Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1936
Description:
.0064a: B/w photogaph of two men. Man on left (Webb Miller) is holdlng a glass in his right hand, man on right gesturing with his hands.
.0064b: 10 x 8" b/w snapshot, slightly out of focus, of heads and chests of two men wearing big smiles lying on their backs on grass
.0064c: two snapshots of two men (Webb Miller on left) lying on grass, 3.75 x 2.5". On a strip of paper attached to the back side: "Webb Miller and Wallace Smith in Hollywood, February, 1936, training for covering the next war —— which will be fought in the air.".
.0064d: two b/w snapshots, 2.5 x 3.75" of two smiling men lying on their backs on grass. Top photo is the same as .0064b.
.0064b: 10 x 8" b/w snapshot, slightly out of focus, of heads and chests of two men wearing big smiles lying on their backs on grass
.0064c: two snapshots of two men (Webb Miller on left) lying on grass, 3.75 x 2.5". On a strip of paper attached to the back side: "Webb Miller and Wallace Smith in Hollywood, February, 1936, training for covering the next war —— which will be fought in the air.".
.0064d: two b/w snapshots, 2.5 x 3.75" of two smiling men lying on their backs on grass. Top photo is the same as .0064b.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0064a—d
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Smith, Wallace
Smith, Wallace
Other #:
P005458a—d
Print Size:
8 x 10"
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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two men sitting on grass
two men laying on grass
two pictures of two men
men pointing at sky
two men sitting on grass
two men laying on grass
two pictures of two men
men pointing at sky