Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1920s early
Description:
B/w studio portrait of dark—haired man with moustache, head and chest, wearing dark suit, white shirt, tie. (Webb MIller)
Object ID:
2007—0012.0024
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005418
Place:
Paris
Print Size:
6 x 8"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Studio:
Branger
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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protrait of Webb Miller
protrait of Webb Miller