Before Monday, Erik Hollander, Chuck Gramling and Mark Burton had never stepped foot on Martha’s Vineyard, but they knew parts of the Island very well.

The trio of college-age Floridians recognized the storefronts of Edgartown, the Chappaquiddick ferry landing and the lighthouse off Starbuck’s Neck.

Upon arrival they scanned the Vineyard phone book looking for familiar names.

The came on a pilgrimage.

They came to visit the New England resort village of Amity; the birthplace and home territory of the Academy Award-winning movie Jaws.

When John E. Phillips opened his store in 1928, penny nails were four cents a handful, a pound of putty was about a dime and every face that passed through the door was a familiar one.