Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Copy of large group picture of [F.A.] Elwell European Bicycle party of 1890 taken at Zurich [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1891
Date March 19, 1891
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative of a photograph showing the F.A. Elwell European Bicycle party of over a dozen young men posed in front of a large American flag and taken at Zurich. Some men sit on the ground, others sit on a low wall and the back row of the group stands. Some of the men wear three-piece suits while others do not wear suit jackets. The background also includes a backdrop depicting a townscape and the Alps. 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 Written in the lower right corner of original photograph: Ph. Link, Photograph, Zürich.
Photographer remarks: overtimed - intensified 6/14 '91
Light: Fair 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 Elwell, Frank A. -- Friends and associates.
Cyclists -- Switzerland -- Zurich.
Fashion.
Flags -- American.
Group portraits.
Photographs.
Tourists -- Switzerland -- Zurich.
Philadelphia artists.
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1617]
Accession number P.9895.1617