Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1926
Description:
B/w glossy snapshot of blindfolded man on his hands and knees on a padded mat reaching toward another blindfolded person. Other people sitting and standing watching. Written in ink on the back: "The winning shot of the slugging contest. I am whacking a Polish Jew boy right heartily over the head. This is the shot that won the prize."
Object ID:
2007—0012.0029
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005423
Print Size:
4.5 x 6.3
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
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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winning shot of slugging
winning shot of slugging