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Old [De la Plaine] house, N.E. cor. School Lane & Main St., [Germantown] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Old [De la Plaine] house, N.E. cor. School Lane & Main St., [Germantown] [graphic].
Date
August 30, 1883
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing the De la Plaine House at 5521-5523 Germantown Avenue, a three-story stone building located on the corner and previously owned by the Morris family. The first floor houses a shop with some of its wares displayed outside. A horse-drawn cart stands on the street in front of the building. James De la Plaine settled in Germantown in 1691. Before his death in 1750, he built a house. It was afterward owned by E.B. Paramore and used as a corner store before the Germantown Mutual Fire Insurance Company bought the property in 1885. The Rev. B. Wistar Morris also lived here before he became a bishop in Oregon.
Notes
Photographer remarks: Good negative
Time: 2 P.M.
Light: Faint sun
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
Morris family -- Homes and haunts.
De la Plaine House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Animals.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5521-5523.
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.170]
Accession number
P.9895.170
In Collections
Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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