Glass negative showing a older black man driving a cart drawn by a donkey down a dirt road near Hamilton Harbor. The road winds back over a bridge and is lined with trees., Photographer remarks: Undertimed badly., Time: A.M., Light: Sun., The emulsion has started to flake off on the right side 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
March 26, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.886]
View of an open air children's goat carriage steered by an African American man coach driver in New York City's Central Park. The driver, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, a dark-collared suit, and a brimmed hat, holds the reins to two white goats with horns. Riding as passengers in the carriage are two white girls, attired in fine hats and coats. In the right background, a white woman and two children sit on a bench., Title from item., One of a series of copy issues entitled: American Scenery., Gift of Saul Koltnow, 1984., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1874]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereographs - unidentified - Non-Philadelphia-New York [P.9022.23]
