Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1916
Description:
B/w photographic postcard of five men standing in a row in front of a tent. They are wearing jodphur—type pants and boots and have wide—brimmed WWI—type hats. On the back in pen: "Columbus, N.M. Aug. 8....By and by we'll scatter. Here's a memory for you from a fellow who's glad he met you. Phil McLaughlin."
Object ID:
2007—0012.0006
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Harding, Jack
Miller, Webb
Moore, Sam
Hedlund, T.E.
McLaughlin, P.A.
Miller, Webb
Moore, Sam
Hedlund, T.E.
McLaughlin, P.A.
Other #:
P005400
Print Size:
5.5 x 3.5"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Jack Harding
Sam Moore
T.E. Hedlund
P.A. McLaughlin
Jack Harding
Sam Moore
T.E. Hedlund
P.A. McLaughlin
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 Miller and others
Webb Miller and others