. If I would like to fill that position, the job was mine. I accepted. After final exams, I boarded the train in New Haven and rode
