Lewis Patrick Phillips, former judge, tending his garden, Downey, 1922

Title: Lewis Patrick Phillips, former judge, tending his garden, Downey, 1922
Date Created: July 1922
Date: 1922-07
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph appears with the article, Smith, Burton L., "Father Fought In Revolution. Ex-Judge Links Independence War With Present. Still Active Although He is 91 Years Old. Has Vivid Recollection of Hero Parent." Los Angeles Times, 22 Jul. 1922:II1.
Former justice of the peace Lewis Patrick Phillips tending the garden of his Downey home. He was interviewed for a newspaper article because at that time he was the last remaining living son of a man who belonged to the Continental Army.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Phillips, Lewis P. Judge. Downey.
Text from newspaper caption: He is Last Son of the Revolution. Judge Lewis Patrick Phillips at His Downey Home, Where, despite his 91 years, he keeps fit by cutting his lawn and tending the garden.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Phillips, Lewis Patrick, 1831-1926
Sons of the Revolution. California Society
Location: Downey (Calif.)
Longitude: 33.943098
Latitude: -118.131967
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judges--California--Downey

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h98s3
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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