Whitman Bailey Selection for August View on the End of Shippan Point

This is one of the few sketches by Whitman Bailey that are still familiar to us today. Who of us hasn't been down to Shippan Point to enjoy the view of the Sound?

Download newspaper clipping of August 3, 1935

As to the historical information in the article, 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."

More on Shippan:

• A Concise History of Shippan
• A Childhood on Shippan
• A Selection of Postcards from Shippan and Shippan Point
• Wreck of Ennis' Patent Swimming Baths, Shippan Point, October 1894

(Reference file: Bailey 311.jpg)