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Title: Old Phila[delphia] Library, 5th & Library Sts from Independence Sq[uare] being torn down for Drexel's new building
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view looking east from State House Square at the red-brick building constructed on South Fifth Street for the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1789 after designs by Dr. William Thornton. After the construction of two new buildings - the Ridgway Building in South Philadelphia and the Furness building at Juniper and Locust Streets - the Fifth Street library was sold in 1880. A signboard for The Central News Company is visible across the front facade of the building, which in this image, is being demolished to make way for the Drexel Building. Men wearing suits and bowler hats sit in the grass nearby. The Forrest Building (119-127 South Fourth Street) is visible in the distance. Central News Company operated from the building from 1883 until 1886., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 13., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 2:10, Light: Faint sun., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 10., Arcadia caption text: In 1887, the old Library Company building was demolished to make way for the Drexel Building. Ironically, this office building was demolished in the late 1950s when the American Philosophical Society (founded 1743) built its state-of-the-art library on the site, featuring a reproduction of the Library Company’s original façade as designed by William Thornton., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 22, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1105]

Title: Phila[delphia] Library [Company], Locust & Juniper Sts
Description: Oblique, exterior view of the Frank Furness-designed Library Company building at the northwest corner of Juniper and Locust streets. A two pronged staircase leads to the entryway and a statue of Benjamin Franklin sits in a niche above the entrance. Opened on February 24, 1880, this building operated as the in-town branch which stocked more modern books for circulation. The Ridgway Building in South Philadelphia served as the Library Company's main branch beginning in 1878. The building was demolished in 1940., Time: 12:45, Light: Good, strong sun., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 10., Arcadia caption text: This crisp 1884 image of the Library Company’s Juniper and Locust Street branch reveals that architect Frank Furness was inspired by the original Fifth Street building’s designs. Furness, known for his eccentric sensibilities, recalled William Thornton’s curved double steps, pediment, and arched niche. Its location near Broad Street addressed the westward development of Philadelphia; a committee had earlier determined that 86% of the Library Company’s city-residing members lived west of Tenth Street. To further accommodate this group, the new building featured “well-warmed and ventilated” reading rooms, a ladies’ sitting room, evening hours, and telephone communications to other libraries. The building was demolished in 1940., Edited., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 5, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.512]

Title: Phila[delphia] Dispensary from Independence Square
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view from Independence Square of the Philadelphia Dispensary's third building, built in 1801, at 127 South Fifth Street, with partial views of adjacent buildings including the Mercantile Library building (125 South Fifth Street), occupied by the American Bank Note Company at the time of this photograph, and the offices of F. Cooper Shapely (129 South Fifth Street). Boys sit and stand in front of the dispensary building while a horse-drawn Knickerbocker Ice Company cart is parked in front of the Bank Note Company. Founded in 1786 by Benjamin Rush, the dispensary provided medical attention to the indigent sick. The building was razed in 1922., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 12., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 1:45, Light: Good sun., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 46., Arcadia caption text: The Philadelphia Dispensary is dwarfed by the adjacent Bank Note Company, formerly the Mercantile Library, in this 1887 photograph by Marriott C. Morris. Founded in 1786, the Dispensary provided in-home care to the indigent sick and specialized in inoculation against smallpox. Doctors donated their time to the institution, providing medicine to patients free of charge, in return for medical experience. After renting properties near Chestnut and Strawberry streets, the Dispensary constructed its own out-patient clinic at 127 South Fifth Street in 1801. The plan of the Dispensary shows a “Prescribing Room,” an apothecary shop, and a room for patients on the ground floor, and a Manager’s Room, Library, and three bedrooms on the second floor. The Dispensary remained here until the institution was dissolved in 1922., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 25, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1106]

