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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[Charles & Phoebe Wright's Cottage and Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ] [grapihc].
Glass negative showing a view of Charles and Phoebe Wright's house and the Morris famiy home Avocado. Each multi-story home has wide porches and grassy front lawns. Avocado on the right features a tower with a balcony and tracery decoration in the gables. The Wright house on the left is made of stone and has a crenellated roof life. Trees grow behind the houses and a sand dune extends beyond the lawns in front. 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. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., 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.
[Charles & Phoebe] Wright's house from the back by the stable. Men putting on shutters. [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the rear of Charles and Phoebe Wright's large four-story house. A drive lined with trees leads to the house as two men install shutters on the fourth-floor windows. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 3:15 PM, 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.
[Charles & Phoebe] Wright's new house from road in Park at Sea Girt near tennis court [graphic].
Glass negative showing a dirt road lined with wheel tracks leading to a house owned by Charles and Phoebe Wright. Only the rooftop of the house is visible through the trees that line the road. The house is made of brick and has a crenellated ridgeline. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Photographer remarks: Day of arrival at Sea Girt., Time: 5, Light: Strong 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.
C[harles] B. Wright's new house at Sea Girt, [NJ] from N.E. [graphic].
Glass negative showing Charles Wright's multi-story brick home with a manicured lawn. The three-story house has a porch, central tower, and crenellated ridgeline. The roof of another building is visible behind the houes, partially obscured by trees. A dirt road runs to the right of the house. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 7:45, 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.
Charles J. Wister's house, [Grumblethorpe], no. 4661 Main St. opp. Queen St., [Germantown] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Grumblethorpe, a two-story stone house with shuttered windows and ivy climbing the side wall at 5267 Germantown Avenue. A fence with a gate extends to the right and a sidewalk and brick road run in front of the house. Built by John Wister in 1744, Grumblethorpe was the home of the Wister family for over 160 years. Named by Wister’s son, Charles J. Wister, it was a working farm through the late nineteenth century. By the 20th century, it served as a museum and part of Colonial Germantown Historic District., Time: 12:10, 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.
Charles James Rhoads & Sam[uel] B[uckley] Morris in backyard, 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Samuel Buckley Morris, Marriott Morris' brother, and Charles James Rhoads, Morris' Aunt Beulah's nephew, as boys with a dog under the branches of a leafy tree in the backyard of the Deshler-Morris House. The boy on the right wears a light colored suit and a cap and sits next to a tree with a bat under his arm. The boy in the center wears a dark colored suit with a dark hat and stands with one arm raised over the dog and a bat in his other hand. A planter stands to the left of the group and the rear of the house and a large tree are visible in the background. 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., No. 19., 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.
Charley Rhoads & Sam melting bullets at Sea Girt, [NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris and his Aunt Beulah's nephew Charles Rhoads wearing hats seated on the ground next to a small pile of stacked bricks. They hold spoons and a square metal tin., Photographer remarks: Very good neg., Time: 4:40, 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.
Charlie Huston & Morris Leeds pulling Bessie Carter on a wood sled, [end of Eagle Lake, Mount Desert Island, ME] [graphic].
Glass negative showing Charlie Huston (Haverford College class of 1875) and Morris Leeds (class of 1888) pulling Bessie Carter seated on a wooden sled at Mount Desert Island. A forest of slender trees lines the path and two horses are visible among the trees in the background. Carter wears a long, high-necked dress and wide brimmed hat. One of the men wears a suit jacket and both men wear hats. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Time: 5, Light: Good sun., Same place as last., 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.
Cherry tree in our garden, in bloom, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a cherry tree in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A fence lined with low shrubbery runs down the left side of the lawn. A house is visible in the background on the left. 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., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 9:30, Light: Faint 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.
Chester County House, Atlantic City [graphic].
Glass negative showing a large three-story building with a sign reading "Chester County House." The building has a wide porch and wraparound balconies on the second and third floors. A dirt road runs to the right and another tall building stands in the distance on the left The Chester County House, an Atlantic City hotel, was in use by 1862. In 1908 it was bought and renamed Netherland, later renamed again to Lexington. It was demolished in 1967. The hotel gained notoriety when the 1870 discussions between proprietor Jacob Keim and railroad conductor Alexander Boardman about the construction of a boardwalk were held on the premises., No. 17., 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.
Chestnut St. looking E. from top of Wanamakers arch, [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of Chestnut Street seen from above during the Centennial celebrations. The street is filled with carriages and people. American flags fly from each story of the buildings on either side of the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 4:30, Light: Faint 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.
