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Old Littell-Morris house, Main & High Sts., showing also Dr. Dunton's house &c., [Germantown] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Old Littell-Morris house, Main & High Sts., showing also Dr. Dunton's house &c., [Germantown] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1890
Date
April 25, 1890
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 5 x 8 in.
Description
Glass negative showing a view of the Morris-Littel House at 5933 Germantown Avenue, seen from across the brick road lined with trolley tracks. A low stone wall separates the house from the sidewalk and trees grow both in the lawn and in planters next to the road. The Morris-Littell House belonged to the Morris and Littell families from 1776 to 1888 when it was purchased by E.H. Butler. Dr. Christopher Wit (1675-1765) planted one of the first botanical gardens in America on the property. The house was the residence of Ann Willing Morris (1767-1853) from 1812 to 1853. Her daughters, Elizabeth Carrington Morris (1795-1865) and Margaretta Hare Morris (1797-1867) were a botanist and an entomologist respectively. Margaretta Morris was also the first woman elected to the Pennsylvania Academy of Natural Sciences. The house was torn down in 1915 after the construction of the Germantown High School.
Notes
Time: 12:30
Light: Faint sun.
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
Dunton, William R., 1868-1966 -- Homes and haunts.
Littell family -- Homes and haunts.
Morris family -- Homes and haunts.
Morris, Elizabeth Carrington, 1795-1865 -- Homes and haunts.
Morris, Margaretta Hare, 1797-1867 -- Homes and haunts.
Morris-Littell House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5933.
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1523]
Accession number
*P.9895.1523
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Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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