Details
Creator Bullock, John G., 1854-1939 photographer.
Title Morris House. [graphic] / John G. Bullock.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1913
Date ca. 1913
Physical Description 1 slide: lantern; 8 x 11 cm.(3.25 x 4 in.)
Description Exterior view of east front of the Deshler-Morris House, built in 1772 for Quaker merchant David Deshler. Colonel Isaac Franks' owned the house when George Washington sought refuge here from the Yellow Fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793. Nicknamed the "Germantown White House" during his occupation. The Morris family occupied the house for more than 100 years until they donated it to the National Park Service in 1948.
Is part of Old Germantown. 33
Notes Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Title given in manuscript on mount.
Subject Deshler, David, d. 1792 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lantern slides -- 1910-1920.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern - Bullock [P.9731.29]
Accession number P.9731.29