Portrait of Walter Mason Dickinson

Portrait of Walter Mason Dickinson

Spanish-American War, 1898
Amherst (Mass.)

Hand-colored portrait of Walter Mason Dickinson in uniform. He was the only Amherst man to die in the Spanish-American War in Cuba. According to a Springfield newspaper article, his remains were brought back to the United States by Ellery F. Strickland, an employee of the Amherst undertaker, E. D. Marsh. Strickland also brought back branches from the mango tree under which Dickinson died.

Jones Library Special Collections

Before 1898

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English

Photographs

Folder: Dickinson, Walter Mason - Photographs

Photograph

3 x 4 in.