Part of collection of over 2500 glass and film negatives, photographic prints, and lantern slides taken by amateur Philadelphia photographer Marriott C. Morris (1863-1948). A member of a prominent Quaker family descended from Philadelphia merchant Anthony Morris, Morris was also a philanthropist, executor and trustee of estates, and founder of the Germantown Boys’ Club. Images include formal and candid portraits of the extended Morris family and friends, views from family travels to Bermuda, the Poconos, and the family summer homes "Avocado" and “Cedar Mer” in Sea Girt, New Jersey. The collection also features numerous photographs of Germantown, including several depicting the exterior and interior of the family residence the Deshler-Morris House (5442 Germantown Ave) and Boys’ Parlor building and excursions.

Other images depict Philadelphia and the nearby area, including Haverford College, Pelham (Philadelphia, Pa.), Cedar Grove (Montgomery County, Pa.), Delaware Water Gap, and Olney, Pa.; Haddonfield, N.J., Wilmington, De.; Catskills; the coast of Maine; Lake Hopatcong, N.J.; the Natural Bridge, Va.; Baltimore, Md.; West Point, N.Y.; the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893; views of railroad excursions, including the Catawissa Railroad and Shenandoah Valley Railroad; and Pennsylvania and New Jersey Friends’ meeting houses. Also contains a small number of negatives photographed by the photographer’s mother Martha Canby Morris, and his brother Samuel Canby Morris.

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6706 Cresheim Road from N. corner. Jenny [Rhoads Morris] at sit[ting] room window [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of Marriott Morris' three-story stone house with a porch and timber framing at 6706 Cresheim Road. The windows on the third floor are open. A path runs through the lawn in front of the house next to a road. Jane Rhoads Morris is visible in a window on the second floor., Time: 9:00 AM, 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.
6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of Marriott Morris' two-story house with timber framing at 6706 Cresheim Road. A woman sits on the front porch stairs. A lawn extends to the right of the house separated from the road by a sidewalk and path leading to the entrance of the house. Trees grow in the lawn and behind the house., 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.
[6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence] [graphic].
Film negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' two-story house seen from across a road at 6706 Cresheim Road. The house has timber framing, a porch, ivy climbing up the front facade, and another house connected to the left. Two children play in the grass in front of the house and a woman stands on the porch., 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.
[6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence] [graphic].
Film negative showing the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris’ (right) at 6706. The house has two porches, timber framing and ivy climbing up the front facade. A woman and two children stand in the grass in front of Morris' house., 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.
[6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence] [graphic].
Film negative showing a view of the twin two-story house at 6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road, , including Marriott C. Morris’ (right) at 6706, seen from across the road through a group of trees. The house has timber framing, two porches, and ivy climbing up the front facade. 6704 Cresheim Road is obscured by the trees., 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.
[700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the buildings on Arch Street, including Fairbanks Co. (701 Arch Street), Strouse & Co. building for sale (711 Arch Street), Rubin & Kaufman Novelty Underwear (715 Arch Street), I.S. Custer & Son & Co. (721 Arch Street), and the Baxter Building (733 Arch Street). 715 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Novelty Underwear Co., Kaufman & Rubin, Manufacturers of Ladies' Undergarments, Children's and Infants' Dresses." The lot next to the building is under construction. On the far left, 733 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Baxter Building." Horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, and a trolley travel on the brick road below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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.
[700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the buildings on Arch Street, including Fairbanks Co. (701 Arch Street), Strouse & Co. building for sale (711 Arch Street), Rubin & Kaufman Novelty Underwear (715 Arch Street), I.S. Custer & Son & Co. (721 Arch Street), and the Baxter Building (733 Arch Street). 715 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Novelty Underwear Co., Kaufman & Rubin, Manufacturers of Ladies' Undergarments, Children's and Infants' Dresses." The one-story building next door has a sign that reads "George L. Sipps Carpenter Builder and Contractor [...] S. Seventh St." The lot next to the building is under construction. On the far left, 733 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Baxter Building." Pedestrians stand on the brick road below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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.
[700 block of Arch Street with fire ruins of Morris building] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of the 700 block of Arch Street with Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' building in ruins on the right. Horse-drawn carts travel down the brick street lined with trolley tracks and people walk down the sidewalk., 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.
715-17-19 Arch Street after fire of 2/23/1900 [graphic].
