Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
ca. 1917—1918
Description:
B/w snapshot of several men in uniform standing outside of a building which has a row of windows behind the men. Possibly late 1917—1918.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0097
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005491
Print Size:
3.3 x 2.45"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
World War I
World War I
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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group of military men
group of military men