The World Wide Webb Miller
Description:
B/w photographic postcard of three men and a women seated at a cloth—covered table at an open—air restaurant. On the address side is a note from Webb in Vienna to Mrs Miller in London
Dimensions:
H—3.5 W—5.55 inches
Date:
1933
Notes:
Webb Miller was born in 1891 in Sumnerville/Pokagon, graduated from Dowagiac High School around 1910, and went on to become a journalist in Chicago. He covered the Pancho Villa insurrection at the Mexican border in 1915 and landed a job at the United Press. He stayed with UP and covered World War I, Gandhi, Ethiopian War, Spanish Civil War, and came to head UP Europe. He died a mysterious death in 1940.
The collection came from the donor's niece, who received the collection from Webb Miller's daughter—in—law Helene MIller.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0211
Object Name:
Postcard
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller