Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1935
Description:
B/w photograph of man in suit seated at long table typing The table is filled with papers, hats, etc. The other men at left corner and in background of picture are not identified. Identified as Webb Miller, United Press correspondent, with the Italian forces writing up his latest story in Asmara, Eritrea.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0052
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005446
Print Size:
5 x 7"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Studio:
Planet News Ltd, London
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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men at a table
men at a table