Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Life on the rail, Minnie Tyson Shoemaker & Minnie Kimber on fence at Bartram's Garden [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1888
Date April 28, 1888
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing Minnie Tyson Shoemaker and Minnie Kimber, one holding a parasol, sitting on the rail of a wooden fence at Bartram's Gardens. They wear long, black dresses. Another woman sits on a fallen tree further down the hill beyond the fence. A path curves to the right past the fence and a group of trees. Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris stand to the left. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891.
Notes Time: 1
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 Kimber, Maria Brinton Shoemaker, 1860-1931 -- Portraits.
Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1831-1914 -- Portraits.
Morris, Martha Canby, 1846-1919 -- Portraits.
Shoemaker, Mary Dawson Tyson, 1865?-1926 -- Portraits.
Fashion.
Fences -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Trails & paths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1282]
Accession number P.9895.1282