The Stamford Historical Society: Inventoried Collection

IC112
Whitman Bailey Drawings

Table of Content

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. Note: Some clippings are reprints labeled: "The Stamford Advocate, drawing on its files from pencil sketches by the late Artist-Historian Whitman Bailey, is republishing Mr. Bailey's sketches together with the historical beackground written by Mr. Bailey."

This file is still being edited

Table of Content, Box 1

1	Biographical Sketch of Whitman Bailey by Dorothy H. Mix
2	Biographical Sketch of Whitman Bailey by Dorothy H. Mix (Part 2)
3	Disclaimer

Atlantic Street to Parks Includes a sections labeled Downtown

Introduction Box 2

Research requests may be sent to history@stamfordhistory.org Research Fees

Atlantic Street	101	1926 -01-23	A Glimpse of Stamford Post Office
	102	1927-11-26	A Portion of Stamford's Civic Center as Seen From Park Row
	103	1925-03-21	An Artist's View of Town Hall And Vicinity
	104	1927-12-24	Artist's Iimpression of Christmas Eve on Atlantic Square
	105	1926-06-26	Artist's Sketch Looking Across Atlantic Square to Bank Street
	106	1931	Artist View Looking Down on Upper Atlantic Street
	107	1926-01-09	Artist's View of Atlantic Street Looking North From Atlantic Square
	108	1932-11-26	Artist's View on Atlantic Street From Park Row
	109	1934	Christmas Eve At Old Samuel Webb House a Century Ago
	110	1928-12-22	Christmas Windows Twinkle And We Forget Our Cares
	111	1944-02-19	Dr. Samuel Webb House Historic Landmark
	112	1935-03-12	Driveway of St. John's R.C. Church From Atlantic Street
	113	1936-12-26	Holiday Spirit on Upper Atlantic Street
	114	1931	Looking Down Atlantic Street Opposite Post Office
	115	1933-11-25	Looking East From Top of Trust Co. Building
	116	1940-06-22	Old Elder Homestead on Lower Atlantic Street
	117	1925-05-02	Sketch Drawn At Foot of Atlantic Street
	118	1926	Fidelity Title And Trust Company (Reprint, Tercentenary Edition of Stamford Advocate 1941)
	119	1925-02-28	Gurley Building – Corner Atlantic Street And Main Street
	120	1941	Stamford Civic Center, Town Hall And Atlantic Street
	121	194_	St. John's R.C. Church will be celebrating 100th Anniversary December 1975
	122	1925	"1925 Was A Good Year." Ad showing Citizens Saving Bank at Atlantic Street
	123	1927-02-05	Artist Bailey's View of Main And Bank Streets
	124	1927-04-30	Bank Street as Viewed by Artist Bailey
	125	1925-03-07	Busy Scene At Main And Bank Streets
	126	1932-12-24	Christmas Eve In Stamford, a Century And a Half Ago
	127	1925-11-28	Interesting Landmarks At Park Place And River Street
	128	1942-12-26	Washington – A Visitor to Stamford In 1775
	129	1924-03-08	Untitled – Park Place With Hotel Davenport And Elk's Club
	130	[circa 1850]	[not by Whitman Bailey] Webb Tavern
Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Bedford Street	131	1926-05-15	Artist's Sketch Looking Down Bedford Street
	132	1925-10-17	Artist's Sketch of Masonic Temple on Bedford Street
	133	1932-05-14	Artist's View of Lower Bedford Street
	134	1942	Betsy Barnum House on Bedford Street
	135	1924	Old Hoyt Homestead on Bedford Street (Reprint, Advcate, no date)
	136	1941-06-07	Old Thaddeus Hoyt House, Bedford Street (Reprint, Advocate 1970-06-13)
	137	1934	Old Theodore I. Ferris House In Bedford Street
	138	1956-10-07	Stamford's Betsy Hoyt Barnum House Built In 1725 (Reprint, Advocate 1956-10-27)
	139	1942-06-05	Where Thaddeus Hoyt fought the Tories In 1776

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Belltown	140	1934-10-27	Historic Ferdinand Ward House, Strawberry Hill
	141	1950-05-27	St. John House In Belltown More Than Century Old [Oaklawn Ave.] (Reprint, Advcate, no date)

