Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1937
Description:
B/w photograph of two men sitting at a small table, two other men visible behind them. L to r: Lyle Wilson and Webb Miller. On the back: "Washington (D.C.) Press Club A.N.S.E. speech..."
Object ID:
2007—0012.0083
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Wilson, Lyle
Wilson, Lyle
Other #:
P005477
Print Size:
7 x 5"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Lyle Wilson
Lyle Wilson
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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miller at a small table
miller at a small table