The World Wide Webb Miller
Description:
B/w unused photographic postcard, head and shoulders, of a man with dark hair and small moustache. Under the photograph in German: "Der Fuhrer: Reichstanzler Adolf Hitler."
Dimensions:
H—5.5 W—3.6 inches
Date:
ca. 1936
Notes:
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.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0213
Object Name:
Postcard
People:
Miller, Webb
Hitler, Adolf