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Broad Street	142	1926-02-06	An Artist's Glimpse of Broad Street Looking East
	143	1931-04	Artist's View Looking Down on West Broad Street
	144	1940-12-28	Daskam House on Broad Street From Rear Yard
	145	1932-03-19	Interior of New Reference Room At Ferguson Library
	146	1942-03-28	Old Bishop House Recalls Early Broad Street Days
	147	1924-02-23	Part of Broad Street Where Proposed Widening Would Begin

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Canal Street	148	1926-05-29	Artist Bailey's Sketch of Recent Scene In Upper Canal
	149	1928-11-10	Artist's View of Familiar Scene Along Canal
	150	1928-05-12	Artist's View of Night Scene on Stamford's Canal
	151	1953-09-05	Canal Docks From Jefferson St. (Reprint, Advocate, 1971-07-10)
	152	1945	Canal Recalls Old Steamboat Days (Reprint, Advocate, 1968-11-03)
	153	1934-01-20	Looking Through Large Lumber Shed on Stamford Canal
	154	1932-02-20	Night Scene Looking Through Old Canal Dock
	155	1950-06-10	Old Docks Along Canal St.
	156	1938-12-10	Old Police Patrol House on Canal Street
	157	1947-03-08	Snowfall on a Coal Dock In Stamford (Reprint, Advocate, 1968-06-01)
	158	1937-11-06	Stamford Canal, Where Sea Captains Still Congregate
	159	1929-11-16	Stamford's Industrial World Arouses Artist's Interest
	160	1942-10-03	Upper Canal St. Vicinity Recalls Old Town Path
	161	1934	Waterfront Scene off Lower Canal Street
	162	1923	Untitled [Wharves At Head of the Canal – East Branch]

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Cascade Road	163	1929-07-13	Artist's View of Old Village School House, North Stamford
	164	1928-08-18	Artist's View of Saunder's Blacksmith Shop
	165	1931	Looking Towards Saunder's Store At North Stamford
	166	1932	North Stamford Church And School House From Cascade Road (file doesn't open)
	167	1961-12-04	North Stamford Village Center
	168	no date	Cascade Road ( photostat of a photo)

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Clinton Avenue	169	1936-10-21	Historic Frederic Webb House In Winter
	170	1941-06-07	Old Webb House (1735) on Clinton Avenue (Reprint, Advcate, no date)
	171	1923-12-01	Old Webb House At Main Street And Clinton Avenue
	172	1932-05-09	Where Mary Webb Sold Easter Bonnets In 1860

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Cove/Cove Road – Folder #1	173	1939-05-27	An Old Homestead At Cove Village
	174	1936-03-03	Artist Bailey Sketches Well Known Scene At Cove Road
	175	1927	Artist's Sketch Looking up Cove Pond from ...
	176	1926-09-04	Artist's Sketch of Easterly Approach to Old Cove Village
	177	1929-11-02	Artist's View of Cove Village From Mill Gate House
	178	1931-05-16	Artist's View of Old Cove Mill Harbor
	179	no date	Artist's View of Old Mansion House At the Cove (file doesn't open)
	180	1934-10-13	Cove Pond From the Noroton Shore
	181	1949-10-15	Cove Village an Important Part of Early Stamford (Reprint, Advocate, 1967-10-21)
	182	1935-09-12	Drawing of Cove Pond as Mayor Phillips Would Like to See it Improved With the Aid of Federal Funds
	183	1951-05-26	First Home of Learning to Serve Cove Pond Area's Children
	184	1955-04-09	The George Washington Tom's House At Cove Village
	185	1952-06-07	John Holly House on Cove Island – Built In 1792 (Reprint, Advocate, 1970-11-21)

