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Title: [Smiling Sarah Rhoads Potts in a chair], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as a baby sitting in a wicker chair on a porch. Potts smiles and wears a bonnet tied under her chin., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.277]

Title: [Two people on the lakeshore], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a man and woman standing next to a canoe on the shore of Wreck Pond. The view is seen from above through a cluster of trees., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.285]

Title: [Man carrying a canoe], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a man walking on the sand away from Wreck Pond carrying a canoe over his head. Two other boats float in the water behind him., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.297]

Title: [Men and women cook at campfire], Up Rancocas [NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men and women gathered around a campfire near Rancocas Creek. Pots hang over the fire strung on a stick propped between two other sticks. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 29, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.344]

Title: [Woman seated at iron gate], Down Rancocas, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a woman seated on a set of stone steps in front of an iron gate near Rancocas Creek. Two stone pillars stand on either side of the steps, each surmounted by a bronze eagle sculpture. The woman wears a tie and a decorated hat. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 29, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.347]

Title: [Group in a canoe], Wood Hill Farm, [Rancocas, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a man and a group of girls sitting in a canoe in a pond near Rancocas Creek. Two boys in the water hold on to either edge of the canoe. The man wears and bowtie and has a pipe in his mouth. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 29, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.350]

Title: [Group in a canoe], Wood Hill Farm, [Rancocas, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a man and four girls in a canoe on Rancocas Creek. The man holds an oar and maneuvers the boat in the fast flowing water. A boy with only his head visible swims next to the canoe. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 29, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.351]

Title: [Boy swimming in Rancocas Creek, NJ], Wood Hill Farm
Description: Film negative showing a boy wading in Rancocas Creek. Trees grow on either side of the bank and a small waterfall flows in the background. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 29, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.352]

Title: [Two people swimming], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a man and boy swimming in a pool at Sea Girt. The boy floats while the man stands in the water. The swimmers are seen from above., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.298]

Title: [Two people swimming], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a man and boy swimming in a pool. The man holds the boy while he floats in the water., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.299]

Title: [Swimming pool], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a swimming pool next to a two-story building at Sea Girt. A man and two boys swim in the pool., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.300]

Title: [Janet Morris making a fist], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby wearing a cap and sitting in a doorway. She holds out her fists and smiles at the camera., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.308]

Title: [Group outside a cabin], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a group sitting around a table outside a cabin at Pocono Lake. A woman walks down the front steps toward the table and a bicyce leans agains the cabin on the right. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., June 30 - July 5, 1909., 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: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.360]

Title: 1227-1229 Market St. after the great fire at Hunt, Wilkinson + Co's 1212-19 Market St., [Philadelphia, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a collapsed building at 1227 Market Street. A building with a sign reading "1229 Freihofer's Central Branch" stands with broken windows to the left. A sign reading "D.C. Humphrys Co. Signs, 13 N. 13th St." rest on top of the rubble., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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 25, 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.558]

Title: [View of Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue, across a brick road, Germantown, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the two-story Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue seen from across a brick road lined with trolley tracks. The house has shuttered windows and vines growing up its walls. A tall tree grows in the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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: [1899]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.561]

Title: [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the side of Avocado, the Morris family's multi-story house with a porch and tower with a balcony. A man sits on the porch railing. Dune grass and other buildings are visible in the distance. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., 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.2013.13.545]

Title: [Two women in a field, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing two women gathering flowers in a field near a river at Sea Girt. The women wear white dresses and hats. A stone and metal bridge crosses the river 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.2013.13.547]

Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a distant view of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building at the end of a pathway in a park in Harrisburg. In the left, a building with two towers stands adjacent to a building with a spire. In the center stands the Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial, a tall obelisk. The Capitol is adorned with pillars and a dome. The State Capitol building was designed in 1902 by Joseph Miller Huston. Known as Huston Capitol, it was the third state capitol building to be built in Harrisburg. The first, Hills Capitol, was razed by fire in 1897 and the second, Cobb Capitol, was discontinued in 1899 due to lack of funds. The Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial was designed by Edward Hudson Worrall to honor local soldiers who died during the Civil War. Construction began in 1867, and was completed in 1876 after financial setbacks. The monument was moved in 1959-1960 to Third and Division Streets, away from the Capitol building., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, 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 23, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.65]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris with dog]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris sitting with a small white dog on a set of steps. Morris wears a dark dress with puffed sleeves and holds up her hand. The dog raises its head expectantly., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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: 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.563]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris and dog]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris sitting with a small white dog on a set of steps. Morris wears a dark dress with puffed sleeves and smiles. The dog tilts its head, looking at the camera., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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: 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.564]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. gets swimming lessons, Spring Lake Pool, [NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a boy floating in a pool at Spring Lake. A man crouches in the water helping him float. They both wear bathing costumes. Spring Lake was a coastal resort area popular in the late 19th and early 20th century., Badger Album, 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 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.37]

Title: Phila[delphia] Dispensary from Independence Square
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view from Independence Square of the Philadelphia Dispensary's third building, built in 1801, at 127 South Fifth Street, with partial views of adjacent buildings including the Mercantile Library building (125 South Fifth Street), occupied by the American Bank Note Company at the time of this photograph, and the offices of F. Cooper Shapely (129 South Fifth Street). Boys sit and stand in front of the dispensary building while a horse-drawn Knickerbocker Ice Company cart is parked in front of the Bank Note Company. Founded in 1786 by Benjamin Rush, the dispensary provided medical attention to the indigent sick. The building was razed in 1922., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 12., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 1:45, Light: Good sun., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 46., Arcadia caption text: The Philadelphia Dispensary is dwarfed by the adjacent Bank Note Company, formerly the Mercantile Library, in this 1887 photograph by Marriott C. Morris. Founded in 1786, the Dispensary provided in-home care to the indigent sick and specialized in inoculation against smallpox. Doctors donated their time to the institution, providing medicine to patients free of charge, in return for medical experience. After renting properties near Chestnut and Strawberry streets, the Dispensary constructed its own out-patient clinic at 127 South Fifth Street in 1801. The plan of the Dispensary shows a “Prescribing Room,” an apothecary shop, and a room for patients on the ground floor, and a Manager’s Room, Library, and three bedrooms on the second floor. The Dispensary remained here until the institution was dissolved in 1922., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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 25, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1106]

Title: [Italian] Bark [Civitas] Ca[n]aria - Geo. Morris walking & [three] little girls on beach. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water. Marriott Morris' cousin George Morris walks down the beach toward a group of three young women sitting in the sand., Time: 4:00, 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., The emulsion is flaking in the upper left corner of the plate., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1300]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria"]. Geo[rge] & girls in foregr[oun]d. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water. Three young women and Marriott Morris' cousin George Morris sit in the sand on the beach., Same position as last., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 4:10, 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: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1301]

Title: Thalatta sailing on pond. Marriott Canby & Miss Moss in boat, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat carrying Marriott Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby and Miss Moss on Wreck Pond. Canby in the back of the boat holds an oar and the boat's sail is reflected in the calm water., Time: 11:15, 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 11, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1339]

Title: [Thalatta sailing on pond. Marriott Canby & Miss Moss on boat, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat carrying Marriott Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby and Miss Moss on a Wreck Pond. Canby in the back of the boat holds an oar and the boat's sail is reflected in the calm water., 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: August 11, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1340]

Title: Cedar tree on S. shore of Wreck Pond. Pond & Allaire H. in backgr[oun]d. [Spring Lake, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a landscape view of a leafy cedar tree set on a grassy hill. Allair Hotel near the bank of Wreck Pond is visible in the distant background. Spring Lake was a coastal resort area popular in the late 19th and early 20th century., Time: 4:10, Light: Fine 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: September 2, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1342]

