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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
American Field Services Staff in France
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

American Field Services Staff in France

primary (La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
subject (founded Paris, 1915)
Date1916
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumGelatin silver print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007478
eMuseum ID721151
EmbARK ObjectID33274
TMS Source ID16806
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner's friend, A. Piatt Andrew, sent her these images of men working for the American Field Service (AFS) during World War I. Andrew, a trained economist, former Harvard professor,  and former Congressperson, founded the AFS in 1914 to run ambulances and provide medical services for the French Army. Isabella donated to the organization in order to sponsor an ambulance, and Andrew wrote to Isabella frequently about the war and the work the AFS performed, including the services provided by the specific ambulance she supported. 
BibliographyNotesAurora Daniel, "Isabella and the American Field Service During World War I," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 November 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-american-field-service-during-world-war-i