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Cove/Cove Road – Folder #2	186	1941-09-27	Little Cove Village Once Had Square-rigged Ships
	187	1952-07-19	Jonas Weed House (1670) Near Stamford-Darien Lane (Reprint, Advocate, 1970-12-05)
	188	1952-08-16	Looking Towards "Pound Rocks" From Cove Island (Reprint, Advocate, 1970-11-28)
	189	1952-11-08	The Mary Louise Scofield House At Cove Island (Reprint, Advocate, 1970-10-02)
	190	1951-08-18	Old Banks House – One of Cove Village Originals (Reprint, Advocate, unknown date)
	191	1953-07-11	Old East Mill That Stood on Holly's Dam
	192	1950-06-24	The Oldest House In Cove Village
	193	1954-06-12	Old Hudson Home In Stamford's Cove Section
	194	1953-10-17	On Cove Island Bridge Towards Cove Village
	195	1955-05-17	Ridley House Built At the Foot of Cove Lane In 1759
	196	1937-05-22	Section of Upper Cove Pond, And Weed Avenue
	197	1948-05-01	Stamford Cove Village, a Quaint Section
	198	1945-06-30	Stamford's Cove Village
	199	1954-09-04	Toms House Contains Relics of Early Stamford
	200	1949	Where Old Houses Abound In Little Cove Village
	201	no date	Where William Fitch Kept his Scow In 1798 (Advocate, October 15, 1955)
	202	1933-09-02	Along the Salt Stream At Cummings Park (file doesn't open)
	203	1938-07-23	A Shady Nook, Near East Lake, Cummings Park
	204	1928-01-07	Artist Bailey's View of Lindstrom's Boat Yard (East Channel)
	205	1927-04-16	Artist's Sketch Looking Across Jaegger's Creek
	206	1926-06-05	Artist's Sketch of Scene Outside Big Exposition Tent
	207	1932-08-20	Artist's View of Halloween Lower Basin
	208	1929-04-06	Artist's View of Pavilion At Cummings Park
	209	1934-07-07	Children's Museum At Cummings Park
	210	1947-07-12	East Lake, Cummings Park, Was Once A Marshland (Reprint, Advocate, 1967-11-25)
	211	1924-04-05	Halloween Park And Bathing Pavilion
	212	1937-12-04	Looking Towards Cummings Park From Jaegger's Creek Shore
	213	1928-07-21	Some Views of Cummings Park Drawn by Artist

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Den Road	214	1935-10-26	Looking East Along Old Den Road
	215	1940-10-26	Old Samuel Provost House on Den Road
	216	1946-09-21	Provost House on Den Road

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Downtown	217	1926-10-30	Artist's Sketch Looking Down Pacific Street
	218	1927-07-09	Artist's Sketch Looking Down South Street From Rice School
	219	1928-02-04	Artist's Sketch Looking West Across Portion of Freight Yard
	220	1928-03-17	Artist's Sketch of Stamford's Central Fire Station
	221	1929?	Artist's Sketch of Armory on South Street
	222	1931-03-07	Artist's View Looking up Old Meadow Street
	223	1944-12-16	"Dublintown" was a Quaint Part of Stamford
	224	1925-11-28	Interesting Landmarks At Park Place And River Street
	225	1939-01-07	Interesting View of Burnes Blacksmith Shop
	226	1934-05-12	Looking East Along Cottage Street
	227	1934-03-31	Looking North on Old Stage Street
	228	1934-03-17	Looking South on Old Advocate Place
	229	1932-04-16	Looking up Luther Street Toward Old Fire House
	230	1947-06-21	Old Winthrop Place Once Known as Widow's Lane (Reprint, Advocate, unknown date)
	231	1926-11-13	Panoramic Sketch of Stamford Gas And Electric Works
	232	1941-03-29	River Street Corner Once section of Post Road
	233	1941-11-22	Section of Old Stage Yard Near Relay Place
	234	1943-06-26	Where Stamford Celebrated Lafayette's Visit
	235	1929-03-09	Where Stamford's Gas Works Border Lower Pacific Street

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Glenbrook	236	1927	The Arched Bridge At Burghley Park, Glenbrook (correct name Burleigh)
	237	1939-08-19	Estate And Home for Stamford Aged, Glenbrook
	238	1952-09-27	Hope Street Near Douglas Avenue, Glenbrook, Once Mere Path (Reprint, Advocate, unknown date)
	239	1934-11-24	The Lake At "Burghley Park", Glenbrook (correct name Burleigh)
	240	1933-08-19	Looking Down Glenbrook Road Near Daskam Park
	241	1936-11-14	Looking up Church Street, Glenbrook
	242	1951-11-10	Schlocker House – Reminder of Glenbrook Farm Era (Reprint, Advocate, unknown date)
	243	no date	Sketch of The Leeds Homestead – Clarks Hill
	244	1936-06-06	View of Union Memorial Church, Glenbrook