Title: [Interior of House of Industry with women at work, 114 North 7th Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of an interior at the House of Industry densely packed with women. The women sit on chaiars working on sewing projects and making handicrafts. Shuttered windows line the left and back walls. Two large skylights in the ceiling provide the main source of light in the room. The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, founded in 1795, operated the House of Industry, which offered a nursery and employed women to make handicrafts. The charity moved to Catharine Street in 1916., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 2 of this., Same as last., Time: 3, Light: Good sun outside., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 49., Arcadia caption text: The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, one of the first charities in Pennsylvania established by women, was founded in 1795 under the leadership of Ann Parrish. The Quaker group provided food, clothing, and fuel to widows and children of men who had perished in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The society later established a “House of Industry” with a nursery, where women were employed to make handicrafts. The House of Industry depicted here in 1870 was located at 112 North Seventh Street. In 1916 the charity moved to 716 Catharine Street and was later known as the Catharine Street House of Industry., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: January 24, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1253]

Title: Strawbridge & Clothier engine room. Mr. Crosby, (the sup[erintenden]t) in foregr[oun]d
Description: Glass negative showing three men, including plant superintendent Daniel Crosby, standing near rows of equipment responsible for generating electricity for Strawbridge & Clothier's department store. Strawbridge & Clothier began as a dry goods store founded by Justus Clayton Strawbridge (1838-1911) and Isaac Hallowell Clothier (1837-1921) in 1868 in Philadelphia. The engine room was relocated from the store’s basement to its stable on the 800 block of Filbert Street circa 1887. A popular department store, branches were built in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware after 1930. Bought by May Department Stores Company in 1996, the stores were rebranded as Macy’s in 2006., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Developed by John Bartlett., Photographer remarks: Developed by John Bartlett., Time: 2:30, Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 62., Arcadia caption text: In c. 1887 Strawbridge & Clothier relocated its engine room from the store basement to the basement of its newly constructed stable across the street on the north side of the 800 block of Filbert Street. The new equipment generated power for the store’s more than 2,000 lamps, making it Philadelphia’s largest private electric plant. In this 1888 image, plant superintendent Daniel Crosby, who lived on the stable’s third floor, stands proudly near the equipment with two of his workers., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 6, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1255]

Title: Rear view of State House from Walnut St[reet]
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view of the back of the Independence Hall. A wide path with benches leads through a Independence Square toward the building. Pedestrians pass through the square on the flagstone walks under the trees that dot the park. Construction on Independence Hall began in 1732 and completed in 1753 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741) and Edmund Woolly (1695-1771). It originally housed all three branches of the Pennsylvania colonial government, as well as being host to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitutional Convention. The building went through numerous renovations and reconstructions, until in 1950 when the National Park Service restored much of the architecture and interior to its 1776 appearance. It is a part of Independence National Park and a major tourist attraction as of the 21st century., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 14., Photographer remarks: too fast for stop used., Time: 2:00, Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 119., Arcadia caption text: Originally known as the State House Yard, Independence Square, on the 500 block of Walnut Street, was purchased in 1729 by the Pennsylvania Assembly for the erection of the State House. When the city bought the square in 1816, the undeveloped portion north of Walnut Street had been enclosed by fencing and was used as a public green for community meetings and demonstrations. The above view, taken in 1887, shows the square after its major redesign into geometric form, and includes the new flagstone walks, from the plans of William Dixey, City Commissioner of Property., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 25, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1107]

Title: Dogwood tree in Wister's woods, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a forest full of slender dogwood trees. Grass and other brush fills the forest floor., Time: 2, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1292]

Title: Group in our parlor. Father, Cos. H[annah] P[erot] Morris, Auntie Beulah & Uncle Chas. Rhoads, Bess, Geo. S. Morris, Mother & Aunt Lydia Morris, also dog "Jet," [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a group posed in a decorated interior of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin George Spencer, aunts Lydia Morris and Beulah Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, and secon cousin once removed Hannah Perot Morris. Charles Rhoads and Hannah Morris stand in the back while the others sit. Elizabeth Morris, in the center of the group, holds a small black dog, Jet, in her lap. The men wear three-piece suits and the women wear dark-colored dresses. 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: 9 P.M., 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1294]

Title: Italian bark "Civitas Canaria" ashore at Manasquan Inlet. From beach, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 3:20, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1295]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria," Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Time: 3:30, 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., The emulsion is flaking along the bottom edge of the plate., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1296]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria"] from different position. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Time: 3:35, 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., The emulsion is flaking along the top edge of the plate., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1297]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria"] from further N[orth] than last. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Time: 3:40, 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., The emulsion is flaking along the right edge of the plate., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1298]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria," Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Same position as last., Time: 3:50, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1299]

