Details
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 four women standing in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris stands in the center wearing a long dress and a shawl. The two women next to her wear white blouses, black skirts, and hats. The woman on the right wears a white dress. A small black dog stands in front of the women. 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.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Manuscript note on original envelope: Wood, Canby, Morris kids after parade, also older folks 5442 G'tn Ave (house not shown).
Gift of David M. Morris.
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 family -- Homes and haunts.
Rhoads, Jane Gibbons, 1870-1950 -- Portraits.
Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Animals.
Dogs.
Fashion.
Group portraits.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442.
Genre Film negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.14]
Accession number P.2017.38.14