Emply wooden container which originally held the christening bottle used on the SS Webb Miller. A 3 x 2" silver plaque on one side of the conainer reads: "Christening bottle S.S. Webb Miller Mrs. Mary Miller Sponsor December 5, 1943, New England Shipbuilding Corporation South Portland Maine."

H—4.5 W—4.5 L—14 inches

1943

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.

2007—0012.0222

Box

Miller, Webb

Webb MIller
World War II