Title: Bathing group No. 2. Sallie H. L. [possibly Letchworth], M. N. [possibly Maud Noble], B[ess] C. M[orris], S[am] B. M[orris] & M[arriott]. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris, his brother Samuel Buckley Morris and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and possibly Sallie H. Leachworth and Maud Noble seated in the sand on the beach at Sea Girt. The group wears bathing attire and the women wear bathing caps. The Beach House is visible in the distance., Time: 4:15 P.M., Light: Fair, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 8, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.130]

Title: [Italian] Bark [Civitas] Ca[n]aria - Geo. Morris walking & [three] little girls on beach. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water. Marriott Morris' cousin George Morris walks down the beach toward a group of three young women sitting in the sand., Time: 4:00, 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., The emulsion is flaking in the upper left corner of the plate., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1300]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria"]. Geo[rge] & girls in foregr[oun]d. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water. Three young women and Marriott Morris' cousin George Morris sit in the sand on the beach., Same position as last., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 4:10, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1301]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria"] from further up beach. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Time: 4:45, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1302]

Title: The party on baggage waiting for the boat, [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people posed in front and on top of a large pile of luggage. The group stands next to a building bearing a sign that reads "American Express Agency" at the Mount Desert Island dock. A horse-drawn carriage stands to the left. The men wear three-piece suits and hats while the women wear high-necked dresses. 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: 1:55, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 23, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1331]

Title: The girls are left behind us or "deserted at Mt. Desert." A[nna] P. S[harpless], A[nna] H. G[oodwin], C.C., S.C. [possibly Sallie Carter] & E[lizabeth] C[anby Morris], [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of women gathered on the Mount Desert Island dock, including Anna P. Sharpless, Anna H. Goodwin, and Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and possibly including Sallie Carter. The five women feign sadness by dabbing their eyes with handkerchiefs and resting dejected faces in their hands. They wear long dresses and 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: 2, Light: Poor light, sun almost down., 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 23, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1332]

Title: Old Mill at Newport, [RI], from Pelham St
Description: Glass negative showing a circular brick mill with an arcade comprising the first level. The mill is set in a park with a path curving in front of it. Two people sit on a bench next to the path., Time: 2:10, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 24, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1334]

Title: Steamer Cimbria coming up New York Bay, from launch, Henry George
Description: Glass negative showing the large steamship Cimbria with two masts and two smokestacks seen from a distance across the calm water of New York Bay., Photographer remarks: Too slow., Time: 2, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1335]

Title: Jersey Wash Day Tremont H. Pavillion, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People walk between the carriages toward the shoreline in the distance. 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: Intens. 1 mo. 1889, Time: 10, Light: Very faint sun.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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 11, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1336]

Title: Jersey Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People walk between the carriages toward the shoreline and a series of buildings are visible in the distance. 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., From same place., Photographer remarks: Intens. 1 mo. 1889., Time: 10:10 P.M., 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 11, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1337]

Title: Babies for throwing at. On beach, Jersey Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a series of carts and stalls set up on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. One of the stalls holds miniature dolls. People converse in groups and walk among the vendors. 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: Blurred some., Time: 10:30, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 11, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1338]

Title: Thalatta sailing on pond. Marriott Canby & Miss Moss in boat, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat carrying Marriott Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby and Miss Moss on Wreck Pond. Canby in the back of the boat holds an oar and the boat's sail is reflected in the calm water., Time: 11:15, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 11, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1339]

Title: [Thalatta sailing on pond. Marriott Canby & Miss Moss on boat, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat carrying Marriott Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby and Miss Moss on a Wreck Pond. Canby in the back of the boat holds an oar and the boat's sail is reflected in the calm water., Time: 11:20, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 11, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1340]

Title: Arch of cedar trees on S. shore of Wreck Pond, showing pond & Monmouth House, [Spring Lake, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a landscape view of a group of trees standing on a grassy hill. Wreck Pond is visible between the trees with Monmouth House in the distance. Monmouth House was the first major hotel in Spring Lake, completed in 1876. It burned down in 1900, was rebuilt, and remained until 1974. Spring Lake was a coastal resort area popular in the late 19th and early 20th century., Time: 4, Light: Fine 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 2, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1341]

