Creator |
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. |
Title |
[Morris family and others after the 225th anniversary of Germantown parade] [graphic]. |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1908 |
Date |
October 6, 1908 |
Physical Description |
1 photograph: film negative; 7 x 12 cm (2.75 x 4.75 in). |
Description |
Film negative showing seven children marching in line in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue.
The two boys in the middle carry American flags and wear sailor suits. The girl in the center wears a large bow in her hair.
The children likely include Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., his first cousins
once removed Marjorie Wistar Canby and William Marriott Canby, and his third cousins twice removed Morris Wistar Wood, Anabella
Bonnyman Wood, and Horatio Curtis Wood. 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 |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Manuscript note on original envelope: Wood, Canby, Morris kids after parade, also older folks 5442 G'tn Ave (house not shown). |
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Gift of David M. Morris. |
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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 |
Canby, Marjorie Wistar, 1899-1973 -- Portraits. |
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Canby, William Marriott, III, 1903-1971 -- Portraits. |
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Morris, Elliston Perot, Jr., 1899-1980 -- Portraits. |
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Morris family -- Homes and haunts. |
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Morris, Marriott Canby, Jr., 1900-1992 -- Portraits. |
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Wood, Anabella Bonnyman, 1902-1926 -- Portraits. |
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Wood, Horatio Curtis, 1903- -- Portraits. |
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Wood, M. Wistar (Morris Wistar), 1899-1980 -- Portraits. |
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Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Children. |
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Fashion. |
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Girls. |
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Philadelphia artists. |
Geographic subject |
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442. |
Genre |
Film negatives. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.12] |
Accession number |
P.2017.38.12 |