Postcard with oval b/w photograph of the Dowagiac H.S. Football Team 1909, which shows three rows of young men, many in uniform. On the address side is a partial list in pencil of the names of the young men——Squires, McCleary, McAllan...Miller, Johnson...Essig, Rutter, Richey, Gleason, etc.

1909

Webb Miller was born in 1891 in Sumnerville/Pokagon, graduated from Dowagiac High School around 1910, and went on to become a journalist in Chicago. He covered the Pancho Villa insurrection at the Mexican border in 1915 and landed a job at the United Press. He stayed with UP and covered World War I, Gandhi, Ethiopian War, Spanish Civil War, and came to head UP Europe. He died a mysterious death in 1940.
The collection came from the donor's niece, who received the collection from Webb Miller's daughter—in—law Helene MIller.

2007—0012.0208

Postcard

Miller, Webb
Squires
McCleary
McAllan
Miller
Johnson
Essig
Rutter
Richey
Gleason

Dowagiac High School
Football