Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1935
Description:
B/w borderless snapshot of man on mule with two dark—skinned men standing near him in a barren packed dirt area, walled area in front of large building in background. Typed on back: "Webb Miller in town square of Makale with King John's old palace in background. With me is my escort of Askaris. My mule ran away a minute after this taken as he sighted dead mule near us."
Object ID:
2007—0012.0062
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005456
Print Size:
7.25 x 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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three men one on mule
three men one on mule