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Title: W. and N. Junction
Description: Depicts a two-and-a-half story tower or station at the junction of the Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) tracks and the Wilmington & Northern tracks in Wilmington. Several B & O cars are visible in the yard.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.67]

Title: Kiamensi Mill Road
Description: Depicts a large, single stone culvert under the railroad tracks. An unharnessed cart sits underneath.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.63]

Title: Kiamensi Station
Description: Depicts a small brick and shingle-covered station. A large shed sits across from the station, on the opposite side of the tracks. For views of similar designs, see Bradshaw Station (P.9945.16); Leslie Station (P.9945.41); and Childs Station (P.9945.47).
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.62]

Title: Wilmington School
Description: Aerial view of the Alexis I. duPont secondary school located at 3130 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, Delaware. Depicts school building, outdoor athletic fields, and surrounding farmlands. Groups of people stand on the lawn in front of the building. The school was founded in 1893 and presided at this location until 1966., Negative number: 1441.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1441]

Title: Entrance to Brandywine Bridge, Wilmington, [DE]
Description: Glass negative showing the entrance to Brandywine Bridge, a covered bridge. Electiral wires are strung above the bridge and a man stands in the entryway. A sign hangs over this bridge reading "[...] Builders, 1839. Keep to the right as the law directs, Walk your horses over the bridge, Under the penalty of 5 dollars, Built for New Castle County Building Committee." The Brandywine Bridge refers to State Bridge #575 or the North Market Street Bridge, originally a chain suspension bridge as early as 1762. After various repairs and updates, the bridge washed away in 1822 and was rebuilt into a double-span timber bridge, running 145 feet long and 28 feet wide. This new structure washed away in an 1839 flood and was replaced by bridge builder Lewis Wernwag. In 1887, the wooden bridge was replaced by an iron and steel bridge., Time: 11:35, 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 27, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.469]

Title: Old Swedes's Church Wilmington [DE]. From 6th St. Snow on ground
Description: Glass negative showing Old Swedes's Church, an old stone church with ivy climbing up the walls. The church is surrounded by bare trees, a cemetary and a metal fence. Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, was built 1698-1699. It became an Episcopal parish in 1791., Photographer remarks: V[Varnished]. Sent One to Thomas Bates 7th & Church Sts., Time: 11:40, Light: Sun shining, 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: December 26, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.206]

Title: Old Marriott chair made by Isaac Marriott in 1680. In back porch at Wilmington, [DE]
Description: Glass negative showing an elaborately carved chair made by Isaac Marriott with a back made of caning and a cushioned seat. The chair is located on a porch decorated with latticework., 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 25, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.798]

Title: Old Marriott chair, [in back porch at Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing an elaborately carved chair made by Isaac Marriott with a back made of caning and a cushioned seat. The chair is located on a porch., This is a closer view of the same chair seen in plate 798., 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 25, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.799]

Title: Old Marriott chair made by Isaac Marriott in 1680. [In back porch at Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing an elaborately carved chair made by Isaac Marriott with a back made of caning and a cushioned seat. The chair is located on a porch decorated with latticework., Light: No sun., This is the same chair as the one in plates 798 and 799., 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 25, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.800]

Title: On Brandywine Race-bank looking down toward Van Buren St. [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing the Brandywine River separated down the center by a long island with a pathway. Trees line the riverbank and a bridge is visible in the background to the right., 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: November 25, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.801]

Title: On Brandywine looking up from below 3rd dam, on race bank, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Brandywine River separated down the center by a long island with a pathway. Trees line the riverbank, almost falling into the water., 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: November 25, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.802]

Title: Old Rodney House, Wilmington, front view
Description: Glass negative showing the front facade of Caesar Rodney's two-story stone house with shuttered windows and a small pediment over the entryway. Two dormer windows and two chimneys sit on the roof. Several trees stand on the left and a wooden lean-to on the right. Rodney was a signer of the Declaration of Independence., Photographer remarks: 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: November 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.803]

Title: Looking down race bank from 3rd dam [on Brandywine], Father on bank, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Brandywine River separated down the center by a long island with a pathway. Trees line the riverbank and Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris stands near a fallen tree on the left edge of the path., 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: November 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.809]

Title: Down race bank [of Brandywine], back of cemetery, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Brandywine River separated down the center by a long island with a pathway. Trees line the riverbank and there is a small wooden bridge from the pathway spanning the left side of 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: November 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.810]

Title: Down Brandywine from 1st dam. Market St. bridge in background, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Brandywine River, a wide river with a rocky streambed. A row of trees lines the left bank and the covered bridge at Market Street is visible in the distance., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., 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: November 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.811]