Glass negative showing the five-story building at 715-719 Arch Street owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris with damage to the upper stories from a fire. Telephone wires run between the building and the shorter building to the left. The fire started on February 23, 1900 at 721-723 Arch Street and spread to the buildings on either side., 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.
715-17-19 Arch Street after fire of 2/23/1900 [graphic].
Glass negative showing the five-story building at 715-719 Arch Street owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris with damage to the upper stories from a fire. Telephone wires run between the building and the shorter building to the left. The fire started on February 23, 1900 at 721-723 Arch Street and spread to the buildings on either side., 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.
715-19 Arch St[reet], Phila[delphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a five-story building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The building has a storefront on the first level, awnings over the second story window, and the roof is decorated with a niche surmounted by a pediment and finials. A sign on the third floor reads, "Upper floors to let, 65x130, elevators & power." A horse-drawn cart rests on the road outside the building and a vacant lot surrounded by a fence stands on the right., 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.
[715-719 Arch Street, Bowen, Dungan & Co. under reconstruction, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing showing a view of a large brick building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris under construction at 715-719 Arch Street. Telephone wires travel through the air in front of the building as wooden scaffolding shields the street below. Two signs hang from the scaffolding. The left sign reads "Bowen, Dungan & Co. have resumed business 728 Arch St." The right sign reads "Doyle & Doak Contractors and Builders [..] 609 Sansom St." A sign in the first floor window behind the scaffolding reads "Uncle Tom's Cabin Co." The building was damaged by a fire in 1900., See *P.9895.8.12 and *P.9895.8.13., 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.
[715-719 Arch Street, Bowen, Dungan & Co. under renovation, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of a large brick building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris under construction at 715-719 Arch Street. Telephone wires travel through the air in front of the building as wooden scaffolding shields the street below. Two signs hang from the scaffolding. The left sign reads "Bowen, Dungan & Co. have resumed business 728 Arch St." The right sign reads "Doyle & Doak Contractors and Builders [..] 609 Sansom St." A sign in the first floor window behind the scaffolding reads "Uncle Tom's Cabin Co." The building was damaged by a fire in 1900., See *P.9895.8.12 and *P.9895.8.13., 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.
[715 Arch Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Film negative showing a view of the five-story brick building at 715 Arch Street tenanted by Bowen, Dungan & Co. and Rubin & Kaufman. Awnings hang over the windows on the first and second floors. The top of the front facade is decorated with two cartouches, a pediment, and finials. A fire escape runs down the left side of the building over an adjacent lot, which is under construction., Title supplied by cataloger., 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.
[715 Arch Street, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the five-story brick building at 715 Arch Street tenanted by Bowen, Dungan & Co. and Rubin & Kaufman. Awnings hang over the windows on the first and second stories. The top of the front facade is decorated with two cartouches, a pediment, and finials. A fire escape runs down the left side of the building over an adjacent lot, which is under construction. Horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians travel on the street below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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.
7th & Filbert streets, [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets. Signs are also visible for Tom Keene Cigar on an adjacent building and on the relocated Philada Photo Electrotype Co. Designer & Engravers (705-707 Filbert Street). Includes the storefronts, adorned with signs, for Rider Erickson Engine Company; H.W.B. Conrad Publishers (705-707 Filbert Street); Quindlen Company Ladies Undergarments (707-709 Filbert Street); and Lit Brothers Jobbers in Cotton & Woolen Dress Goods (714-738 Filbert Street). For Sale and For Rent signs hang from the Quindlen Company building in the left. Telephone poles and wires line the brick road. A fire escape winds down the side of the four-story building (705-707 Filbert Street) in the center of the image. Philadelphia Photo Electroype Company relocated from the Filbert Street address in January 1894., 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.
7th + Filbert Sts., [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. In the center of the image, a three-story building stands on the corner. To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (705-707 Filbert Street). A smaller building closer to the center has a sign reading "G.W. Bean & Co. Perfumery." The buildings to the right display signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Appleton & Company Wallpapers" (44 N. 7th Street), and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). A man stands in the doorway of 44 N. 7th across from horse-drawn carts and carriages parked in the street., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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.
7th + Filbert Sts., [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. A three-story building stands on the corner in the center with a sign reading "D.M. Shirk Dry Goods" (701 Filbert Street). To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (707-709 Filbert Street). A sign on the front of the building reads "709 Ladies' Undergarments Quindlen & Co. [...] Dresses, 707." The buildings to the left have signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Phila. Tag Co. Label & Paper Cutting" (44 N. 7th Street), and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). Various people walk on the sidewalk while a carriage drives down the street., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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.
