The World Wide Webb Miller
Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1922
Description:
B/w glossy photograph. Two men holding something between them. Man on left wearing knickers, man on right in dark suit. Row of windows behind them. Ed L. Kern with possibly German Crown Prince Wilhelm Wieningen
Object ID:
2007—0012.0022
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Wieningen, Wilhelm
Other #:
P005416
Print Size:
5 x 6.75"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Wilhelm Wieningen
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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