Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title "Life on the Rail" Minnie Lysan Shoemaker & Minnie Kinter on fence at Bartram's Gardens [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1888
Date April 28, 1888
Physical Description 1 photograph: gelatin silver print; 4 x 5 in.
Description Photograph showing Minnie Tyson Shoemaker and Minnie Kimber seated on a wooden fence at the edge of a wooded path at Bartram's Gardens. The woman on the right holds a parasol and faces the woman on the left. Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris are in the background. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891.
Notes Photograph from negative number 1282.
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject Kimber, Maria Brinton Shoemaker, 1860-1931 -- Portraits.
Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1831-1914 -- Portraits.
Morris, Martha Canby, 1846-1919 -- Portraits.
Shoemaker, Mary Dawson Tyson, 1865?-1926 -- Portraits.
Fashion.
Fences -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Trails & paths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.)
Genre Gelatin silver prints.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2068]
Accession number P.9895.2068