Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1930
Description:
B/W photograph of man (Webb Miller) standing, wearing a light colored suit and with a pith helmet, with his hands behind him. Background of drapery and flowers on window sill suggest a photography studio. Probably in India.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0037
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005431
Print Size:
3.25 x 4.3"
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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Mr. Miller dressed in white
Mr. Miller dressed in white