Chew House, [Cliveden], from drive, [Germantown] [graphic].
Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Time: 12:30, Light: Fair, no sun., The negative is very light and has faded to a light yellow., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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.
Chief Justice Chew's coach, [Manheim Fete] [graphic].
Film negative showing the late Justice Benjamoin Chew's ornate carriage standing in a field surrounded by onlookers at the Manheim Fete. The Manheim Club, later known as the Germantown Cricket Club, was founded in 1854 and is the second oldest surviving cricket club in the United States. The 1912 Fete was celebrated for the benefit of the Germantown Hospital., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a]., 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.
Children at Meadow Farm & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. [graphic].
Film negative showing a group of children posing near a tree at Meadow Farm, including Marrott C. Morris' son Marrott Canby Morris Jr. Four boys stand around a carriage which holds a girl. Another girl sits on a tree branch close to the ground in from of them. Meadow Farm house was built between 1825 and 1830 by Isaac or Aquila Massey. A small dwelling that likely existed on this site during the revolution was incorporated into the main structure. The house went through numerous additions and alterations, including the addition of the summer porch in 1895., Inscription on negative: Meadow Farm 8/4, 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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.
Children lined up at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Film negative showing a group of boys and girls standing in a line along a garden path at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The smallest children stand on the left while the taller ones stand on the right. The girls wear white dresses with ribbons in their hair. One boy wears a sailor suit while another wears a suit and tie., 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.
Children lined up at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Film negative showing a group of boys and girls standing in three lines on a garden path at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The children carry flags, the boy and girl in the front holding small American flags. The girls wear white dresses. Two of the boys wear sailor suits., 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.
Children lined up at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Film negative showing a group of children sitting on a bench in a garden at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Two of the children carry American flags while a boy standing behind the bench carries a larger flag. The girls wear white dresses. Two of the boys wear sailor suits., 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.
Children on the windmill, Meadown Farm, [Darlington, MD] [graphic].
Film negative showing a group of children climbing on the metal base of a windmill at Meadow Farm, including Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. Meadow Farm house was built between 1825 and 1830 by Isaac or Aquila Massey. A small dwelling that likely existed on this site during the revolution was incorporated into the main structure. The house went through numerous additions and alterations, including the addition of the summer porch in 1895., Inscription on negative: Meadow Farm 8/4, 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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.
[Children outside a cabin], Pocono Lake, [PA] [graphic].
Film negative showing three boys standing in a field outside a wooden cabin at Pocono Lake. The cabin has a wide porch and a line of laundry hanging on the right. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., September 3 & 4, 1909., 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.
[Children playing in a river], Pocono Lake, [PA] [graphic].
Film negative showing a group of boys standing near a river at Pocono Lake. Two boys stand on rocks near the riverbank and two boys sit on a wooden bridge while another boy stands next to them. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., September 3 & 4, 1909., 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.
[Children sledding, 131 W. Walnut Lane] [graphic].
Film negative showing three children, including Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. sledding on a snow covered ramp at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Two of the children slide down the ramp while one stands at the top. A fence and two houses are visible in the background., 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.
Church & row of old houses. Allaire, [NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a church and row of houses seen from a distance across a field at the former Howell Iron Works at Allaire, N.J. One building is brick, and both are surrounded by trees. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Time: 11:25, 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.
Cigar wagon on beach, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing three men gathered around a horse-drawn wagon on Ocean Day. A flag hangs front he wagon's roof and a barrell with cups on top is visible nearby. The men wear suits and hats. 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., Photographer remarks: Not sharp neg., Time: 11:10, 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.
[C.L.] Eberle's [drug] store from our parlor window, (cor[ner] Church La[ne] & Main St[reet]) seen from 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of a three-story storefront owned by Charles L. Eberle at 4779 Main Street as seen from the Deshler-Morris House porch. The building is located on the corner of Main Street and Church Lane and has two floors above the shop on the first floor. Signage is visible on the side and partially on the front of the building and reads "C.L. Eberle." A canvas sign hangs across the sidewalk and reads "Miss Kate Cotton Millinery." A man stands on the sidewalk in front of the store next to a tall tree growing in a planter on the sidewalk. Eberle purchased this drug store from Abraham Rex in 1859. He retired in 1899., No. 13., Photographer remarks: good., 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.
Clam chowder counter, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a covered stand filled with people on Ocean Day. The sign above the stand reads, "Clam Chowder." A woman holding a parasol walks out of the photograph frame to the left. 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., Photographer remarks: poor. blurred, Time: 3:40, Light: good., 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.