7th + Filbert Sts., [Philadelphia, PA] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. A three-story building stands on the corner in the center with a sign reading "D.M. Shirk Dry Goods" (701 Filbert Street). To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (707-709 Filbert Street). A sign on the front of the building reads "709 Ladies' Undergarments Quindlen & Co. [...] Dresses, 707." The buildings to the left have signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Phila. Tag Co. Label & Paper Cutting" (44 N. 7th Street), "Central Trunk Factory," and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). People walk on the sidewalk while a carriage drive down the street., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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.
7th + Filbert Sts., [Philadelphia, PA] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. In the center of the image, a three-story building stands on the corner. To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (705-707 Filbert Street). A smaller building closer to the center has a sign reading "G.W. Bean & Co. Perfumery." The buildings to the right display signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Appleton & Company Wallpapers" (44 N. 7th Street), and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). Various carriages drive down the street., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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.
The Academy, School L[ane] & Green St[reet] [Germantown] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the Germantown Academy, a two-story stone school building surrounded by trees at the corner of School Lane and Green Street. A metal fence surrounds the lawn in front of the building and a gate opens into a driveway on the right. A lamppost stands on the sidewalk ot the right of the gate. The Germantown Academy, a nonsectarian day school, was founded in 1759. The school had two headmasters at first, David James Dove for English-speaking students and Hilarius Becker for German-speaking students. The original schoolhouse with a prominent belfry was built in 1761. During the Revolutionary War, the school was used as a hospital and camp for the British. The school moved to Fort Washington in 1965., Time: 4:30, 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.
Airship over "American" building [graphic].
Film negative showing a blimp flying near a building with lettering reading "American" in Germantown during the 225th anniversary of the founding of Germantown. The side of the blimp reads "The Inquirer Airship." The original Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Title from note on original envelope: 10-7-1908-Airship over Amer. Bldg., 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.
A.J. Cassatt's house. "Scip" in foreground. [Cheswold, Cheswold Lane above Haverford Train Station] [graphic].
Glass negative showing A.J. Cassatt's large multi-story home with a wide lawn in front. Scip, a medium-sized piebald dog, sits on the lawn in the foreground. Cassatt was the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and brother to the painter Mary Cassatt., Photographer remarks: Over-developed I think. V [varnished] Prints pretty well on albumen paper., Time: 1:30 PM, Light: Bright, Dog in foreground is partially obscured by abrasion to the emulsion., 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.
Albertine [paddleboat] at Highlands, [NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the paddleboat Albertine entering the harbor at Highlands, N.J. through the Sandy Hook Bay. The boat carries people on both of its decks and has a large smokestack rising from the center. Wooden docks and platforms stand in the water behind the boat., 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.
Alice & Bessie sketching below overflow, (Backs), [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Alice Shipley and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris seated on a riverbank near Sea Girt with their backs turned toward the camera. There is a case to their right, a bag to their left, and tree roots twisting behind them. A small boat with the word "Thalatt[a]" painted on the side is anchored to the nearby tree with a chain. They wear long white dresses with hats., Time: 12:35, 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.
Alice Shipley & B[essie] C. M[orris] with wagon marking out tennis court, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Alice Shipley and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris marking out the lines of a tennis court with a small wagon. They wear long dresses with bustles and hats ., Time: 12:30, Light: No 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.
Alice [Shipley] & Bessie hauling down flag, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Alice Shipley and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris taking an American flag down from a flagpole. A small black dog stands in the grass next to Morris on the left. Both women wear long dark dresses with bustles. The ocean is visible in the distance., Time: 3:15, Light: Sun out brightly., 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.
Alice Shipley & Bessie in woods near overflow, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Alice Shipley and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on a bench in a woodland setting at Sea Girt. Both women wear hats and long white dresses and next to them on the bench is a box and various other small objects., Time: 11:40, 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.
Allen C. Thomas' [history and literature] class room, No. 61 Founder's Hall, [Haverford College] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Allen C. Thomas' classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College. Pupil chairs with attached desks are arranged in rows. A larger desk stacked with books sits at the front of the room. Behind the desk is a blackboard and the adjacent wall is filled with maps. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built. Thomas graduated from Haverford College in 1865 and returned as an instructor in 1878. After getting his masters in history in 1882, he continued as a professor of rhetoric and history until 1909. He also worked extensively with the library until 1912., Photographer remarks: Slightly overtimed & underdeveloped., Time: 4:30, Light: Fair no 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.
