02886nkm a2200397 a 4500 000305779 20230712173737.0 kg bd 150715s1887 paunnn kneng d 10 ppl PPL gihc Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. 57796 Portrait of Bessie, sitting under elm in centre of yard, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] [graphic]. May 19, 1887. 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. 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. Forms part of Marriott C. Morris Collection. 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. Morris family Homes and haunts. Morris, Elizabeth Canby, 1867-1947 Portraits. Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 325 Fashion. lctgm 72012 Gardens Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Portraits. lctgm 78336 Women. lctgm 82663 Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 13534 Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) 5442. Glass negatives. gmgpc Philadelphia artists. PA. Philadelphia. 1887. Imprint Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1124] P.9895.1124 mcm-p-9895-1124.jpg P.9895.1124 289670 289670 000305779 exlibris 00 20150804 2154 000305779 EMMA 40 20170418 1413 000305779 EMMA 40 20170607 1118 000305779 EMMA 40 20170711 0921 000305779 EMMA 40 20170901 1135 000305779 EMMA 40 20171009 1203 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1887. Imprint