Don't miss Brownstones on Bell Street, the first in a series of photos taken prior to the late 1960s urban redevelopment of downtown Stamford. Courtesy The City of Stamford, Connecticut, Urban Redevelopment Commission.

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 Reearch Library.

We are intermittently blogging these sketches.

IC117: Whitman Bailey Drawings

Another story about Dick Roberts' surveying Stamford's cemeteries. Currently he has completed over thirty sites, having just finished the North Stamford Congregational Church's cemetery.

See also: Cemeteries in Stamford

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Hoyt-Barnum House to get a new roof
(The Advocate)

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Pride and Patriotism: Stamford’s Role in WWII has finally closed to make way for the next exhibit, but you may visit us Online.

The society plans to continue the World War II exhibit’s archives and oral history program as long as veterans are interested in participating. Those who still want to share their memories can call the society at (203) 329-1183 or e-mail to history@stamfordhistory.org.

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