Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Bed of Naaman's Creek, [Claymont, DE], looking up toward railroad bridge. Mother on a large rock [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1886
Date November 11, 1886
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing Martha Canby Morris sitting on a large rock on the left bank of Naaman Creek. The creek has a rocky riverbed and both banks are lined with trees. The railroad bridge is visible through the trees in the background. Naaman Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River, running through New Castle County, Del. and Delaware County, Pa.
Notes Time: 10:40
Light: Good 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, Martha Canby, 1846-1919 -- Portraits.
Railroad bridges -- Delaware -- Claymont.
Streams -- Delaware.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Claymont (Del.)
Naaman Creek (Del.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1063]
Accession number P.9895.1063