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Title: Old Kimberton School, Kimberton, Chester Co. Penna
Description: Glass negative showing Kimberton School, a series of three-story buildings located on a street corner. The building on the right has a lantern spire on the roof and the center building has multiple chimneys. A stone wall and wooden fence separate the buildings from the road. Emmor Kimber (1775-1850), a Quaker educator, established Kimberton Boarding School, originally the French Creek Boarding School for Girls, in 1817. The name changed in 1820. It specialized in training girls to become teachers and operated with an honor code instead of a penal system. The school closed after Kimber’s death in 1850., 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: November, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.797]

Title: In meadow N. of bridge over creek between Westtown Station
Description: Glass negative showing a field with a stream running through it near Westtown STation. A few trees grow scattered along the riverbank and a wooden fence on runs along the right. Cows rest or graze throughout the field., Photographer remarks: Overtimed, Time: 10:45, Light: Strong 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 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.776]

Title: [In meadow N. of bridge over creek between Westtown & Station]
Description: Glass negative showing a field with a stream running through it near Westtown Station. A few trees line the riverbank and there is a wooden fence on the right. Cows rest or graze throughout the field., Same as last, but a little nearer to cows & tree., Time: 10:50, 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: October 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.777]

Title: E. half of new Westtown building in process of erection. Looking from baseball ground
Description: Glass negative showing a construction site at Westtown Boarding School. The building's walls are partially completed and piles of stone and other construction materials are scattered around the site. There are other completed buildings in the background. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 12:20, 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: October 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.778]

Title: Other half of new building, [Westtown]
Description: Glass negative showing a construction site at Westtown Boarding School with partially built walls and various piles of building materials. Two women and a man stand near some barrels in the center of the photograph and another man stands on a pile of beams behind them. A completed building is visible to the right. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., From same position as last., Time: 12:23, Light: Sun 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: October 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.779]

Title: Boy's gallery, Westtown
Description: Glass negative showing a hallway at Westtown Boarding School lined with lockers and chairs. The hallway has a wooden floor and a window at the far end. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 2:45, Light: Good light, 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: October 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.780]

Title: Collection Room, Westtown. Old building
Description: Glass negative showing a room at Westtown Boarding School lined with pupil's desks. Two lanterns hang from the ceiling and there are four pillars in the center of the room. Three windows line the back wall letting in sunlight. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., 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 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.782]

Title: Part of new building in unfinished condition. Front from opp. front door of old building, [Westtown]
Description: Glass negative showing a building under construction at Westtown Boarding School. The third floor of the building is nearly completed. There is a wooden fence, various trees and a grassy lawn in front of the building. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., 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 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.783]

Title: Group of our party at St. Peters Sta[tion, PA]. Geo[rge], Mary & Will Vaux & Anne Sharpless & Lena Goodwin
Description: Glass negative showing Anne Sharpless, Lena Goodwin, and Marriott Morris' third cousins George, Mary, and William Vaux gathered on the St. Peters train station platform. Two of the women and the men sit while another woman stands near a window. The women wear dark high-necked dresses and hats while the men where suits, jackets, and hats. The man on the left has a case slung across his shoulder. Two barrels are visible on the platform to the right., Time: 3:20, Light: Fair light, sun getting less., The emulsion is flaking along the edges of the plate., 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: November 20, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1074]

Title: Main building at Westtown, from girl's end
Description: Glass negative showing a large five-story building at Westtown Boarding School with stairs leading up to a porch on the second floor. Jonathan Willams and his wife Susanna sit on the porch near the stairs. In front of the building is a lawn with a path and trees. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Photographer remarks: Jonathan Williams & wife sitting on porch., Time: 12:00, Light: Very 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: April 27, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.578]

Title: Front of main building at Westtown, from toward girl's end
Description: Glass negative showing a large five-story building at Westtown Boarding School with stairs leading up to a porch on the second floor. In front of the building is a lawn with a path and trees. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Photographer remarks: Good neg. but camera shook a little, Time: 12:10, Light: Sun out 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 27, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.579]

Title: South Valley Hill slate in the Gulf, where the Gulf Road cuts through it. From S[outh] side. [Arthur Jones standing in the road]. [Chester County, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing the steep rocky hillside of South Valley Hill on the right with a winding dirt road on the left. Trees grow along the left side of the road. A telephone pole juts out from the large rock and Arthur Jones (Haverford College class of 1885) stands on the left side of the road., Photographer remarks: Arthur Jones standing in the road., Time: 2:50, 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: April 30, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.581]

