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Title: Philadelphia Navy Yard
Description: View showing a ship on the Delaware River, docked at the Philadelphia Naval Yard in Southwark. The naval yard, the first U.S. Navy Yard, established by shipbuilder Joshua Humphreys and Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert in 1801, built, overhauled, stored, and disposed of warships. It operated in Southwark until 1876 when the Navy Yard enlarged and relocated to League Island., Title printed on mount., Publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Stamped on verso: G. Pfund, 4731 N. Front St., Phila., Pa., Manuscript note in modern hand on verso: Old Ironsides. U.S.S. Constitution. Idenitifcation is likley incorrect given design of ship and U.S.S. Constitution did not dock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in the 1850s, but circa 1873 for renovations for the Centennial Exhibiton of 1876., White mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim Brothers copyrighted a series of stereographs with labels inscribed: "American Stereoscopic Co., Langenheim, Loyd & Co., Philadelphia" in 1858. They continued to produce stereographs until 1865, when they withdrew from the American Stereoscopic Co.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: c1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Military [P.9079.4]

Title: Landing of Penn. Dock Creek
Description: Book illustration showing the landing of William Penn at Philadelphia in 1682. Depicts a crowd of several people, including early Pennsylvania colonists, waiting on the banks of the river as Penn and his entourage prepare to disembark from a small boat. Also shows the a tavern and the Delaware River in the background. Penn arrived in Philadelphia at a basin off of Dock Creek via a barge upriver from Chester, Pa. where he had moored his ship "Welcome.", Plate opposite page 69 in John F. Watson's Historic tales of olden time : concerning the early settlement and progress of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ; for the use of families and schools ; illustrated with plates (Philadelphia : E. Littell : Thomas Holden, 1833)., William L. Breton and Kennedy & Lucas created many of the lithographic plates for Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, so it is probable that they also created the plates in Historic tales of olden time., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 428
Creator: Breton, William L., ca. 1773-1855, artist
Date: [1833]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Am 1833 Wat [Log 2794.D.opp69]

Title: To the depot
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a drayman sitting on top of bundles of goods, driving a horse-drawn dray away from the river toward a building, probably a custom house. Includes a partial view of a vessel docked at the wharf, the front facades of buildings facing the water, and a church spire in the distance. The number "56" has been drawn onto one of the bundles on the dray., Not in Wainwright., Published in City Sights for Country Eyes ([Philadelphia]: American Sunday School Union, [1856])., Accompanied by text titled "To the depot" moralizing that everyone must work together to make business for others, and that each contribution is equally important. Uses the example of farmers, mechanics, manufacturers and merchants who work together to distribute goods., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 757, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8343.4, Free Library of Philadelphia: \\RBD\\ASSU\\V\\C498S\\FACSIM.\\
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [1856]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8343.4

Title: Coming home
Description: Plate from children's moral instruction book showing a man, woman, and their three children holding baskets and belongings as they follow an African American porter who carries a trunk for them. Visible in the background is the large steamer the family disembarked at the wharf, probably at the Delaware River., Published as illustration on page 15 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855)., Accompanied by text titled "Coming home" moralizes that those who commit themselves to God will be kept from evil and "will arrive at last at a home of perfect joy and peace," since "Heaven is represented as the Christian's home"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 148, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.15, Free Library of Philadelphia:, Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8341.15

Title: The sea and the ships
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing a busy wharf, probably on the Delaware River, where laborers use pulleys and ramps to unload boxes, hogsheads, casks, and chests from a recently docked ship. A horse is attached to a pulley and is guided by a laborer to unload these items. Also shows three men weighing barrels on the ground and two men moving long poles or planks of wood under the gaze of a man with a shovel who leans against a post in the right foreground. Another vessel moves along the river in the background., Published as illustration on page 31 in Common Sights in Town & Country Delineated & Described for Young Children (Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, ca. 1855)., Accompanied by text titled "The sea and the ship" praising the vast and various business done by ships, and the skill and talent of the men involved, as these activities are made possible by "Him who formed all the Oceans"., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 685, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bd 61 K 8341.31, Library of Congress: Marian S. Carson Collection
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bd 61 K 8341.31

Title: [Steamboat Thomas A. Morgan, Delaware River, near Philadelphia]
Description: View shows the passenger steamer built 1854 by Harlan & Hollingsworth on the Delaware River. Also shows people sitting on the floating dock at the pier in the foreground. Buildings facing the river on the opposite side are also visible., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: T. H. Nichols & Co.
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Nichols [P.8992.22]

Title: Schooner at Chestnut Street, wharf, Phila
Description: View of a schooner, or sailboat, docked at Chestnut Street Wharf on the Delaware River. Three men stand on the ship as one man crouches higher up on the main boom. Barrels line the dock in the foreground and firewood is stacked on the pier in the distance., Title from photographer's printed label on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Sallie M. Haas., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Transportation [P.9107.10]

Title: Moss Cataract
Description: View of a downhill stream running over a smooth rock bed covered in green moss in the Delaware Water Gap. Both sides of the stream are flanked by trees and bushes., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists eighteen other titles in the series (No. 192-209). Also includes series titled A Trip on the Catawissa (No. 210-235)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.2002.21.8]

