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Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris and Janet Morris on porch steps], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing two women, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris, sitting on either side of their daughter Janet Morris as a young girl on a set of porch steps at Pocono Lake. The women wear long, high-necked white dresses. Rustic wooden furniture sits on the porch above the group. 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., July 30 - August 1, 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.2013.13.378]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Janet Morris outdoors], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' children Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Janet Morris walking in a field at Pocono Lake. Marriott Morris Jr. wears glasses and short pants. He holds a stick in his right hand and two strips of fabric in his left hand. The fabric wraps around Janet Morris' torso like a harness. She wears ribbons in her hair and looks at the camera. 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., 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: 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.426]

Title: Esther White + Eliz[abeth] Jones, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Esther White and Elizabeth Jones in a canoe on the lake at Pocono Lake. Two narrow sticks serve as masts and a makeshift sail unfurls near the center of the canoe. One of the women wears a sailor suit and steers the canoe. 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., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.430]

Title: [Group on dock], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing four people in bathing costumes on a wooden dock at Pocono Lake. A man and woman stand at the end of the dock while another woman sits. A boy dangles his feet in the water on the left side of the dock while holding on to a rowboat. 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., July 10 & 11, 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: July 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.368]

Title: 131 W. Walnut Lane, [Germantown, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a view of the side of Marriott C. Morris' three-story house with shuttered windows at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Trees and shrubs grow in even rows in the manicured lawn, which is bordered by a low wire fence., 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 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.406]

Title: 131 W. Walnut Lane, [Germantown, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a side view from across the street of Marriott C. Morris' three-story home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The house has shuttered windows and a garden bordered by a metal fence. Trees grow next to the street and in the yard., 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 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.408]

Title: [Morris family and others after the 225th anniversary of Germantown parade]
Description: Film negative showing six children standing together on a garden path at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The two boys in front stand with their backs to the camera and wear sailor suits. The girl in the center wears a large hat and smiles at the camera. 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., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on original envelope: Wood, Canby, Morris kids after parade, also older folks 5442 G'tn Ave (house not shown)., Gift of David M. Morris., 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 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.11]

Title: [Portrait of possibly Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and an unidentified man and woman, Pelham Road, Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. in a carriage with an unidentified man and woman on a path near Pelham Road. The man wears a three-piece suit and hat. The woman wears a dress, jacket, and decorated hat and holds onto the carriage. Morris wears a white, ruffled cap. The steps and porch of a house are visible behind the couple., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on original envelope: Pelham negatives, probably 1901, E.P. Morris for [?], Gift of David M. Morris., 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. 1901]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.16]

Title: [Sarah Rhoads Potts and Janet Morris] Germantown
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies sitting on a blanket in a garden. Both babies wear white dresses. A man extends his hand to support Potts 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: April 26, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.216]

Title: [Group in a wagon], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a group of men, women, and children in a wagon on a dirt road at Egg Harbor. A donkey pulls the wagon., The negative is split and has been repaired., 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 12-14, 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.169]

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris and Janet Morris] Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris holding their daughter Janet Morris as a baby. Jane Morris wears a dark jacket over white blouse with a ribbon around her neck and smiles. Janet Morris wearing a bonnet and coat. Dune grass is visible in the background., 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.2013.13.267]

Title: [Portrait of Elliston Perot Morris and possibly Beulah Sansom Morris], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris and an older woman, possibly his aunt Beulah Sansom Morris seated for a portrait in front of a backdrop on a porch. Elliston Morris wears a three-piece suit while the woman wears a dark dress, lace shawl, and cap., 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.2013.13.270]

Title: [Portrait of Elliston Perot Morris and possibly Beulah Sansom Morris], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris and an older woman, possibly his aunt Beulah Sansom Morris, posing for a portrait in front of a backdrop on a porch. The woman sits in a chair and wears a dark dress, lace shawl, and cap. Elliston Morris stands behind her and wears a three-piece suit., 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.2013.13.271]

Title: [Sarah Rhoads Potts and Janet Morris], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' niece Sarah Rhoads Potts and daughter Janet Morris as babies sitting on a blanket in front of a backdrop. A small circular toy sits on the ground in front of the children., 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.2013.13.273]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr.]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys wearing jackets and hats standing on a garden path. Houses are visible behind them., April 5 & 8, 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: April 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.198]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris, Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris, Jr. riding a cart], Germantown
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys riding on a four wheeled cart under a tree. Both boys wear caps and the Marriott Morris Jr. wears checkered sailor suit., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 26, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.219]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr.] Germantown
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys peering over a fence., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 26, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.222]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. in sand]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a boy laying in the sand next to the figure of a man he has built in the sand. Morris smiles and holds a stick in his right hand. He wears a coat and hat., Title supplied by cataloger., 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 21, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.341]

