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- Title
- Chester County House, Atlantic City
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large three-story building with a sign reading "Chester County House." The building has a wide porch and wraparound balconies on the second and third floors. A dirt road runs to the right and another tall building stands in the distance on the left The Chester County House, an Atlantic City hotel, was in use by 1862. In 1908 it was bought and renamed Netherland, later renamed again to Lexington. It was demolished in 1967. The hotel gained notoriety when the 1870 discussions between proprietor Jacob Keim and railroad conductor Alexander Boardman about the construction of a boardwalk were held on the premises., No. 17., 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 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.91.1]
- 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
- 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
- Schooner bow on. From under pier. [Atlantic City, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large schooner docked at shore at Atlantic City. Various figures observe the ship from the beach, including one man taking a photograph using a camera on a tripod., Photographer remarks: Fair. Taken heightways on the plate. V[Varnished], Time: 3:10, Light: No 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
- February 16, 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.220]
- 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]
- Title
- Breakers at Applegate's Pier, [Atlantic City, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Applegate's Pier at Atlantic City, a long two-story wooden pier extending into the ocean as waves break near the shore. Two figures stand on the upper level of the pier., Photographer remarks: Instantaneous. Very weak., Time: 10:50, Light: Bright, 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.9895.254]
- Title
- [Breakers at Applegate's Pier], [Atlantic City, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Applegate's Pier at Atlantic City, a long two-story wooden pier extending into the ocean as waves break near the shore. People walk on the pier., Nearly same as last., Photographer remarks: Very weak, Time: 11, Light: Strong., 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.9895.255]
- Title
- Schooner from N. from Applegates pier, [Atlantic City, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a three-masted schooner docked near the shore at Atlantic City. A pier and various buildings are visible behind the ship., Photographer remarks: Instantaneous. Developed at Alfred Edge's 5, 10th. In neg. preserver., Time: 11:15, Light: Strong, The view was taken from a distance from the pier pictured in pates 254 and 255. The negative has faded to a yellow color., 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.9895.256]
- Title
- Atlantic City 1912, Ensignette 1912
- Description
- Film negative showing a large hanger with a sign on the side that reads, "Vaniman Trans-Atlantic Expedition Airship 'Akron.'" A group of people walks from the entryway into a field in front of the building., 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
- 1912
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.439]
- Title
- [Possibly Jane Rhoads Morris], Elliston [Perot Morris Jr.] and Marriott [Canby Morris Jr.] at Atlantic City
- Description
- Film negative showing a woman, possibly Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris, and their sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys sitting in the sand. Jane Morris wears a black dress with a decorated hat. The boys wear dark jackets and hats. A boardwalk and various buildings stand behind them., 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 21, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.339]
- Title
- Elliston [Perot Morris Jr.] and Marriott [Canby Morris Jr.] at Atlantic City
- Description
- Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys on the beach holding a rope while standing on an overturned rowboat. Both boys wear hats and long coats. The building behind them has a sign reading "[...]lechase", 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 21, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.340]
- Title
- [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. in sand]
- Description
- Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a boy laying in the sand next to the figure of a man he has built in the sand. Morris smiles and holds a stick in his right hand. He wears a coat and hat., Title supplied by cataloger., 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 21, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.341]