Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1938
Description:
B/w matte photograph of a long row of men holdlng rifles and wearing Arabian headdresses and several wearing long skirts. Two men in foreground in front of them. On the back is written: "Jacob Simon/Xmas 1938"
Object ID:
2007—0012.0085
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Simon, Jacob
Simon, Jacob
Other #:
P005479
Print Size:
5 x 3.6".
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Jacob Simon
Jacob Simon
Notes:
Webb Miller, born in 1891 in Sumnerville/Pokagon, graduate of Dowagiac High School around 1910. Miller went on to become a journalist in Chicago, covered the Pancho Villa insurrection at the Mexican border in 1915 and landed a job at United Press. Stayed with UP and covered World War I, Ghandi, Etheopian War, Spanish Civil War and came to head UP Europe. Died mysterious death in 1940. Collection from donor's niece, who received the collection from Webb Miller's daughter—in—law, Helene Miller.
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two me standing side by side
two me standing side by side