Creator |
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. |
Title |
[Cos. Lill, Bella & Edith & Morris Wistar. Cos. Lizzie & John & Anchen Morris & Bess. Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown
Avenue] [graphic].
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Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1887 |
Date |
May 12, 1887 |
Physical Description |
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. |
Description |
Glass negative showing a group portrait in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott
C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Morris' third cousins Anna Stokes Morris, John Stokes Morris, and Elizabeth Wistar,
Morris' second cousin once removed Elizabeth Stokes Morris, and Morris' third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar, Edith
Wistar, and Joshua Morris Wistar. Two of the women sit in the front row with Anna Morris leaning against the woman on the
right and John Morris leaning against the woman on the left. The others stand behind them. David Deshler built the original
four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold
to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow
fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s
son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century,
when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown
White House in 2009.
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Notes |
Same group as last but in a different position. |
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Photographer remarks: A little undertimed. |
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Time: 2:05 |
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Light: Faint sun. |
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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.
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Edited. |
Subject |
Morris, Anna Stokes, 1879-1935 -- Portraits. |
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Morris, Elizabeth Canby, 1867-1947 -- Portraits. |
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Morris, Elizabeth Stokes, 1850- -- Portraits. |
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Morris family -- Homes and haunts. |
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Morris, John Stokes, 1873-1911 -- Portraits. |
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Wistar, Elizabeth Buckley Morris, 1849-1925 -- Portraits. |
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Wistar, Anabelle Cresson, 1872- -- Portraits. |
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Wistar, Edith, 1874-1909 -- Portraits. |
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Wistar, Joshua Morris, 1879-1958 -- Portraits. |
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Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Children. |
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Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Group portraits. |
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Women. |
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Philadelphia artists. |
Geographic subject |
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442. |
Genre |
Glass negatives. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1121] |
Accession number |
P.9895.1121 |