Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1940
Description:
Three different b/w snapshots of same person: smiling Webb Miller in United Press uniform.
.0095a: 5.25 X 7". In ink on back: "Spring 1940, I think."
.0095b: 2.5 x 3.25" yellowed print. In ink on back: "The late Webb Miller ...War Correspondent."
.0095c: 4.6 x 6.5" tan cardboard holder, yellowed snapshot. Cardboard frame has come loose
.0095a: 5.25 X 7". In ink on back: "Spring 1940, I think."
.0095b: 2.5 x 3.25" yellowed print. In ink on back: "The late Webb Miller ...War Correspondent."
.0095c: 4.6 x 6.5" tan cardboard holder, yellowed snapshot. Cardboard frame has come loose
Object ID:
2007—0012.0095a—c
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005489a—c
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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U.P uniform Spring 1940
Spring 1940
U.P uniform Spring 1940
Spring 1940