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 and four women sitting and standing in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442
Germantown Avenue. Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris sits in the center next to their son Elliston Perot Morris
Jr. Their other son, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., sits in front of the group holding two flags. The other children likely include
Morris' 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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Rhoads, Jane Gibbons, 1870-1950 -- 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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Group portraits. |
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Women. |
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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.2017.38.13] |
Accession number |
P.2017.38.13 |