Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1928
Description:
B/W photograph of four men, three of whom are wearing hats, with typewriters in front of them, seated at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. (Webb Miller is the second from right). "1446" at lower right corner.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0036
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005430
Print Size:
9.5 x 7.25"
Search Terms:
Olympics
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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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4 men sitting down
4 men sitting down