Drawing
- Title:
- Pond in E. Jaffrey / Rec Hall
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2009.026.033 a
- Creator:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Artist - Date:
- 1936/04/02
- Description:
- Drawing, Pond in E. Jaffrey and Rec Hall, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Sketches of CCC activities. Watercolor landscape at top, identified in pencil as "Pond in E. Jaffrey". Five pencil sketches of CCC workers below, including three men playing cards, identified as "Rec Hall / April 2". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 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 in the 118th Company, CCC, East Jaffrey, NH. 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:
- Ponds, Trees, Cards, Card playing, Card games, Camp life
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