Title: Little Joe Oglesby making our dog Jet beg in front of our house, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Joe Oglesby as a boy standing on the beach holding up a treat for Jet, a small black dog. Jet sits up on his hind legs begging and looks up at Oglesby expectantly. Oglesby wears a jacket with a wide collar and bow and short pants., Time: 2, 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 26, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1363]

Title: Horse chestnut tree from centre of garden. Tree in flower. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing large, flowering horse chestnut tree in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The tree stands in a lawn surrounded by tall shrubs with a circular flowerbed in the foreground. The back facade of the House is visible in the background. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: Trial box of eclipse plates., Time: 3:30, 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: May 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1286]

Title: Robinson's Mt. from boat in Some's Sound, [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing Robinson's Mountain rising on the shore of Somes Sound at Mount Desert Island. A sailboat travels near the shore on the roght. The view is seen from a distance across the water. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Photographer remarks: Blurred., Time: 11:30, 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: July 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1322]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground where a ruined pier extends into the water., 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: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.6]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground where a rowboat rests at the edge of the water., 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: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.7]

Title: Cedars in side yard Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a path running along the left side of the Morris family home Avocado. A wooden chair sits to the left of the path where slender trees grow in the lawn. Trees grow on either side of the path in the distance. The corner of the house is visible on the right. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., 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. 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.12]

Title: Sam Morris in Cedar bower Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris wearing a suit and hat sitting in a grove of slender trees near the Morris family home Avocado. The thin branches of the trees weave together forming a thick canopy above him. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., 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. 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.14]

Title: Cedars in side yard, Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Glass negative showing trees growing along the side of the Morris family home Avocado. The slender branches weave together forming a canopy over the grass. The corner of the house is visible to the right. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., 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: 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.16]

Title: Turtle Rock, [Catskills, NY]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris leaning against Turtle Rock, a large boulder on Overlook Mountain. Morris wears a hat and a suit, and holds a book in his hands., Photographer remarks: Under, Time: 5:15, Light: No sun., A little further off than #423., 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 13, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.429]

Title: [Dirt path in woods with Elliston Perot Morris and possibly Samuel Buckley Morris]
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road lined with wheel tracks running through the forest. Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris stands on the left facing the road while Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris sits in the grass on the opposite side of the road., 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: not after 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.1]

Title: [Interior of a playroom with Elliston P. Morris, Jr. on a rocking horse and Marriott C. Morris, Jr. seated on a chair]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a child's playroom with Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. riding a rocking horse and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. seated in a chair on the left. Another chair sits on the right and the walls are filled with pictures of animals., 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. 1904
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.10]

Title: Pres[ident] T[homas] Chase's [classics] class-room. No. 68 Founder's Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing Thomas Chase's classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College (founded 1833). Pupil's desks arranged in rows and a larger desk piled with books sits at the front of the room on a small dais. Behind this desk is a blackboard. A small stove sits in the left corner of the room. A map of Rome hangs on the wall behind the stove. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built. Chase was a professor of Greek and Latin at Haverford College from 1855 to 1875, and then became president from 1875 to 1886. In 1887, he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society., Time: 3:55, Light: Sun not out, pretty fair., 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 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.507]

Title: Prof. H. Carvill Lewis' class-room, no. 73 Founders Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing H. Carvill Lewis' science classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College (founded 1833). Long tables hold various tubes, burners, and vials. A taller counter sits at the front of the room with a blackboard behind it. To the left are shelves holding more glass vials. Founders Hall, built in 1833, was the first building of the Haverford School, later College. It served as the only living and learning quarters of the College until 1877 when Barclay Hall was built. Lewis graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1876 with a masters of Arts degree. In 1879, he went on to work for the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for three years. In 1883, he was hired as the chair of geology at Haverford College, and he spent most of his professional career studying glacial phenomena., Time: 4:35, Light: Fair 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: February 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.508]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground where a rowboat rests at the edge of the water., 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: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.5]

