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- 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
- Market St. Ferry boat, Columbia, [Delaware River]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a ferry traveling down the Delaware River. The letters on the hull of the boat read "Columbia.", Photographer remarks: Motion of steamer jarred camera., Time: 2:05, 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
- May 2, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.586]
- Title
- Co[u]s[in] Mary P. Lardner's old house & place at Tacony. From river, on boat. [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' second cousin once removed Mary Perot Lardner's two-story home with two chimneys located on the far bank of the Delaware River. The bank is lined with trees and the photo was taken from a distance across the water., Time: 2:30, Light: Fairly 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 2, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.587]
- Title
- Tug Jamesburg & boat with freight cars on it, [Taken from steamer Columbia, Delaware River]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a tugboat traveling down the Delaware River, flying an American flag and puffing clouds of smoke. The letters "PENNSYLV" are visible on the hull, Photographer remarks: Taken from st[ea]mer Columbia. The day M. & I went to Riverton. Detail didn't come out at all., Time: 1:45, Light: Good, 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 2, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.583]
- Title
- George W. Doher, Smith Id. (Ridgway Park) tug, [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a steamship traveling down the Delaware River, flying an American flag and puffing clouds of smoke. The boat floats away from the photographer toward the far, tree-lined riverbank., Photographer remarks: Not as fast as last and not fast enough., Time: 2:00, Light: Good., 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 2, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.584]
- Title
- Side view. [George W. Dohert, Smith Id. (Ridgway Park) Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing various boats on the Delaware River. The boat on the left flies an American flag and there is a dock located on the right bank. The smokestack of the boat in the foreground puffs out a small plume of smoke., Photographer remarks: Very good neg. Same tug as last., Time: 2:00, 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 2, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.585]
- Title
- [Ship and bridge]
- Description
- Film negative showing a ship traveling on a river, likely the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The word "Poughkeepsie" is painted on the side of the ship. A tall trestle bridge with a train on it spans the river in the background., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., 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
- 1912
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.447]
- 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]