Name/Title
Photo of H. H. Dickinson, Alameda School graduate killed in WWI, before 1918Entry/Object ID
1981.77.1Description
Acc, No. 81.77.1 a & b
Subject Category: World War I
Date or period: 1920
Object: Framed photograph
Description: Sepia tinted photograph framed. Photo mounted on cream colored mat with written description of who the portrait represents.
Size: 14½xll½ inches
History of Object:
(a) Framed photograph of Howard Henry Dickinson, born April 12, 1897, Indiana. Graduated from Washington School, Alameda, June 7, 1912. Graduated from Alameda High School, June 1, 1916. Joined marines, August 1, 1917. Killed in action in Battle of Chateau Thierry, France, June 7, 1918.
(b) accompanied by small framed statement saying:
To the best of our knowledge, Howard Dickinson was the only graduate of Washington School who was killed in the World War.
Acquired from: Miss. Potters Collection, Washington School, Board of Education (donor)
Date:Interpretative Labels
Label
1/22/2021 MvL: label on back of A reads:
HOWARD HENRY DICKINSON KILLED AT CHATEAU THIERRY FRANCE
JUNE th 1918.
MISS.POTTERS COLLECTION
WASHINGTON SCHOOL.
DONATED BY ALAMEDA BOARD OF
EDUCATION
