Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1938
Description:
B/w snapshot of head and chest of smiling Webb Miller, possibly on same ice skating area as .0088 in Scandinavia. Back side looks as if it could be used as a postcard.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0089
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005483
Print Size:
4.1 x 5.9"
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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Head shot of Miller
Head shot of Miller