Title: [Janet Morris and Sarah Rhoads Potts], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies each wearing white frocks sitting on a blanket in front of a dark backdrop. A pacifier and a shell sit on the blanket to the right., 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.2013.13.283]

Title: [Janet Morris and Sarah Rhoads Potts], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies on a porch. Morris on the left wears a white dress and sits on a wooden chair with a tray. Potts on the right wears a cap and sits in a wicker chair., 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.2013.13.288]

Title: [Thomas C. Potts with Sarah Rhoads Potts over his shoulder] Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother-in-law Thomas C. Potts hoisting Morris' niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as a baby over his shoulder on a porch. The baby smiles and waves her arms., 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.2013.13.290]

Title: [Man on a bicycle], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a man riding a bicycle on a path in front of a two-story house at Sea Girt. A field and a barn are visible in the distance., 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.2013.13.291]

Title: [Sarah Rhoads Potts and Janet Morris], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies sitting next to each other in front of a backdrop. They wear white frocks and look down at something in Morris' hands., 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.2013.13.310]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris, Jr. wearing a cap], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a cap and squinting his eyes. A dune sparsely covered with grass rises 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.2013.13.303]

Title: [Helen Dickey Potts on the beach], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' niece Helen Dickey Potts as a girl playing in the sand on the beach. She wears a checkered dress and a bow in her hair. A slab of driftwood with various shells and other objects on top of it sits in front of her., 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.2013.13.304]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris, Jr. with a toy boat], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wading in Wreck Pond with a toy boat floating near his ankles. He wears a straw hat and a sailor suit., 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.2013.13.305]

Title: [Group of bathers on the lakeshore], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a group of women and children gathered on a dock at Pocono Lake. Some of the women wear bathing attire and two boy climb a ladder into the lake. A man swims in the water and another man floats away in a canoe. 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.2013.13.359]

Title: 7th + Filbert Sts., [Philadelphia, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. In the center of the image, a three-story building stands on the corner. To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (705-707 Filbert Street). A smaller building closer to the center has a sign reading "G.W. Bean & Co. Perfumery." The buildings to the right display signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Appleton & Company Wallpapers" (44 N. 7th Street), and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). Various carriages drive down the street., 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: 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.553]

Title: 6706 Cresheim Rd, [Germantown, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' two-story house at 6706 Cresheim Road, seen from across a field from among a grove of trees. The house has a porch, is decorated with timber framing and connected to another house., 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: 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.555]

Title: [Canoe on river and man on bank], Browns Mills, [NJ] with Photo[graphic] Society
Description: Film negative from a series of photographs taken by Morris during his excursion to Brown Mills, N.J. with the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. Shows two men standing on an unidentified riverbank, one of them holding a camera. A woman sits in a canoe floating near the bank. Three houses are visible on the shore in the background. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1860 to promote the techniques and art of photography. Morris was a member of the Society by 1885., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.456]

Title: [Canoe on river and two men on bank], Browns Mills, [NJ] with Photo[graphic] Society
Description: Film negative from a series of photographs taken by Morris during his excursion to Brown Mills, N.J. with the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. Shows two men standing on an unidentified riverbank, one of them holding a camera. A woman sits in a canoe floating near the bank. Three houses are visible on the shore in the background. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1860 to promote the techniques and art of photography. Morris was a member of the Society by 1885., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.457]

Title: [Canoe on the river], Browns Mills, [NJ], with Photo[graphic] Society
Description: Film negative from a series of photographs taken by Morris during his excursion to Brown Mills, N.J. with the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. Shows a woman and a dog in a canoe on an unidentified river. The woman paddles with an oar around a small island in the middle of the river. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1860 to promote the techniques and art of photography. Morris was a member of the Society by 1885., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.459]

Title: 7th + Filbert Sts., [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. In the center of the image, a three-story building stands on the corner. To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (705-707 Filbert Street). A smaller building closer to the center has a sign reading "G.W. Bean & Co. Perfumery." The buildings to the right display signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Appleton & Company Wallpapers" (44 N. 7th Street), and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). A man stands in the doorway of 44 N. 7th across from horse-drawn carts and carriages parked in the street., 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: 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.549]

Title: Rear of home, [Deshler-Morris House] 5442 G[erman]t[ow]n Ave, [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing the rear of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The house has shuttered windows, walls covered in ivy, and a balcony on the second floor. A fallen tree covered in vines lies across the garden. 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., 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: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.62]

