Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1935
Description:
B/W photograph of a large group of men standing behind a long table which has a row of goblets along each side. Some are in uniform. Some are writing notes. Identified on the back as General Emilio de Bono, commander in chief of the Italian Armies in East Africa, talking to journalists at the officers' club in Asmara, North Africa. Webb Miller is at far right with his hands clasped in front of himself.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0053
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005447
Print Size:
8 x 6"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Studio:
Planet News Ltd., London
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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men standing by long table
men standing by long table