Drawing
- Title:
- Grenier Field
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2009.026.046 a
- Creator:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Artist - Date:
- 1942-1945
- Description:
- Drawing, Grenier Field, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1942-1945. Pencil on paper. Sketch of draftsman working at drafting table in large room. Large flat file cabinets along wall. Identified, lower right, in pencil as "Grenier Field". Unsigned. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.7 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:
- Grenier Field, Airports, Drafting, Drafting tables, Air bases
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