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American Field Service Ambulances

photographer A. Piatt Andrew (La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)

Date1916

Place MadeFrance, Europe

MediumGelatin silver print

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.010034

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.

Id720281

Last Updated8/9/24

Other NumberARC.000220.x

Previous NumberARC.007478

Source ID27292