Drawing

Title:

In the Ambulance to the Fort

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2009.026.035 b

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Place of Origin:

Burlington, VT

Date:

1936

Description:

Drawing, In the Ambulance to the Fort, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Pencil on paper. Five sketches of CCC workers at Fort Ethan Allen hospital, Burlington, VT. Enhanced with red colored pencil. Sketch at top left depicts man in vehicle, identified in pencil as "In the Ambulance / To the Fort / May 7, 1936". Bottom sketch depicts ambulance and patients on porch. Four men identified as "Shiek", "Tony", "Curly", and "Gable". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-11 W-8.45 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:

Ambulances, Hospitals, Hospitals, Field, Patients, Wheelchairs