Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title [Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, PA] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1887
Date April 30, 1887
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing the Isaac Potts House, a stone two-story house with shuttered windows and two chimneys at Valley Forge. A wooden fence runs along the left side of the building. From December 1777 to June 1778, the Continental Army camped at Valley Forge. The area became Pennsylvania’s first state park in 1893. George Washington’s headquarters was in the Isaac Potts House, built circa 1773.
Notes Photographer remarks: wh. had 14 sec.
Time: 4:15
There is a circular area of different exposure in the center of the plate.
Same on plate having copy of Photo "Afrique."
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 Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Valley Forge (Pa.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1115]
Accession number P.9895.1115