File:Group of railroad workers (trainmen), including John L Miller, Seattle, ca 1916-1919 (PORTRAITS 705).jpg

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English: Group of railroad workers (trainmen), including John L. Miller, Seattle, ca. 1916-1919   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Miller, Walter P.
Title
English: Group of railroad workers (trainmen), including John L. Miller, Seattle, ca. 1916-1919
Description
English:

I.W.W. member Jack Miller second row, third from left.

Handwritten on verso: Walter P. Miller, Commercial Photographer, Phone 8878, 230 Henry Building, Seattle, WA

PH Coll 85.2

John (Jack) Leonard Miller was born on November 3, 1889 in Dayton, Kentucky. At 12 he left home and traveled around the country. He worked as a coal miner in Danville, Virginia and a harvester in the Midwest. Because of his interest in workers' rights, Miller joined the United Mine Workers while in Virginia. He joined the Socialist Party while he was in Canada and the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) in 1916. He moved to Seattle in early 1916 and was on board the VERONA during the Everett Massacre of November, 1916. He married Violet Wilson in 1924. Miller held various jobs and began writing. He continued to rally for workers' rights and, upon his retirement, became a lobbyist for fair treatment of senior citizens. In addition, he gave lectures and interviews regarding the Everett Massacre and wrote short stories. He died due to a heart ailment in 1986 at age 96. He was the last living survivor of the Everett Massacre.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad employees
  • Subjects (LCSH): Miller, John Leonard, 1889-1986, Portraits, Group--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place Seattle
Date circa between 1916 and 1919
date QS:P571,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: silver gelatin; b&w
Dimensions height: 9 in (22.8 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,9U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
705
Source
English: Portraits Collection
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Order Number
InfoField
POR683

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