Class of '89, Haverford College [graphic].
Glass negative showing the Haverford College (founded 1833) class of 1889 posed in a stone doorway with a pointed arch. The men in the last few rows stand while the first row sits on the stair. Most of the men wear jackets and hats., Photographer remarks: Developed too slowly? Intens. 5/85., Time: 1:35, Light: 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.
Class of '89, Haverford [College] [graphic].
Glass negative showing the Haverford College (founded 1833) class of 1889 posed in a stone doorway with a pointed arch. The men in the last few rows stand while the first row sits on the stair. Most of the men wear jackets and hats., Time: 1:35, Light: Light same as last. [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.
[Climbing a tree], Boys Parlors Camp, Wildwood, NJ [graphic].
Film negative showing a group of boys from the Boys' Parlors Association climbing a tree at Wildwood, N.J. An American flag flies off a makeshift flagpole in the background on the left. 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. Wildwood began developing as a coastal resort town in the 1890s, growing dramatically in popularity in the 1950s. The area was incorporated as a city in 1912., 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.
[Climbing a tree], Boys Parlors Camp, Wildwood, NJ [graphic].
Film negative showing a group of boys from the Boys' Parlors Association climbing a tree at Wildwood, N.J. A man with a hammer stands under the tree nailing boards into the trunk. An American flag flies off a makeshift flagpole in the background on the left. 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. Wildwood began developing as a coastal resort town in the 1890s, growing dramatically in popularity in the 1950s. The area was incorporated as a city in 1912., 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.
[Climbing flagpole ladder, Sea Girt] [graphic].
Film negative showing a man climbing a ladder propped up against a flagpole. Another man steadies the ladder and two men hold ropes on either side of the flagpole. Charles and Phoebe Wright's house is visible in the background. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., 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.
Clouds & ocean & Beach House, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of the beach at Sea Girt with the ocean under a cloudy sky on the left and the Beach House in the distance on the right., Time: 11:41, 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.
Clouds & ocean, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of the ocean under a cloudy sky at Sea Girt., Time: 11:50, 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.
Clouds in N.W. from front porch. [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a landscape scene with foliage in the foreground and a cloudy sky above taken from the front porch of the Morris family summer home Avocado in Sea Girt, N.J. 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., Photographer remarks: Not so good as next., Time: 1, The emulsion is flaking around the edges of the plate., 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.
Clouds in West from my room window. [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a landscape scene with foliage in the foreground and a cloudy sky above, likely from Marriott Morris' room in the Morris family summer home Avocado at Sea Girt, N.J. 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., Time: 1:50, 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., The emulsion is flaking around the edges of the plate., Edited.
Clouds over ocean, from our beach, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of the ocean under a cloudy sky at Sea Girt. Two ships sail far away in the distance., 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.
Club house & car depot from end of Swannanoa House 3 story, [Beaucatcher Mt. in background, Asheville, NC] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view of a club house and car depot on a street in Asheville, N.C. Telegraph poles line the road, which has a trolley track running down the center. People walk along the sidewalk and a horse-drawn carriage waits at the curb. Beaucatcher Mountain rises in the background., Photographer remarks: Beaucatcher [Mt.] in background., Time: 5:50 P.M., Light: Fair 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.
Cocoanut Palm at Norwood, [Bermuda] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a large palm tree set in a garden. One man stands next to the tree while another man sits beneath it. A path runs to the left and trees and other foliage grow to the right., Time: 12, 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.
Collection Room, Westtown. Old building [graphic].
Glass negative showing a room at Westtown Boarding School lined with pupil's desks. Two lanterns hang from the ceiling and there are four pillars in the center of the room. Three windows line the back wall letting in sunlight. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., 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.
Company Street - Camp Green, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a wide walkway lined with tents, each flying an American flag, at the National Guard Camp in Sea Girt. There is an elaborate design in the center of the walkway and people travel on either side of it next to the tents. The National Guard Camp began in 1884, and the National Guard formally purchased land in 1887 for a permanent summer training camp., Photographer remarks: undertimed., Time: 5:15, Light: Faint 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.
Conn. troops marching down Broad St. before military parade, Consitutional Centennial Celebration, [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Glass negative showing a view troops marching down Broad Street seen from above during the Centennial celebrations. The parade travels down the street which is lined with crowds of people. A building with two round cupolas stands on the right. The grandstands and buildings on the right hold signs advretising Throns Broadway Beer Garden, Solar Tip Shoes, and the Opera House. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Photographer remarks: From Shinn's 3 story window., Time: 10, 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.

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