Drawing

Title:

Rec Hall Radio

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2009.026.023 a

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Date:

1936/02

Description:

Drawing, Rec Hall Radio, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Pencil on paper. Five sketches of CCC activities. Sketch at top left depicts man seated by stove and radio, identified in pencil as "Rec Hall Radio / Feb 25, 1936". Bottom sketch depicts four men playing cards, dated in pencil, "Feb. 25, 1936". Portrait of man at right, identified as "Curly / Joe / Feb / 27 / '36". Two other sketches of unidentified people upper right. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-11.05 W-8.5 inches

Provenance:

George C. Soule (1914-2008) of Manchester, NH, was an artist with the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1935-1937. He was assigned to draw portraits of CCC workers and to document camp life. He studied art at Yale and became an architect in Manchester. He operated the firm of Soule & Associates from the 1950s through the 1980s. He designed schools, churches, houses, and a wide variety of commercial buildings in southern NH and southern New England. The collection was donated by the children of George Soule.

Credit Line:

Gift of Patricia, Cynthia, and Peter Soule

People:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)

Subjects:

Camp life, Stoves, Cards, Card games, Card playing, Radios