Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1935
Description:
.0055a: Webb Miller standing at right side of photograph with two other men at left foreground, dozens of camels kneeling behind them on barren rocky plain. On the back is a typed note: "Webb Miller in camp of 1200 camels at Adigrat."
.0055b: 4.5 x 3.5" snapshot of same view.
.0055b: 4.5 x 3.5" snapshot of same view.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0055a,b
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005449a,b
Print Size:
8.5 x 6.5"
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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2 men surronded by camels
2 men surronded by camels