Title: Vessel ashore, Atlantic City
Description: Glass negative showing a boat moored on shore at Atlantic City. Three wooden buildings stand in the foreground and a partially destroyed boardwalk runs across the sand., No. 16., 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: February 20, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.91.2]

Title: [Men and women around a campfire, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of two men and thre women preparing food near a campfire. The men wear bowties and shirts with rolled sleeves. The women wear patterened blouses with ties., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.37]

Title: [Men and women at a campsite, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of four men and three women, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and brother-in-law Thomas C. Potts, posing next to an overturned canoe at Egg Harbor. A partially erected tent stands on the right., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.38]

Title: [Three empty canoes, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing three canoes on the Egg Harbor riverbank. The center canoe is overturned with an oar resting on the hull., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.39]

Title: [Packing supplies, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two women and a man kneeling on the ground surrounded by various boxes and packages at Egg Harbor. The woman on the left slices bread on a wooden box. The women wear dark blouses and ties while the man wears a hat with his shirt sleeves rolled up., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.40]

Title: [Man cooking over a camp fire, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a man cooking over a camp fire next to Egg Harbor river. The man wears a hat and a scarf and has a mustache. The far shore is visible in the background., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.41]

Title: [Two men with a canoe at the water's edge, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two men pulling canoes out of the water on the Egg Harbor riverbank. The bank is lined with slender trees and other foliage., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.42]

Title: [Launching the canoes, Maurice River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men and women launching canoes on Maurice River near a stone bridge. One canoe carrying two men already travels down the river., 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 12, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.43]

Title: [Two canoes on the river, Maurice River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two canoes each carrying two people holding oars traveling down Maurice River. A woman sits in the front of each canoe while a man sits in the back. The far shore is visible in the background., 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 12, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.44]

Title: [Canoes stacked on a cart, Maurice River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing canoes stacked onto the back of a horse-drawn cart travelling down a dirt road near Maurice River. A group of men walks down the dirt road alongside the cart., 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 12, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.45]

Title: [Lifting the canoes, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of three men and one woman lifting two canoes over a tree that fell across the Atsion river, i.e. Mullica River. Trees and other foliage line the riverbank. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.46]

Title: [Two canoes on the river, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two canoes traveling down the Atsion River, i.e. Mullica River, past a house on the right riverbank. Each canoe holds two people. A dilapidated shed stands next to the house as trees line the riverbank. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.47]

Title: [Two canoes on the river, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two canoes floating on the Atsion River, i.e. Mullica River. The canoe on the right carries two men and the canoe on the left carries a man and a woman. The woman reclines in the front of the canoe while the men in the rear paddle. Trees growing along the far shore are visible in the background. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.48]

Title: [Navigating the river, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two men pushing a canoe under a fallen tree and through a cluster of debris on the Atsion River, i.e. Mullica River. The tree hides the upper portion of the men's bodies. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.53]

Title: [Canoe carrying two men, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two men paddling a canoe down the narrow Atsion River, i.e. Mullica River. Trees and other foliage line the banks and extend into the water. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.54]

Title: [Two canoes on the river, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two canoes traveling down the Atsion River, i.e. Mullica River, lined with thick foliage. A woman sits in the front of the near canoe while a man stands in the back. The far canoe carries two men. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.55]

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris holding an oar, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris, smiling and seated among tree branches while holding an oar at the Mullica River. She wears a white dress and hat with a dark ribbon around her neck. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.56]

Title: [Woman in a canoe, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a woman reclining in a canoe that is floating near the Mullica River bank. She wears a white blouse and a wide-brimmed hat. A man strides away from the canoe through some tall grass on the left. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.57]

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris standing near a canoe, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris carrying multiple satchels and a parasol standing near a canoe on the Mullica River bank. She wears a hat overtop of a cloth bonnet, a white blouse, and a long skirt. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.58]

Title: [Woman leaning against a tree, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a woman reclining against a tree on the Mullica River bank. She wears a white blouse with a white cap on her head. A canoe floats on the water next to the woman. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.59]

Title: [Men and women with canoes, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing three men and a woman launching canoes from the Egg Harbor riverbank. The river is lined with trees, tall grass, and other foliage., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.27]

Title: [Men getting dressed, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing four men putting on clothes in the center of a dirt path at Egg Harbor. Various articles of clothing are strewn about the path and hung over the side of the wooden fences that line the road., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.28]

Title: [Three canoes, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two men in a canoe traveling down Egg Harbor river. Two other canoes sit on the riverbank next to trees with exposed roots., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.29]

Title: [Men and women with canoes onshore, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men and women examining two canoes on a dirt path at Egg Harbor. The path is lined with slender trees and a bundle of clothing sits among the foliage on the left., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.30]

Title: [Men and women paddling canoes, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two canoes floating on Egg Harbor river. A man and a woman paddle in the canoe on the right and a man sits in the canoe on the left while another man lays across the canoe., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.31]

