Our Niagara Party at rear of our parlor car. Taken at Elmira, N.Y. on return [graphic].
Title
Our Niagara Party at rear of our parlor car. Taken at Elmira, N.Y. on return
Description
Glass negative showing a group of men and women posed on the back of a railroad car. They stand behind the railing on the car or in the tracks in front of it. The men wear long jackets and either wear or carry hats. The women wear long, high-necked dresses and all wear hats. A railroad conductor stands to the far right, in uniform. Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, father Elliston P. Morris, and mother Martha Canby Morris are included., Photographer remarks: Intens. 3/1888, Time: 3:30, 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 27, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1263]
[Our Niagara Party at rear of our parlor car. Taken at Elmira, N.Y. on return] [graphic].
Title
[Our Niagara Party at rear of our parlor car. Taken at Elmira, N.Y. on return]
Description
Glass negative showing a group of men and women posed on the back of a railroad car. They stand behind the railing on the car or in the tracks in front of it. The men wear long jackets and either wear or carry hats. The women wear long, high-necked dresses and all wear hats. A railroad conductor stands to the far right, in uniform. Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, father Elliston P. Morris, and mother Martha Canby Morris are included., Same subject as last., Photographer remarks: Intens. 3/1888, Time: 3:32, 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 27, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1264]
[Business stationery of Gerity Brothers, wholesale druggists, 126 Lake St. Cor. Carroll, Elmira, N.Y.
Title
[Business stationery of Gerity Brothers, wholesale druggists, 126 Lake St. Cor. Carroll, Elmira, N.Y
Description
Billhead and letterhead containing ornate lettering, pictorial and ornamental details, and a vignette view of the building of the firm established in 1847. Views show the three-story building adorned in signage and an American flag and with medicine bottles visible in the display windows. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn wagons and an omnibus. Omnibus in letterhead vignette marked 'Horse Head." Details include flowers, filigree, and a mortar and pestle. Gerity brothers, the firm originally operated by William S. Gerity (d. 1912) and Clayton R. Gerity (d.1897), was active until 1910., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include Calvert Lith. Co. Detroit, Mich. and Milton & Johnson, N.Y., P.2011.46.151 completed in manuscript to J. P. Coles, Orwell, Pa. on January 12, 1889 for several items, including F.E. Ergot, Vaseline, Butter color, Hood's Sarspa. for $18.63. Inscribed in pencil on recto: Recd Pay Gerity Bros, 323.89. Stamped: Positively no allowance will be made unless reported within 5 days after receipt of bill. Inscribed on verso: Gerity Bros, Jan 12/89, Drugs, $18.63. ck #1642, March 23/89., P.2011.46.152 completed in manuscript on June 13, 1892 to Towanda, Pa. druggists Dr. H. C. Porter Son supplying a quote for four items, including "50 cases C.P. Glycemic M and R." Contains watermark and two punched holes upper center., Printed above image of P.2011.46.151: After shipping goods and obtaining a Receipt for them in "Good Order" our responsibility ceases and we can allow no claim for any damage or loss that may occur in Transportation., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Stationery Collection - G [P.2011.46.151 & 152]