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715-17-19 Arch Street after fire of 2/23/1900 [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A5193
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
715-17-19 Arch Street after fire of 2/23/1900 [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1900
Date
March 24, 1900
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 6.5 x 8.5 in.
Description
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.
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
Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1831-1914 -- Homes and haunts.
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Ruins -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Arch Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 715-719.
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.14]
Accession number
*P.9895.8.14
In Collections
Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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