Title: Corner of Aunt Annie's [Canby] parlor, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing a parlor in Marriott C. Morris' aunt Anna Canby's house decorated with various cushions, throws, lamps, pictures, and other objects. There is a setee against the wall on the left and a chair in the foreground., Photographer remarks: undertimed., 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 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.812]

Title: New B & O Bridge over Brandywine, from rocks on N. bank, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing a bridge constructed from large brick pillars supporting a trestle spanning Brandywine River. A railroad track runs next to the river. Telephone lines also traverse the river up to a small building at the top of a hill on the 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: November 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.804]

Title: [New B & O Bridge over Brandywine. From rocks on N. bank]. [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing a bridge constructed from large brick pillars supporting a trestle spanning Brandywine River. A railroad track runs next to the river. Telephone lines also traverse the river up to a small building at the top of a hill on the left., Same as last., 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 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.805]

Title: Bridge from top of bank, farther up, [Brandywine, Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing a bridge constructed from large brick pillars supporting a trestle spanning Brandywine River. A railroad track runs next to the river. Telephone lines also traverse the river and a fence runs down the hill towards the river. The roofs of buildings are visible on the far shore over the bridge., This is a closer view of the same bridge in plates 804 and 805., 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 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.806]

Title: Looking down Brandywine from Rattlesnake Run. Marriott Canby on a tree, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Brandywine River with trees lining its banks. Marriott C. Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby Jr. stands on a fallen tree at the edge of the right bank of the river., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., 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: November 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.807]

Title: 3rd dam on Brandywine, from across race, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing water flowing over a dam in a the Brandywine River. A man stands on a wooden platform overlooking the dam on the left and the far bank of the river is lined with trees., 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: November 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.808]

Title: Old Tatnall houses on Market St. Brandywine, from near bridge, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing a a series of stone houses previously owned by the Tatnall family set on a cobblestone road. A small retaining wall separates the houses' lawns from the street, where a horse-drawn carriage stands waiting. People walk along the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street., Time: 12:30, The emulsion is flaking along the top edge 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: December 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1386]

Title: Uncle W[illia]m [Canby]'s house from Van Buren St. & Penna. Ave., Wilmington
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' uncle William Canby's three-story brick home set on the corner of Van Buren Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The house is separated from the cobblestone road by a metal fence and a sidewalk. Trees grow in the sidewalk and large shrubs grow in front of the house's entryway., Time: 3:30, 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: December 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1387]

Title: Mother & Mary Canby at the spring. Foot of Van Buren St., Brandywine, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris and a boy, possibly Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby Jr., resting near Brandywine Creek. Morris sits in the grass near some rocks while the boy stands with one knee bent leaning on the rocks. Morris wears a velvet shawl and hat., Photographer remarks: In 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 box., Time: 10:45, 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: December 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1381]

Title: Looking up creek from race bank below Van Buren St. [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Brandywine Creek running over a rocky streambed. Trees line the shore and a boy, possibly Marriott Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby Jr., sits on the left side of the river., Photographer remarks: 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 bicycle., Time: 11, Light: Good sun., The emulsion is dark and the image barely discernible., 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: December 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1382]

Title: Up race bank at Washington St. [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Brandywine Creek with tall trees leaning over each bank. A path runs down the right shore and a man stands on the path. A wooden foot bridge crosses the creek in the background., Photographer remarks: In 3 1/4 x 4 1/4., Time: 11:10, Light: Good sun., The emulsion is dark and the image barely discernible., 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: December 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1383]

Title: West St. bridge over race. Looking up. [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing a wooden bridge spanning Brandywine Creek. Tall trees lean over the left bank. A pathway lined with grass runs down the right bank., Time: 11:20, 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: December 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1384]

Title: 1st dam on Brandywine from race bank back of Cos. Elizabeth Canby's, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing a distant view of a dam on the Brandywine Creek. The creek rushes over rocks seen from the tree-lined bank. A wooden walkway spans a small gap between the path and the bank., Time: 12:30, 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: December 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1385]

Title: Old Marriott Chair made by Isaac Marriott in 1680. In back porch at Wilmington
Description: Photograph showing an elaborately carved chair made by Isaac Marriott with a back made of caning and a cushioned seat. The chair is located on a porch with a cloth backdrop., Photograph from negative number 798., 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 25, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2107]

Title: Old Swedes Church, Wilmington Del
Description: Lantern slide showing Old Swedes Church, also known as Holy Trinity Church, a stone church with ivy climbing up the walls. The church is surrounded by bare trees, a cemetary and a metal fence. Holy Trinity Church was built 1698-1699. It became an Episcopal parish in 1791., Signed: Morris., Negative P.9895.206., 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. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2153]

Title: Gilpin Avenue Bridge
Description: Depicts a through truss bridge spanning Gilpin Avenue, not far from the train station at Delaware and Dupont Avenues in Wilmington.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.73]

