Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1935
Description:
B/W snapshot of a man standing on what appears to be the rocky top of a high hill overlooking a valley or plain. Identified on the back as Webb Miller on the road to Adigrat, the 'Road of the 1,500 turnings.' Valley is 2,000 feet below where he stands.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0054
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005448
Print Size:
8 x 6"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
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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men on top of hill
men on top of hill