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Back view of 4774 Main Street [Bruner & George Livery] from door of new stable. [Germantown] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Back view of 4774 Main Street [Bruner & George Livery] from door of new stable. [Germantown] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1891
Date
April 15, 1891
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 6.5 x 8.5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing a view of the rear of Bruner and George Livery at 5434 Germantown Avenue, a two-story stone building. A wooden fence separates the building from the neighboring buildings. A wooden shed stands in the lawn behind the building next to a pile of stones and other debris. Bruner and George were a livery and boarding stables in Germantown, Philadelphia owned by Henry B. Bruner and Riter W. George. The business existed from circa 1858 to circa 1918. This property was owned by William Ashmead, a wagon manufacturer, after the American Revolution. Elliston Perot Morris bought the building in 1907.
Notes
Photographer remarks: Before alteration of old house.
Time: 10:30
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
Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1831-1914 -- Homes and haunts.
Bruner & George.
Stables -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5434.
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1622]
Accession number
*P.9895.1622
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Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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