Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Contributor Deshler, David, architect.
Title [Family group at back porch of Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main St. Father, Bess, Hannah, Mother, Aunt Lydia, Uncle Charles Rhoads, Auntie Beulah. Geo. S. Morris & Catherine Harman. Germantown] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1889
Date April 14, 1889
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 5 x 8 in.
Description Glass negative showing a group of Marriott C. Morris' family, including his aunt Beulah Sansom Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin Hannah Perot Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, aunt Lydia Spencer Morris, and cousin George Spencer Morris, as well as Catherine Harman gathered on the Deshler-Morris House porch at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women and one man sit in chairs in the front row while another woman sits behind them. Three of the men and two of the women stand in the back. The women wear long, high-necked dresses. Three of the women wear bonnets. The men wear three piece suits. 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.
Notes Photographer remarks: Longer exposure.
Time: 3:20
Light: Good -sun out.
Same group as last.
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, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1831-1914 -- Portraits.
Morris, Martha Canby, 1846-1919 -- Portraits.
Morris, Elizabeth Canby 1867-1947 -- Portraits.
Rhoads, Beulah Sansom Morris, 1829-1923 -- Portraits.
Rhoads, Charles, 1828-1903 -- Portraits.
Morris, George Spencer, 1867-1922 -- Portraits.
Morris, Hannah Perot, 1854-1931
Morris, Lydia Spencer, 1829-1903 -- Portraits.
Harman, Catherine, approximately 1809-1891 -- Portraits.
Morris family -- Homes and haunts.
Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fashion.
Group portraits.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442.
Genre Glass negatives.
Associated name Deshler, David, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1504]
Accession number *P.9895.1504