Title: Laying passenger stage out to the Orinoco. From forward spar-deck of vessel, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing two men straddling planks extending from a dock over water to an unseen boat. The men shimmy up the planks attaching ropes as they go. The dock is crowded with people. Rowboats float underneath the planks., Photographer remarks: Too small stop., Time: 2:30, 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: March 28, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.911]

Title: Laying passenger stage out to the Orinoco, from forward spar-deck of vessel, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of men shimmying up planks extending from a dock over water to an unseen boat. The men attach ropes as they go. The dock is crowded with people. Rowboats float in the water nearby., Same as last., Time: 2:30, 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: March 28, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.912]

Title: [Laying passenger stage out to the Orinoco, From forward spar-deck of vessel, Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing men carrying planks to lay from the dock to an unseen boat on the right. The planks extend over the water with rowboats floating nearby. The dock is crowded with people., Same as last., Photographer remarks: Too small stop., Time: cir. 2:30, 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: March 28, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.913]

Title: Rock with Marriott [most likely Marriott C. Morris]. Overlook Mountain, Catskills
Description: Glass negative showing a man, most likely Marriott C. Morris, standing on a rocky cliff looking out over a forested valley at Overlook Mountain. Another rock formation juts out from the cliff face above the man and trees grow on the slope behind him., No. 4., Photographer remarks: Fair, not very good., Time: 11 A.M., 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 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.91.3]

Title: Perot House (Par-la-ville) Queen St. Hamilton. From rear. Ja[me]s E. Perot in lower porch. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a tennis court on the lawn of Par-la-Ville, the Perot Family estate, originally established by William Perot during the early 19th Century. The house has a porch on the first floor and a balcony on the second. Marriott C. Morris' distant cousin James E. Perot sits on the porch looking out onto the lawn. Par-La-Ville was built for William B. Perot, Bermuda’s first postmaster, in 1814. The grounds became a national park, renamed Queen Elizabeth Park, while the house became the home of the Bermuda National Library and Bermuda Historical Society Museum., Time: 12:45, 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: March 31, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.932]

Title: Walk in garden at Par la ville, Cos. Ja[me]s E. Perot in foreground, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a garden at Par-la-Ville with a path surrounded by trees and other foliage. Marriott C. Morris' distant cousin Jason E. Perot, a man with a beard and a bowler hat, stands to the left of the path. Par-la-Ville was built for William B. Perot, Bermuda’s first postmaster, in 1814. The grounds became a national park, renamed Queen Elizabeth Park, while the house became the home of the Bermuda National Library and Bermuda Historical Society Museum., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Faint sun., Time: 1:15, 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 27, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.900]

Title: Crowd at sports at Princess Hotel, [Hamilton, Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a crowd of people gathered next to the Princess Hotel. Seveal more people occupy the balcony on the second floor of the building. A flagpole stands in front, flying an American flag as well as various nautifcal flags. The crowd looks out onto the water, where sailboats float past. Opened in 1885, the Princess Hotel was named after the royal visit of Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, to Bermuda. The hotel continued operation through the 21st century., Photographer remarks: Too small a stop., Time: 3:15, 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: March 27, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.903]

Title: Beach scene Asbury Park, [NJ], Mr. Shipley in foregr[oun]d
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people on the beach at Asbury Park, N.J. Some swim in the water while others rest on the sand. One of the men in the foreground is Walter Shipley. There is a group of three children holding hands in the foreground. Ropes extending into the water delineate a swimming area and two boats are visible toward the horizon. Some of the people wear bathing costumes. Asbury Park was developed in 1871 as a residential resort by James A. Bradley (1830-1921), a New York brush manufacturer. The town was named for Francis Asbury (1745-1816), the first American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was once home to the famous indoor amusement park Palace Amusements, the site of the original Tillie mural depicting two grinning faces., Time: 11:15, 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 12, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.953]

Title: Alice Shipley & Bessie in woods near overflow, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Alice Shipley and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on a bench in a woodland setting at Sea Girt. Both women wear hats and long white dresses and next to them on the bench is a box and various other small objects., Time: 11:40, 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 22, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.957]

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