The World Wide Webb Miller
Description:
Special Press pass, on purple cardboard, to attend the Rehearsal of the Ceremony of the Coronation of George VI, to Webb Miller
Dimensions:
H—4 W—5 inches
Date:
1937
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—0012.0168
Object Name:
Pass
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller
George VI coronation