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"

Complete Newspaper Clipping of January 1, 1938 (PDF file)

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."

(Reference file Bailey 384.pdf)