Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1938
Description:
B/w snapshot of man (Webb Miller in Stockholm, Sweden) facing left with cup and saucer on small table by his right hand and cigarette in his raised left hand. He is wearing a hat and suit
Object ID:
2007—0012.0090
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005484
Print Size:
4.9 x 7"
Search Terms:
Webb 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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Web with cup in his hand
Web with cup in his hand