Title: Cedar tree on S. shore of Wreck Pond. Pond & Allaire H. in backgr[oun]d. [Spring Lake, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a landscape view of a leafy cedar tree set on a grassy hill. Allair Hotel near the bank of Wreck Pond is visible in the distant background. Spring Lake was a coastal resort area popular in the late 19th and early 20th century., Time: 4:10, Light: Fine 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 2, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1342]

Title: Clouds & ocean, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 24, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1362]

Title: Little Joe Oglesby making our dog Jet beg in front of our house, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Joe Oglesby as a boy standing on the beach holding up a treat for Jet, a small black dog. Jet sits up on his hind legs begging and looks up at Oglesby expectantly. Oglesby wears a jacket with a wide collar and bow and short pants., Time: 2, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 26, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1363]

Title: Joe Oglesby & little Margaret Lennig watching Jet beg [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Joe Oglesby and Margaret Lennig standing on the beach holding up treats for Jet, a small black dog. Jet stands on his hind legs looking up at the children expectantly. Oglesby wears a jacket with a wide collar and bow and short pants. Lennig wears a short striped dress with a white frock., Time: 2:05, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 26, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1364]

Title: Breakers & schooner from our flag-pole, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the ocean with a schooner sailing in the distance at Sea Girt. Waves break against the shore as dune grass waves in the wind., Photographer remarks: Intens. 2, 1889, Time: 2:10, The emulsion has discolored to yellow., 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 26, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1365]

Title: Schooner Helen of Gloucester City. Day after our arrival home from Sea Girt
Description: Glass negative showing a schooner sailing on the calm water of the Delaware River. Another smaller boat floats behind it and the tree-lined shore is visible in the distance., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/1888, Time: 10:40, Light: No sun, quite dark., 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1366]

Title: T.C. Foster's sloop yacht The Restless in race of Quaker City Yacht Club
Description: Glass negative showing a sailboat on the Delaware River near the shore of Gloucester City, NJ. Other boats, a boardwalk, pavilions, and the tree-lined shore are visible in the background. Buildings include Billy Thompson's Hotel & Pavilion (left); Frank Fath's Pavilion (center); and Patrick McGlades' Pavilion (right)., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/1888, Time: 10:45, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1367]

Title: The Nahina, Helen & other yachts in the [Quaker City Yacht Club] race, below the Horseshoe
Description: Glass negative showing sailboats racing on the choppy water of the Delaware River. The far shore is visible in the distance., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/1888, Time: 11, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1368]

Title: Schooner Helen, stern view, opp. Fort Mifflin [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a schooner sailing across the water of the Delaware River. The boat leans to the left as its sails billow in the wind., Photographer remarks: Intens. 2, 1889, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1369]

Title: Wakefield Church from Main St. in front of Mrs. Adamsons, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Wakefield Church on the left side of Germantown Avenue, a cobblestone road with trolley tracks. A cemetery is next to the church, surrounded by a metal fence. Tall trees line the road and the churchyard. The Wakefield Presbyterian Church was built in 1873 with a bequest of land from church member William Adamson. The church originally started as a Sunday School in 1856. When the congregation grew, a new stone church building was built in 1882., Time: 4:20, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 4, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1371]

Title: Group of our Mt. Desert Party. Reunion at Glen Onoko, [Poconos]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of Morris family members and acquaintances on vacation posing in a forest near Glen Onoko in the Poconos. Both men and women sit on the ground, kneel, sit on logs or stand for the photograph. Most of the group wears hats and a few of the women hold closed parasols in their hands. The women wear long dresses with coats or shawls. The men wear three piece-suits, some with long coats., Time: 1, Light: No sun, quite dark., 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1372]

Title: [Group of our Mt. Desert Party, Poconos]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of Morris family members and acquaintances on vacation posing in a forest near Glen Onoko in the Poconos. Both men and women sit on the ground, kneel, sit on logs or stand for the photograph. Most of the group wear hats and a few of the women hold closed parasols in their hands. The women wear long dresses with coats or shawls. The men wear three piece-suits, some with long coats., Same group as last. In same place in Glen Onoko., Time: 1:05 P.M., Light: No sun, quite dark., 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1373]

