Portrait of Bessie, sitting under elm in centre of yard, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] [graphic]. Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. Morris family -- Homes and haunts. Morris, Elizabeth Canby, 1867-1947 -- Portraits. Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.) Fashion. Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Portraits. Women. Philadelphia artists. Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris wearing a long dress and a dark hat sitting in a wooden chair at the base of a large elm tree in the garden of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A lawn extends behind the tree and the garden is enclosed by a wooden fence lined with plants. 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. Time: 12:15 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. PA. Philadelphia. 1887 May 19, 1887 Glass negatives. 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. Islandora:4358 Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1124] P.9895.1124 Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442.