Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1930
Description:
B/w photograph of several men wearing suits standing on the left and across a narrow stream are hundreds of people milling around, many in long white clothing. Identified as the Salt Mine Riots in India, Webb Miller is at far left of the photograph.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0039
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005433
Print Size:
6.5 x4.5
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Salt MIne Riots, India, 1930
Salt MIne Riots, India, 1930
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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crowds of people
crowds of people