Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1935
Description:
B/w snapshot of man in uniform standing in a rocky area, treeless hills behind him all the way to the background. Typed on the back: "Webb Miller on the Road of 1,500 turnings to Makale, Ethiopia."
Object ID:
2007—0012.0056
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005450
Print Size:
8.12 x 5.25"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
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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man on hill
man on hill