Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
19xx
Description:
B/w postcard snapshot of older man sitting in chair by a curtained window holding a newspaper in his right hand. White door in dark wall behind him. Probably Webb Miller's father Jacob.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0004
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Jacob
Other #:
P005398
Print Size:
5.5 x 3.5"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Jacob MIller
Jacob MIller
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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Webb Miller's Father
Webb Miller's Father