Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Shutter picture from [railroad] car window of Shenandoah River, [VA] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1886
Date October 12, 1886
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing a view of the Shenandoah river taken from the car of a railroad train. Each bank is lined with trees, their branches reflected in the water. A mountain rises in the distance and is visible through the trees.
Notes Time: 4:30
The emulsion is flaking off the plate, especially in the lower right and upper left corners.
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 Mountains -- Virginia.
Railroads -- Virginia -- Shenandoah River.
Rivers -- Virginia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Shenandoah River (Va. and W. Va.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1036]
Accession number P.9895.1036