Title: Group on porch at [Deshler-Morris House], 4782 Main St., [Germantown]. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris, cousins William Marriott Canby, George Spencer Morris and Lydia Ellicott, third cousin George Vaux, Jr., and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on Deshler-Morris House porch step at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The men sit in the center, one holding a small black dog, while the women sit on the outside of the group. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Ellicott wears a decorated hat. Various potted plants sit on the porch beneath a window 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., Photographer remarks: Group in shade., Time: 3:20, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 6, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1283]

Title: [Group on porch at Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main St., Germantown. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris, cousins William Marriott Canby, George Spencer Morris and Lydia Ellicott, third cousin George Vaux, Jr., and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on Deshler-Morris House porch step at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The men sit in the center while the women sit on the outside of the group. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Ellicott wears a decorated hat. Various potted plants sit on the porch beneath a window in the background. Elizabeth Morris has a small black dog in her lap. 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: This & the preceding made on Carbutt Eclipse 27 plates trial box., Time: 3:22, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 6, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1284]

Title: View in our garden, looking up from end of stone path. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Ave]
Description: Glass negative showing a garden with a wide lawn surrounded by trees and tall bushes at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A large tree stands in the center of the lawn and a small black dog sits to the right of a path running through the garden. 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: Trial box of eclipse plates., Time: 3:20, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1285]

Title: Horse chestnut tree from centre of garden. Tree in flower. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing large, flowering horse chestnut tree in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The tree stands in a lawn surrounded by tall shrubs with a circular flowerbed in the foreground. The back facade of the House is 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., Photographer remarks: Trial box of eclipse plates., Time: 3:30, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1286]

Title: Race & buttonwood trees, Little Wakefield, G[erman]t[ow]n
Description: Glass negative showing a group of large, leafy trees standing next to a stream and a path near Little Wakefield in Germantown. The path curves to the left and is lined by a wooden fence. A field dotted with smaller trees is visible to the right., Time: 12:35, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1287]

Title: Race & foot bridge, [Little Wakefield, Germantown] [graphic]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of large, leafy trees standing next to a small foot bridge crossing a stream near Little Wakefield in Germantown. A path curves to the right., At same place., Time: 12:45, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1288]

Title: Cottage & race on the valley above Wakefield place, [Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing an overgrown pathway leading to a stone cottage. A large tree stands to the left of the hosue and various outbuildings flank the path., Time: 1, Light: good sunlight., 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1289]

Title: Steamer Commonwealth at sea, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a large ship sailing along the horizon on the ocean at Sea Girt, N.J. Waves break in the foreground., Time: 5:00 PM, Light: Not so bright 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 5, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.129]

Title: The old Wakefield house, [Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing Wakefield, a three-story stone home with a covered entryway and shuttered windows. The house is set among the trees with a path running in front of it. Wakefield was built in 1798 for Sarah and Thomas Fisher. It was owned by the Fisher family until 1918, and then razed by fire in 1985., Time: 1:20, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1290]

Title: Old house, Little Wakefield. Mrs. Carpenter's place. [Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing Little Wakefield, a two-story house covered in ivy. The house has shuttered windows, four chimneys, a wide lawn and trees on either side. A young girl stands outside the door. Wakefield was built in 1798 for Sarah and Thomas Fisher. It was owned by the Fisher family until 1918, and then razed by fire in 1985. Thomas Rodman Fisher constructed Little Wakefield, located within the Wakefield estate, in 1829. It was expanded in 1844. Owned by the Fisher family until 1946, it then housed the Saint Basil’s Orphanage for the Sisters of Saint Basil the Great. LaSalle University bought the Wakefield property in 1989 and turned it into the St. Mutien's Christian Brothers Residence, an international student center., Time: 1:40, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1291]

Title: Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, [NJ]. Father, Helen Morris, Mr. Samuel, Bess, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, Mary Taylor & Mother
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, and possibly third cousin Helen Morris, with Joseph Bunford Samuel, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, and Mary Taylor gathered for a picnic in the woods. The group sits in a semi-circle around a blanket filled with food and a picnic basket. Samuel holds a bottle and a box in his hands and Taylor holds a fan up to her face. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses and hats., Time: 2:30, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 7, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1304]

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