Collection:
Webb Miller
Date:
1916
Description:
B/w photgraphic postcard with a bird's eye view of Columbus, NM. A few men on horseback at lower center front with several one—story buildings behind them. On the back is written: "The 'cow—town' of Columbus. The x is where I first lived. The picture shows all of the town —— and ruins of Villa's raid. Notice the boundless desert —— flat as a floor for hundreds of miles —— only sage & mesquite & cactus."
Object ID:
2007—0012.0005
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
People:
Miller, Webb
Other #:
P005399
Print Size:
5.5 x 3.5"
Search Terms:
Webb Miller
Columbus, NM, l915
Columbus, NM, l915
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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birds eye view of columbus N.M
birds eye view of columbus N.M