Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1936
Description:
B/w photograph of two smiling men standing at open door on a United Airlines airplane. Man standing on stairs holding his hat is Webb Miller, man on right with overcoat over left arm is Wallace Smith.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0069
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Smith, Wallace
Smith, Wallace
Other #:
P005463
Print Size:
7.25 x 9.5"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Wallace Smith
Wallace Smith
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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boarding plane
boarding plane