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(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Certificate of Service for Ambulance 181, "Y"
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Certificate of Service for Ambulance 181, "Y"

primary (founded Paris, 1915)
contributor (Boston, 1878 - 1934, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
recipient (New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Date1918
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions25.1 x 39.4 cm (9 7/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.009194
eMuseum ID723052
EmbARK ObjectID34869
Other NumberU11n25
TMS Source ID18325
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
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
ProvenanceNotesGiven to Isabella Stewart Gardner for her funding of an American Field Service ambulance during World War I by the American Field Service member and decorator Henry Davis Sleeper in 1918.