Drawing

Title:

Porch of Medical Ward / Soldier's Barracks

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2009.026.039 a

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Place of Origin:

Burlington, VT

Date:

1936/05/13

Description:

Drawing, Porch of Medical Ward and Soldier's Barracks, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Pencil on paper. Four sketches at CCC camp, Fort Ethan Allen, Burlington, VT. Top sketch depicts men on porch, identified in pencil as "Porch of Medical Ward / May 13, 1936". Sketch of cannon in center, "French [?] / May 13". Sketch of large building at bottom, "Soldier's Barracks / May 13". Small sketch of a nurse, bottom left. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-11.15 W-8.4 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:

Hospitals, Hospitals, Field, Hospital wards, Cannons, Barracks, Nurses, Military camps, Military bases, Military hospitals