Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1916
Description:
B/w photograph of man in WWI—type uniform standing in front of open tent door. In ink on back: "Wallace Smith. my old 'companero' of Chicago & border days. He is standing outside our tent. My bed is just inside the opening to the right. Used to turn it over every night hunting tarantulas & rattle snakes."
Object ID:
2007—0012.0017
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Smith, Wallace
Other #:
P005411
Print Size:
3.5 x 5.5"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Wallace Smith
Wallace Smith
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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Wallace Smith in front of tent
Wallace Smith in front of tent