Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title 715-19 Arch St[reet], Phila[delphia] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1887
Date 1887
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing a five-story building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The building has a storefront on the first level, awnings over the second story window, and the roof is decorated with a niche surmounted by a pediment and finials. A sign on the third floor reads, "Upper floors to let, 65x130, elevators & power." A horse-drawn cart rests on the road outside the building and a vacant lot surrounded by a fence stands on the right.
Notes 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 -- Homes and haunts.
Animals.
Carriages & coaches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Commercial streets -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 715-719.
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.13]
Accession number P.9895.104.13