Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title [Launching the canoes, Atsion River, New Jersey] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1906
Date May 18 & 19, 1906
Physical Description 1 photograph: film negative; 3 x 4 in.
Description Film negative showing two men pushing a canoe over a fallen log into the Atsion River, i.e. Mullica River. Another man sits on the log to the left and a woman stands on the bank to the right, obscured by foliage. They all wear hats. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City.
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 Canoes -- New Jersey -- Mullica River.
Fashion.
Rivers -- New Jersey.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Mullica River (N.J.)
Genre Film negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.52]
Accession number P.2013.13.52