Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
ca. 1934
Description:
B/w photograph of three men wearing suits standing on a rooftop in either London or Paris. Webb Miller is on the right. The man in center is leaning his left arm on a chest high barricade.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0046
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005440
Print Size:
9.5 x 7.1"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
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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Webb with other men
Webb with other men