colbyColgateClevelandPhotos_phillipsFamily_ _001

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title: Joseph E. Phillips

subject: Phillips, Joseph, 1811-1869

description: A sepia-toned photograph of Joseph Phillips, one of the founders of the Scythe Factory in Scytheville, NH. He met and worked with Richard Messer of New London, in Fitchburg MA, learning the scythe trade. They came to New London in 1835 and began what was to become a very successful business through the 1800's. In this photograph, he is about 40 years old.

source: Phillips Family, Box 9, Folder 55, Colby Colgate Cleveland Photographic Materials, MS2001.086

publisher: Colby-Sawyer College, Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives

date: approximately 1850

rights: Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to the Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives.

format: image/jpeg

type: Image

identifier: colbyColgateClevelandPhotos_phillipsFamily_ _001

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