Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1891
Description:
Photograph on cardboard. Very young child wearing loose light—colored clothes propped up on what appears to be fake fur. On the back in pen: "Webb Miller, son of Jacob and Lottie Miller, born Feb. 3, 1891"
Object ID:
2007—0012.0001
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005395
Photographer:
McCollum, Dowagiac
Print Size:
4.5 x 6.5"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
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, Ethiopian 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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webb miller's baby picture
webb miller's baby picture