Title: [Men and women around a campfire, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of four men and three women gathered near a campfire at Egg Harbor. One man tends a pot on the fire while the rest of the group reclines in the folilage next to the fire., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.32]

Title: [Group with canoes, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men and women sitting in canoes near a riverbank. Each canoe carries two people. A woman stands on a stone dock on the right next to an empty canoe., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.33]

Title: [Three canoes with passengers, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing three canoes, each carrying two people, floating near the Egg Harbor riverbank. The two women wear ties and hats. Two of the men wear hats and the other two men have their sleeves rolled. The bank is lined with slender trees and other foliage., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.34]

Title: [Man with backpack and ax, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a man carrying a backpack and an ax at Egg Harbor. The man has a beard and stands in a wooded area next to the river., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.35]

Title: [Men and women with a tent, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men and women, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and brother-in-law Thomas Potts, smiling for the camera next to an overturned canoe. A partially erected tent stands on the right., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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: April 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.36]

Title: [Carrying a canoe, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two men walking down a dirt path near Atison River, i.e. Mullica River. The man on the left wears a hat and holds two satchels. The man on the right carries a canoe over his head. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.49]

Title: [Group on the riverbank, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two men and two women resting on the Atsion River bank, i.e. Mullica River. Three canoes sit next to the group, two of them overturned. Slender trees emerge from the center of the river in the background., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.50]

Title: [Launching the canoes, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two men pushing a canoe over a fallen log into the Atsion River, i.e. Mullica River. Another man sits on the log to the left and a woman stands on the bank to the right. They all wear hats. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.51]

Title: [Launching the canoes, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two men pushing a canoe over a fallen log into the Atsion River, i.e. Mullica River. Another man sits on the log to the left and a woman stands on the bank to the right, obscured by foliage. They all wear hats. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.52]

Title: Group on beach at Atlantic City. Stranded sch[ooner] in background
Description: Glass negative showing a group of three women and one man posing on the beach at Atlantic City. The man holds a camera on a tripod in his left hand and wears a long coat and hat. The women wear long dark dresses and hats. The masts of a ship are visible in the background., Photographer remarks: Pretty good neg. Overexp. V[Varnished], Time: 12 M, Light: Bright, no sun., Line of bright gold spots in the lower left., 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: February 16, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.215]

Title: Great Glacial Scratch, near Table Rock. Kittatinny Mt., [Delaware] Water gap
Description: Glass negative showing a lanscape scene featuring glacial rock formations surrounded in foliage and trees at Kittatinny Mountain., Time: 9:20, Light: Good sun out., 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: June 30, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.273]

Title: Mt. Tammany from Mt. Minsi, [Delaware Water Gap]
Description: Glass negative showing the rolling mountaintop of Mount Tammany, New Jersey taken from Mount Minsi, Pennsylvania. The mountian tops are covered in trees., Photographer remarks: Very poor neg., Time: 12:30, Light: Not very strong. No sun., The negative is blurred and difficult to discern., 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: June 30, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.274]

Title: Glacial scratches on rocks under Kittatinny House, [Delaware Water Gap]
Description: Glass negative showing a jagged cliff face with glacial scratches. Rail road tracks run parallel to the cliff. A man and woman stand at the base of the cliff., Photographer remarks: Very dark. In neg. preserver. Intens., Time: 6:30 P.M., Light: Not very strong., Bottom edge of the plate is rough and unfinished., 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: June 30, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.275]

Title: Group of party. Summer School of Geology. Del. Water Gap
Description: Glass negative showing a large group of men and women posed in rows on a small hill in a wooded area at the Delaware Water Gap. The women wear long dresses and the men wear three-piece suits. some of the men and women wear hats., Photographer remarks: Developed at J. Gravesman Water Gap House. Taken at Marshall's Falls. Frilled at Sea Girt. Not washed enough., Time: 3, Light: Fair for shade., The negative is silghtly discolored and the emulsion has cracked along the right side., 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 2, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.280]

Title: [Group of party, Summer School of Geology, Delaware Water Gap]
Description: Glass negative showing a large group of men and women posed in rows on a small hill in a wooded area at the Delaware Water Gap. The women wear long dresses and the men wear three-piece suits. some of the men and women wear hats., Same., Photographer remarks: Better neg. than last. In a neg. preserver., Time: 3, Light: Same., This is the same group as the one depicted in plate 280, however this plate is undamaged., 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 2, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.281]

Title: Pulpit Rock, near [Delaware] Water Gap, Prof. [H. Carvill] Lewis standing near rock
Description: Glass negative showing Pulpit Rock, a large rock formation surrounded by trees. A man wearing a hat sits on top of the rock and H. Carvill Lewis stands below it. Lewis was a geologist and mineralogist who taught at Haverford College beginning in 1833., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 10:30, Light: No sun on rock., 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 3, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.282]

Title: Sch[oone]r. Robert Morgan, ashore at Atlantic City, From N[orth]
Description: Glass negative showing a three-masted schooner docked near the shore at Atlantic City., Photographer remarks: Overexposed. Weak neg., Time: 7:50 AM, Light: Strong, The negative is very light and has faded to a yellow color with three dark spots in the emulsion., 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: April 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.250]

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