Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title [Patriotic decorations on building facade near the Germantown Boys' Club, 10 W. Penn Germantown] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1909
Date March 1909
Physical Description 1 photograph: film; 3 x 4 in.
Description Film negative showing a view of a building draped with American flags and patriotic bunting. A group of men works on the Germantown Boys' Club addition next to a brick wall and a pile of boards in the foreground. Founded in 1887, the Boys’ Parlors Association of Germantown served as a safe space for neighborhood children whose parents worked longer hours in an industrializing city. The name changed in 1907 to the Germantown Boys’ Club after joining ranks with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Marriott Canby Morris served as the president of the club in the first decade of the 1900s. The Club originally rented a building on Rittenhouse Street starting in 1890. The main club building was constructed 1898-1899, with an addition built in 1909.
Notes 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 Germantown Boys' Club (Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Flags -- American.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Penn Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Film negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.105.4]
Accession number P.9895.105.4