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Photographic print of Joseph Phillipps

early 20th century

Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A photographic print Joseph Phillipps. Phillipps, featured from the waist up, is wearing a jacket, vest, shirt and bow tie with a zig-zag pattern. A chain from a pocket watch is visible on the vest. Phillipps looks to the left of the photograph. The photograph is mounted on heavier stock paper that has an inscription at the bottom that reads: [Thos. B. Cowan / 120 Second St. Monongahela, Pa.]. The back of the mount has an inscription that identifies the subject of the photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2013.46.29.68

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