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[Elwell's Bicycle Party (all but 7) on croquet ground, back of Hamilton Hotel, Bermuda] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
[Elwell's Bicycle Party (all but 7) on croquet ground, back of Hamilton Hotel, Bermuda] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia 1886
Date
March 21, 1886
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing a large group of men and women gathered on a covered porch decorated with latticework behind Hamilton Hotel. Some of the men and women stand, and others sit on chairs in front of the railing. A bicycle with a large from wheel sits on the left. The women wear long high-necked dresses and hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Frank A. Elwell was part of the League of American Wheelmen and conducted bicycle tours through Europe, America, and Bermuda beginning around 1884. He added ladies tours in 1892.
Notes
Same as last.
Photographer remarks: Better negative- W.A. French took off cap for this & last one, no. 873.
The upper left corner of the negative is missing.
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
Elwell, Frank A. -- Friends and associates.
Hamilton Hotel (Bermuda Islands)
Bicycles & tricycles -- Bermuda Islands.
Cyclists -- Bermuda Islands.
Fashion.
Group portraits.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Bermuda Islands.
Hamilton (Bermuda Islands)
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.874]
Accession number
P.9895.874
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Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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