Title: [South Valley Hill slate in the Gulf, where the Gulf road cuts through it.] Nearer view & from N[orth], [Chester County, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing the steep rocky hillside of the South Valley Hill on the left with a winding dirt road with trees on the right., Same subject as last., Time: 3:00, Light: Good sun., The same scene as depicted in plate 581 but facing the opposite direction., 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 30, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.582]

Title: Uncle Charles Rhoads at first meeting of Old Scholar's Asso[ciation] at Westtown
Description: Glass negative showing a group of men gathered on the grass in front of a house at Westtown, including Marriott C. Morris' uncle Charles Rhoads. The men wear suits and hats. The house features a porch with chevron latticework in the railing and slender pillars. Another group of people gathers on the porch 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.62.4]

Title: Looking down on new building in progress of erection fr[om] Boy's chamber window, [Westtown]
Description: Glass negative showing a large construction area at Westtown Boarding School scattered with partially built walls and long timbers. To the left is a completed three-story building. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 5:30, Light: Not much light., 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 12, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.689]

Title: Looking S. fr[om] 2nd story of moved building at new Westtown building
Description: Glass negative showing a construction area at Westtown Boarding School with timbers and other wood scraps. In the distance are various completed buildings and a line of trees behind them. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 10, 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: August 13, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.690]

Title: [In N.E. corner of boys chamber at Westtown, showing Sam's bed]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris' dormitory at Westtown Boarding School. Beds line the walls and stand in rows in the center of the room. A trunk sits between the two beds in the foreground and a small metal stove stands in the center of the room to the left. Chairs stand next to the beds. Two columns in the center of the room support the ceiling. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 10:30, Light: Fair light, no sun., Another view in same part of chamber as 688., 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 13, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.691]

Title: View in the museum at Westtown
Description: Glass negative showing the museum at Westtown Boarding School, a room with display cases lining the walls. Benches and a desk holding various books occupy the center of the room. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 10:45, Light: No 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: August 13, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.692]

Title: [Looking down on new Main building in progress of erection, Westtown]
Description: Glass negative showing a large construction area at Westtown Boarding School scattered with partially built walls and long timbers. To the left is a completed three-story building. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Photographer remarks: but taken from museum windows, 2 stories lower down., Time: 10:50, Light: Good sunlight., Same view as no. 689., 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 13, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.693]

Title: Vista toward farm-house from front steps of Westtown building
Description: Glass negative showing a lawn dotted by trees at Westtown. A flowerbed sits in the foreground with various potted plants behind it. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 11:10, 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: August 13, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.694]

Title: Vista in front of steps of old Westtown building
Description: Glass negative showing a path with a lush lawn on either side at Westtown Boarding School. At the end of the path are potted plants and trees on either side. A field and rolling hillsides are visible in the distance. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 11:20, 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: August 13, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.695]

Title: Two large trees in girl's bounds with two little girls under them, [Westtown]
Description: Glass negative showing a path with a large tree on either side at Westtown Boarding School. Two large trees grow on either side of the path. Two girls in short white dresses stand on the path beneath the trees. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 12, Light: Faint 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 13, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.696]

Title: View in girls bounds, Westtown
Description: Glass negative showing a winding path at Westtown Boarding School. In the center of the path is a square shaped island with a group of people resting beneath a tree. A tree stump sits to the left of the path in the foreground. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Photographer remarks: Some wind, Time: 12:05, Light: Faint 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 13, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.697]

Title: Westtown farmhouse from N[orth]
Description: Glass negative showing a three-story stone house with a covered entryway and a fence to the right at Westtown Boarding School. One child sits on the front steps while another child stands to the left. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Time: 12:30, Light: Faint 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 13, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.698]

Title: Charles Warner Company factory plant, Cedar Hollow, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the Charles Warner Company factory plant in Cedar Hollow, Pennsylvania, near Malvern. Depicts strip mining facilities, including processing plants, silos, smokestacks, railroad tracks and freight cars, and quarrying activity. The surrounding area is mostly open land, with some residences and farms visible. Originally the Cedar Hollow Lime Company, the factory was purchased by the Warners in 1899. Views are northwest to southeast [2857], southeast to northwest[2859] and east to west[2870]. Town of Devault, Yellow Springs and Charlestown Roads and St. Peter church and cemetery are also visible [2859]., Negative numbers: 2857, 2859, 2870., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2857; P.8990.2859; P.8990.2870]

Title: Knickerbocker Lime Company factory plant, Mill Lane, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the Knickerbocker Lime and Mortar Company factory plant in Mill Lane, Pennsylvania, near Malvern. Depicts strip mining facilities, including processing plants, silos, smokestacks, railroad tracks and freight cars, and quarrying activity. The surrounding area is mostly open land, with some residences and farms visible. The company, part of the Van Sciver Corporation, operated here from 1899 to 1929 and also maintained two offices and depots in Philadelphia. Views are southeast to northwest [2864, 2867], east to west [2865] and south to north [2868]., Negative numbers: 2864, 2865, 2867, 2868., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2864-2865; P.8990.2867-2868]