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
High Ridge Road	245	1937	An Old House of Worship (High Ridge Methodist)
	246	1925-04-11	Artist's View of High Ridge Country Club
	247	1941-05-10	High Ridge Methodist Church, To Note 100th Anniversary With Special Ceremonies During Week of June 1 - 8
	249	1931-09-05	Old Isaac Scofield House, North Stamford Avenue
	250	1949-04-02	Old Lewis Raymond House At High Ridge (Reprint, Advocate, 1968-01-27)
	251	1930-09-20	The Old Raymond House
	252	1943	Raymond House At High Ridge Retains Colonial Charm (Reprint, Advocate, 1967-01-14)

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Hubbard Hill	253	1928	Artist's Sketch of Hubbard House on Hubbard Hill
	254	1940-08-17	Old Caleb Knapp Store Stillwater Road
	255	1939-07-08	Old House on Stillwater Ave. Built In 1800
	256	1950-07-22	1848 Smoke House Still Stands on West Avenue

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Hunting Ridge	257	1952-07-05	Hunting Ridge Methodist Church Built In 1850 (Reprint, Advocate, 1970-12-12)
	258	1936-02-01	Looking South Down Hunting Ridge Road
	259	1952	Where Preacher Brewer Lived In Hunting Ridge (Reprint, Advocate, 1970-10-09)

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Long Ridge	260	1930-11-15	Artist's View At Blacksmith Hill, Long Ridge
	261	1932	Artist's View of Bear Cave on Long Ridge Road
	262	1938-06-11	In Village Center, Long Ridge
	263	1948-12-11	"Old Blacksmith Corner," Long Ridge (Reprint, Advocate, 1967-03-11 )
	264	1935-03-30	Old Charles Sherwood House At Long Ridge Village
	265	1933-05-13	Old George Lounsbury House At Long Ridge
	266	1946-01-12	Old Long Ridge Church Serves Episcopalians (Reprint, Advocate, 1968-11-16)

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Main Street	267	1925-06-13	Artist's View of Suburban Avenue And Main Street
	268	1931-04-14	Busy Scene Near Corner of Main And South Streets
	269	1924-10	Corner of Main And Stage Streets
	270	1923	Hinders Speed of Automobilists Much Road Construction Work. Artist's Sketch of Main Street.
	271	1928	Looking East Across West Park Place Towards Main Street
	272	1924-03-08	Park Place With Hotel Davenport And Elks Club
	273	1929-06-05	Sketch of Old Holly House
	274	1943-06-26	Where Stamford Celebrated Lafayette's Visit (Reprint, Advocate, 1966-12-24)

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Mill River	275	1929	Artist's View Down Rippowam River From Main St. Bridge
	276	1942-10-31	Mill River View recalls Washington's Visit, Early Politics
	277	1933-09-30	North Street And Rippowam River (file doesn't open)
	278	1944-07-29	Where Nicolas Theale Built First Mill River Bridge

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Park Row	279	1929-06-06	Park Row About 1870
	280	1936	Park Row From Stamford Chamber of Commerce
	281	1927-02-19	View of Park Row as Seen by Artist Bailey

Street/Location	Number	Date	Image Caption
Parks	282	1925-12-26	Artist's View of Rippowam River And West Main Street Bridge
	283	1928-01-21	Artist's View of Skating Scene At Rippowam Park
	284	1925-11-14	Artist's View of Soldiers' Memorial At St. John's Park
	285	1929-07-27	Artist's View of Sylvan Scenes In Woodside Park
	286	1953-08-08	Foot of Old 'Theale's Hill' From Rippowam Park
	287	1932-10-15	Looking East Across Rippowam Park
	288	1931-02-07	The Old Mill Pond From West Main Street Bridge
	289	1938-09-03	Old Swimming Hole, "Sandy Bottom," At Woodside Park
	290	1925	Rippowam Park And Rippowam River

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