Collection:
Webb Miller
Description:
B/w glossy photograph of the contents of an open glass display case —— a photograph of Webb Miller with label, photograph of the SS WEBB MILLER with label, and an award on the left to Webb Miller from the Fourth Air Force in California which dedicated the first model of a new series of Black Widow light fighters to Webb Miller.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0130
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005524
Print Size:
10 x 8"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Year Range from:
1975
Year Range to:
1976
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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