Title: View on French Creek, [Elverson, Pa.], below the falls. With [George] Vaux on banks
Description: Glass negative showing French Creek at Elverson, Pa. with a rocky streambed. Either bank is lined with trees, their branches reaching out over the water. Marriott Morris' third cousin George Vaux, Jr. sits on the rocks on the left bank of the creek., Photographer remarks: Too dense., Time: 10:55, 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: November 20, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1068]

Title: Old dam on French Creek, [Elverson, Pa.]. Geo[rge] Vaux, Anna Sharpless, Lena Goodwin with cameras
Description: Glass neagtive showing a dam made of piled stoned on French Creek in Everson, Pa. A large tree stands on the riverbank to the right. George Vaux Jr., Anna Sharpless, and Lena Goodwin stand on the dam working with two cameras on tripods. The women wear dark dresses and hats and Vaux wears a suit., Time: 12, 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: November 20, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1069]

Title: French Creek, [Elverson, PA], looking up. A little below the so-called falls
Description: Glass negative showing French Creek at Elverson, Pa. with a rocky streambed. A small waterfall is visible upstream and both banks are lined with trees., Time: 12:50, 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: November 20, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1070]

Title: Falls of French Creek, [Elverson, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing French Creek at Elverson, Pa. with a rocky riverbed and a tree-lined riverbank. A building is visible through the trees in the distance., From oposite of creek from where last was taken., Time: 1:40, The emulsion is dicolored slightly and does not fill the entire plate., 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: November 20, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1072]

Title: Photographs
Description: Album of predominantly landscape photographs of the Delaware Valley and upstate New York taken by Philadelphia amateur photographer John C. Browne. Contents include views of Tacony, Cobb’s, Chester, and Pennypack Creeks; Germantown; Fairmount Park and the Wissahickon; Media, Dauphin, and Hamburg, Pa.; and Dutchess County and Newburgh, N.Y. Views also show estates, including S. H. Lloyd Garden on School House Lane and the W.C. Kent residence (Germantown), Mount Pleasant (Fairmount Park), Henry W. Sargent’s estate (Wodenthe) in Fishkill on the Hudson, and Presqu’ile (built 1813, Dutchess County, N.Y.); churches, including St. Timothy’s (built 1862, Roxborough) and St. Luke’s (Matteawan, Beacon, N.Y.); bridges, including the Norristown Railroad Bridge, Ridge Avenue Bridge, and the P.R.R. Bridge over Hamburg; Humphrey Yearsley’s Mill (built 1792, near Media); Delaware Water Gap; Glen Mills; St. Denning’s Point; waterfalls; cascades; wooded paths; woodlands; creek beds; and posed male and female figures in entryways, gardens, and near trees and waterfalls. Album also contains images of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Spring House and Croton Aqueduct near Tarrytown, the Washington Oak at Denning’s Point, and the Old Swedes Church (i.e., Holy Trinity Church), including cemetery, in Wilmington, Delaware. St. Luke's image also shows parishioners entering the church., Mount Pleasant Mansion was built 1761-1765 for Captain John Macpherson after the designs of Thomas Nevil in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Macpherson, a privateer during the Seven Years’ War, purchased the estate with profits from these operations. Free white and Black laborers, indentured servants, and at least four enslaved people of African descent, whose names are unknown, worked on the plantation. In 1779, General Benedict Arnold purchased Mount Pleasant for his wife Peggy Shippen, but they never occupied the house. In 1792, General Jonathan Williams purchased the mansion. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property from the Williams family in 1869. On behalf of the city, the Philadelphia Museum of Art restored the house in 1926., Title from title page written in ink manuscript: Photographs by John C. Browne., Photographs contain titles in ink manuscript below the images. Signed J.C. Browne Photo. or J.C. Browne., Several photographs removed before acquisition., Includes "Index" of titles numbered 1-73. Titles for 61-69 are blank., Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and Jon Randall Plummer, 2010., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Image "Tacony Creek" (#4) published as frontispiece in Philadelphia Photographer (April 1865)., Image "On the Pennypack" (#36) published as frontispiece in Philadelphia Photographer (October 1866)., One of missing photographs (#13) located and acquired through auction. See "Red Bridge on the Wissahickon" [*photo -Browne (P.2011.57)], LCP holds loose duplicate of photograph of Pennsylvania Hospital (#9). See photo - Browne (P.9260.485)., Housed in phase box.
Creator: Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
Date: ca. 1862-ca. 1866
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2010.38.44]

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