Boomtown, La. 8/1/43

Original ink and watercolor sketch, dated and name-stamped by Stevenson; street scene of ramshackle commercial area, with bar and liquor establishments; blue automobile parked at right, street signs, telephone pole, people lounging or standing along street. Original ink and watercolor sketch, dated and name-stamped by Stevenson; street scene of ramshackle commercial area, with bar and liquor establishments; blue automobile parked at right, street signs, telephone pole, people lounging or standing along street. Stevenson enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in July 1941. He was one of the original soldier-artists at Fort Belvoir, VA. before accepting a position as a war artist in May 1943. In 1944 he was in southern England covering the preparations for the Normandy invasion and later depicted war damage in France and Germany.