Whitman Bailey was much drawn to the water, it seems, considering his many water side sketches. A search through May offered us two complementing ones: night and day. First from one of Mr. Bailey's favorite haunts, the Waterside:
Artist's View of Night Scene on Stamford's Canal
Download newspaper clipping of May 12, 1928
Then from the Cove:
Upper Cove Pond, Weed Avenue
Download newspaper clipping of May, 22, 1937
The house in the background was owned by Constance Towne (Mrs. Frederick T. Towne). Whitman Bailey has this to say about her:
A future blog post will show and tell more about Frances Towne; we have a Vertical File on her.
Cove (Holly) Pond Federal Funds Request in 1935
Stamford Manufacturing Company, the Cove Mills
As to the sketches, 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 files: Bailey 150.jpg and 196.jpg)
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