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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

eMuseum ID720281

Other NumberARC.000220.x

Previous NumberARC.007478

TMS Source ID27292

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
Nina Wutrich, "In the Soldier's Service: Mary Dexter, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Caring for the Soldiers of WWI," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 8 November 2022, https://https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/soldiers-service-mary-dexter-isabella-stewart-gardner-and-caring-soldiers-wwi

ProvenanceNotesEnclosed in a letter from congressman A. Piatt Andrew to Isabella Stewart Gardner from France, 24 July 1916 (ARC.000220)