Object details
Object number
ARC.004977
Creator(s)
Henry Davis Sleeper
(Boston, 1878 - 1934, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Title
Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from the American Field Service in France, 21, Rue Raynouard, Paris
Date
15 March 1919
Medium
Typewritten and printed ink on paper
Language
English
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Printed in ink (on recto of each sheet, upper center): AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE IN FRANCE / SERVICE AUTOMOBILE AMERICAIN / AUX / ARMÉES FRANÇAISES
Printed in ink (on recto of each sheet, upper left): TÉLÉPHONES: / AUTEUIL 22-47 - 22-48 / TÉLÉGRAMMES: AMERIFIELD-PARIS
Printed in ink (on recto of each sheet, upper right): SIÈGE CENTRAL: / 21 RUE RAYNOUARD / PARIS (XVIE)
Inscribed in ink (on recto of sheet 1, upper left): Dear Mrs. Gardner
Signed in ink (on recto of sheet 2, lower right): Henry D. Sleeper
Stamped in ink (on recto of sheet 2, lower left): AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE IN FRANCE / SERVICE / AUTOMOBILE / AUX ARMEES
Commentary
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Gallery
Macknight Room
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