Whitman Bailey Sketches

June 05, 2008

Artist's Sketch of Scene Outside Big Exposition Tent
(Whitman Bailey)

Another Cove scene sketched by Whitman Bailey, of the "Stamford Exposition of Progress," held in June 1926 at Halloween – now Cummings – Park.

Artist's Sketch of Scene Outside Big Exposition Tent

Artist's Sketch of Scene Outside Big Exposition Tent 1926

Complete Newspaper clipping of June 5, 1926 (PDF)

Continue reading "Artist's Sketch of Scene Outside Big Exposition Tent
(Whitman Bailey)" »

May 16, 2008

Artist's View of Old Cove Mill Harbor, May 1931 (Whitman Bailey)

As we walk on Cove Island these days, we doubt any of us can imagine what it looked like in the past.  The Old Cove Mills were destroyed in a tremendous fire on February 19, 1919, and except for one small building, nothing is left today.  However, it looked quite different still in 1931 as this sketch by Whitman Bailey shows, printed in The Advocate on May 16, 1931.

Artist's View of Old Cove Mill Harbor, 1931, click to enlarge

Complete Newspaper Clipping of March 16, 1931 (PDF file)

Continue reading "Artist's View of Old Cove Mill Harbor, May 1931 (Whitman Bailey)" »

April 28, 2008

Whitman Bailey Sketches: data of the collection now online

The data of the inventoried collection of the Whitman Bailey Sketches are now online.

Beginning in 1924 and continuing for the next thirty years, Whitman Bailey's sketches appeared in the Stamford Advocate almost weekly.  Black and white drawings of local scenes, the sketches were accompanied by brief vignettes of the scene.  Mostly factual, at times the stories presented were local folklore faithfully transmitted for the interest of the reader.  Thanks to Dorothy Mix and other volunteers, our collection of the newspaper clippings has been organized and scanned and may be viewed in the Marcus Research Library.

IC117: Whitman Bailey Drawings

Continue reading "Whitman Bailey Sketches: data of the collection now online" »

March 07, 2008

Busy Scene at Main and Bank Streets, 1925 (Whitman Bailey Sketch)

Another installment in our series of Sketches by Whitman Bailey.

Busy Scene at Main and Bank Streets, March 7, 1925

Busy Scene at Main and Bank Streets, 1925 for complete image, pdf file

Stamford's “financial district,” March 1925,  a hub at Main, Bank, and Atlantic streets.  In the newspaper clipping it is called “a sort of Cape Horn around which all traffic must navigate before it can lay a course to its destination.”

Download PDF file of the clipping, including the text below the image.

January 12, 2008

New Year's Morning Sketch by Whitman Bailey

Another installment in our series of Sketches by Whitman Bailey.

Section of Stamford's South End in Winter

New Year's Morning 1938

"Quintard House a the foot of old Water Street"

Section of Stamford's South End in Winter, click for full text

Full text page (pdf)

We add the usual warning: "At times, the accompanying vignettes are mostly folklore passed on to Mr. Bailey by residents of the areas where he was sketching.  In those instances he had no way of determining the truth of the story.  Nor have we.  It is presented as a sidelight to the sketch.  Therefore, researchers are cautioned to regard these tales as local color, interesting, thought provoking, but sometimes not entirely factual."

December 16, 2007

Christmas Eve Sketch by Whitman Bailey

A while ago, we introduced  Sketches by Whitman Bailey.  Here is an appropriate one for the season:

Christmas Eve at Old Samuel Webb House a Century Ago (1934).

Christmas Eve at the Old Samuel Web House a Century ago

Full text page (pdf)

We add the usual warning: "At times, the accompanying vignettes are mostly folklore passed on to Mr. Bailey by residents of the areas where he was sketching.  In those instances he had no way of determining the truth of the story.  Nor have we.  It is presented as a sidelight to the sketch.  Therefore, researchers are cautioned to regard these tales as local color, interesting, thought provoking, but sometimes not entirely factual."

September 22, 2007

Sketches by Whitman Bailey

Thanks to the work of our library volunteers, the sketches by Whitman Bailey have been collated and scanned and are available for viewing at the computer in the Marcus Research Library.  They are in a searchable database, sorted by town and street. ¹

Sketch of Samuel Webb House
full view

Continue reading "Sketches by Whitman Bailey" »

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Join the Society

Our Hours

  • Tuesday through Saturday, 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM
Blog powered by TypePad

sixapart.com