Title: Brandywine Creek Bridge
Description: Depicts a pin-connected, deck truss bridge mounted on granite masonry piers spanning the Brandywine River in Delaware. Constructed for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ca. 1885, but modified in 1920 for automobile traffic. Also known as the Augustine Bridge.
Date: March 1891.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. albums - B&O [P.9945.74]

Title: [Aerial view of Wilmington, Delaware]
Description: Negative number: 211114, Inscribed in negative: Aero Service Corporation, Phila.
Creator: Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer
Date: ca. 1924
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jennings [P.9480.211114]

Title: Scene at polling place in Wilmington, Del. Local option election, Nov. 5 1907
Description: Documentary view taken by Delaware news photographer A.N. Sanborn showing African American men voters outside of Buck's Chemical Co., a Wilmington, Delaware polling place. Depicts the men standing on the edge of the sidewalk, some conversing, one holding papers in his hand, in front of the brick building of the chemical company adorned in signage reading "Incorporated 1900. Bucks Chemical Co., 1201 & 1203 French St. J.C. Buck[? ], Pres. Wm C. [?], Secy. & Treas. Other men stand near the building by the sign and an entryway with the frame marked "Laundry." To the left, a group of white men stand in a huddle, across from a partially visible entry way, and next to two white girls who look toward the photographer. All the men are attired in suits. To the right, a group of African American and white children crowd together and look toward the photographer. Behind them, in the background, the Black church, the Union American Methodist Episcopal Church, is visible. View also includes two lines of ropes and poles that extend into the empty street from the partially visible entryway and create a cordoned passage. In 1901, the Delaware State General Assembly took actions to dismantle laws that impeded voting by the Black community, as well as had finally symbolically ratified the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. The November 1907 local option election ballot was on the question of whether state licenses should be granted to outlets to serve alcohol. Wilmington voters voted in favor of licenses., Title and date from manuscript note on mount., Name of photographer from imprint blindstamped on mount., Manuscript note on verso: 5th Dis of 6th Ward. 2nd Ref Dis. Cor 12th & French, Wil Del., Partially purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program., RVCDC
Creator: Sanborn, A.N. (Arthur N.), 1869-1959, photographer
Date: [November 5, 1907]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Sanborn [P.2023.17.2]

Title: Port of Wilmington, Wilmington, Delaware
Description: Aerial views of the Port of Wilmington showing marine cargo sheds and marine terminals, stacks of shipping containers and other industrial buildings and facilities related to the shipping industry. One cargo ship is docked. Construction of the port was completed in 1922 and it officially opened in 1923. The port is located at the confluence of the Delaware and Christina Rivers., Negative numbers: 4729, 4730, 4731, 4732, 6158, 6159., 4729 not digitized; negative is similar to 4732., 4730 not digitized; negative is damaged and cannot be scanned.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1920-1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.4729; P.8990.4730; P.8990.4731; P.8990.4732; P.8990.6158; P.8990.6159]

Title: Photograph album
Description: Photograph album belonging to Philadelphia amateur photographer John C. Browne. Contains informal portraits of family friends and views of excursions and landmarks in Bethlehem and Nazareth, Pa.; Wilmington, De.; Belividere and Burlington, N.J.; and the Philadelphia area. Images depict the Pennock-Miller family Delaware County mansion Forest Hill, including the library, "Mrs. Pennock's [ceramic] Collection," greenhouse, and Sarah Pennock Miller with her son Caspar on a mule; Old Moravian Boarding School, Moravian Sisters House, Protestant Episcopal Church, and "Old Oil Mill" (Bethlehem); Old Swedes Church (Wilmington); and an old Moravian brewery, buildings, and Whitfield House (Nazareth). Other photographs depict Haines Spring house; "Andersons" at Belvidere; a family picnic at Pierson's Ravine (Belvidere); the Wissahickon; [Fairmount?] "Park guard house"; portraits of a family dog and posed portraits of Mary (Mame) Steele, including one showing the extreme length of her tresses, and Ettie Lewis, Anna, May, Katie and Bessie Shippen attired in costume. Some views include fellow amateur photographer architect George W. Hewitt. One Bethlehem view also shows D. & A. Luckenbach mill., Front free end paper signed John C. Browne., Photographs identified by inscriptions below images. Some annotated "Dry (albumen)" or "Dry.", Green cloth binding, with gilt, and stamped on cover: Album., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Two photographs of "Pennocks House" removed prior to acquisition by repository., Eight inserted loose prints in envelopes removed and housed separately in John C. Browne Collection., LCP AR [Annual Reports] 1989 p. 33-34., Inventory available at repository.
Creator: Browne, John C. (John Coates), 1838-1918, photographer
Date: ca. 1873-ca. 1877
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9316]

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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