Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1916
Description:
B/w snapshot of man ((Webb Miller) holding long stick, standing in desert area. Message on back has been scratched out and a portion of typed message over it reads: "Webb Miller with Punitive Expedition. He carries his water in a canvas sack...."
Object ID:
2007—0012.0016
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005410
Print Size:
3.25 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, 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's expedition in Mexico
Miller's expedition in Mexico