Among crowd on beach, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a crowd of people on the beach for Ocean Day. Men, women and children browse through various stalls set up on either side of a pathway. A man in the foreground holds a pile of wooden sticks bundled in a blanket under one arm. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Time: 11:20, 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.
Anna H. Chase and camera, taking view in park [graphic].
Glass negative showing Anna H. Chase taking a photograph using a camera standing on a tripod, possibly at Crescent Park, Sea Girt. A box of equipment sits at her feet. She wears a wide-brimmed hat and a long dress., Photographer remarks: Underdeveloped, I think. Intens. 1,10,'85, Time: 1:10, Light: Weak, no sun., The negative is very light., 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.
Anne & Mary Emlen sitting on beach, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Mary Emlen and Anne Emlen sitting on the beach at Sea Girt. The woman on the left leans up against the other women and shields her eyes from the sun. Both women wear long white dresses with their hair pulled back in buns., Time: 3:05, Light: Light same as last. [No sun but a fairly good light.], 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.
Anne M. Wistar's room at Howard Comfort's. Anne at desk [graphic].
Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' second cousin Anne Morris Wistar seated at a desk in a richly decorated interior in the residence of her brother-in-law Howard Comfort. Photographs decorate the desk, dresser, mirror and walls. Other decorations include fans, hats, scarves and a floral wallpaper. Wistar wears a high-necked dress with a bustle., Time: 5:45, 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.
Another view of L[ake] Hopatcong from back of Mrs. Bryants [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of Lake Hopatcong seen from a distance across a field. The lakeshore is lined with trees and a wooden fence stands in the field next to the road. Lake Hopatcong, the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, became a popular resort destination after rail service came to the area in 1882. By the 1940s and 1950s, it had become mostly residential., Photographer remarks: Taken from the road., Time: 1:20 P.M., Light: good 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.
Another view of side yard, Avocado with fence, (clothesline in foreground), [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of a path running to the left of the Morris family home Avocado. A wooden fence separates the path from a grove of trees. Trees and grass also grow on the right side of the path. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., 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.
Another view of the old fireplace [in old Morris house at Cedar Grove] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of the kitchen at the old Morris family home, Cedar Grove, with a large fireplace. A row of clothes irons sits on the mantle and a wooden chair sits to the right of the fireplace. A bucket of firewood rests beneath a small oven to the left of the fire. Built by Elizabeth Coates Paschall in 1748-1750, Cedar Grove was a summer retreat and home for the Paschall-Morris family into the nineteenth century. The last family owner, Marriott Morris' second cousin once removed, Lydia Thompson Morris, lived in the house from 1869 to 1888. In 1926 she donated the house to the Fairmount Park Commission, when it was dismantled and moved from its original Frankford location to Fairmount Park., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 4:05, Light: Sun out some., 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.
[Anthony Wayne monument, Valley Forge, PA] [graphic].
Film negative showing a statue of Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) on horseback mounted on a stone pedestal at Valley Forge. Wayne wears a tricorn hat and cape. The pedestal is situated on a grassy hill surrounded by a path. From December 1777 to June 1778, the Continental Army camped at Valley Forge. The area became Pennsylvania’s first state park in 1893. Wayne was a general for the Continental army and fought at the battle of Germantown. The statue is a duplicate of the Stony Brook monument designed by sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown. It was dedicated in 1908., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, 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.
Arc du Triomphe, Paris. Copy [graphic].
Glass negative showing a page of an open book with a photograph of the Arc du Triomphe. Behind the book is the unfocused pattern of a porch railing., Photographer remarks: From a picture of J.E. Wilkinson's, Light: sun out, 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.
Arch of cedar trees on S. shore of Wreck Pond, showing pond & Monmouth House, [Spring Lake, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a landscape view of a group of trees standing on a grassy hill. Wreck Pond is visible between the trees with Monmouth House in the distance. Monmouth House was the first major hotel in Spring Lake, completed in 1876. It burned down in 1900, was rebuilt, and remained until 1974. Spring Lake was a coastal resort area popular in the late 19th and early 20th century., Time: 4, Light: Fine 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.
Arch of trees over creek in Rain woods, at Uncle Samuel's, [Olney, PA] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of a creek with a wooden fence running over it at Marriott Morris' uncle Samuel Morris' house. Trees stand precariously on the steep banks, their branches reaching across the stream. A woman, likely Morris' cousin Hannah Perot Morris, stands near the stream in the background., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 3:30, 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.

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