Title: Old Phila[delphia] Library, 5th & Library Sts from Independence Sq[uare] being torn down for Drexel's new building
Description: Glass negative showing exterior view looking east from State House Square at the red-brick building constructed on South Fifth Street for the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1789 after designs by Dr. William Thornton. After the construction of two new buildings - the Ridgway Building in South Philadelphia and the Furness building at Juniper and Locust Streets - the Fifth Street library was sold in 1880. A signboard for The Central News Company is visible across the front facade of the building, which in this image, is being demolished to make way for the Drexel Building. Men wearing suits and bowler hats sit in the grass nearby. The Forrest Building (119-127 South Fourth Street) is visible in the distance. Central News Company operated from the building from 1883 until 1886., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 13., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 2:10, Light: Faint 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. 10., Arcadia caption text: In 1887, the old Library Company building was demolished to make way for the Drexel Building. Ironically, this office building was demolished in the late 1950s when the American Philosophical Society (founded 1743) built its state-of-the-art library on the site, featuring a reproduction of the Library Company’s original façade as designed by William Thornton., 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., Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom (PW-285234-22), 2023-2025.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 22, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1105]

Title: [Interior of House of Industry with women at work, 114 North 7th Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of an interior at the House of Industry densely packed with women. The women sit on chaiars working on sewing projects and making handicrafts. Shuttered windows line the left and back walls. Two large skylights in the ceiling provide the main source of light in the room. The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, founded in 1795, operated the House of Industry, which offered a nursery and employed women to make handicrafts. The charity moved to Catharine Street in 1916., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 2 of this., Same as last., Time: 3, Light: Good sun outside., 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. 49., Arcadia caption text: The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, one of the first charities in Pennsylvania established by women, was founded in 1795 under the leadership of Ann Parrish. The Quaker group provided food, clothing, and fuel to widows and children of men who had perished in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The society later established a “House of Industry” with a nursery, where women were employed to make handicrafts. The House of Industry depicted here in 1870 was located at 112 North Seventh Street. In 1916 the charity moved to 716 Catharine Street and was later known as the Catharine Street House of Industry., 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: January 24, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1253]

Title: Joe Oglesby & little Margaret Lennig watching Jet beg [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Joe Oglesby and Margaret Lennig standing on the beach holding up treats for Jet, a small black dog. Jet stands on his hind legs looking up at the children expectantly. Oglesby wears a jacket with a wide collar and bow and short pants. Lennig wears a short striped dress with a white frock., Time: 2:05, 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.9895.1364]

Title: View in our garden, looking up from end of stone path. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Ave]
Description: Glass negative showing a garden with a wide lawn surrounded by trees and tall bushes at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A large tree stands in the center of the lawn and a small black dog sits to the right of a path running through the garden. 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: 3:20, Light: good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1285]

Title: Backyard at Sea Girt, [NJ] from ironing room door. G[eorge] V[aux] Jr. on lawn
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' third cousin George Vaux Jr. standing in a garden with a path running through it at the Morris family home Avocado. Slender trees stand in the lawn while larger trees and shrubs form the border of the garden. 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., Photographer remarks: slightly undertimed, Time: 12:31, 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: September 14, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1349]

Title: Clouds & ocean & Beach House, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the beach at Sea Girt with the ocean under a cloudy sky on the left and the Beach House in the distance on the right., Time: 11:41, 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 24, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1361]

Title: Sargent Mt. & another Mountain from end of Eagle Lake. Hannah Rhoads & Anna Tatnall in foregr[oun]d. [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' second cousin once removed Anna Tatnall and Morris' Uncle Charles Rhoads' niece Hannah Rhoads sitting on large rocks looking over Eagle Lake at Mount Desert Island. Various small boats float near the shore while two roling hills rise on the opposite shore. 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: Intens. 10/88, Time: 4:55, 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: July 16, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1320]

Title: Charlie Huston & Morris Leeds pulling Bessie Carter on a wood sled, [end of Eagle Lake, Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing Charlie Huston (Haverford College class of 1875) and Morris Leeds (class of 1888) pulling Bessie Carter seated on a wooden sled at Mount Desert Island. A forest of slender trees lines the path and two horses are visible among the trees in the background. Carter wears a long, high-necked dress and wide brimmed hat. One of the men wears a suit jacket and both men wear hats. 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., Time: 5, Light: Good sun., Same place 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: July 16, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1321]

Title: Our party in parlor of Robert [Mickle]'s House, [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people posed in an interior at Robert Mickle's House on Mount Desert Island. Some of the men and women sit on the floor or chairs while others stand. Many of the women hold flowers in their hands. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear high-necked dresses. 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: Intensified 10/88, Time: 10:30 P.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: July 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1326]

Title: In parlor of Robert [Mickle]'s House. N.E. Harbor, [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people posed in an interior of Robert Mickle's house on Mount Desert Island. Some of the men and women sit on the floor or chairs while others stand. Many of the women hold flowers in their hands. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear high-necked dresses. The woman on the left has a cat in her lap. 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., Same group as last., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 10:35 P.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: July 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1327]

Title: [Front view of Maginnis from between bridge & store, Poconos, Swiftwater, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing the front facade of the Swiftwater Inn. The three-story building owned by Arthur Maginnis features wide porches and balconies and a footbridge leading to the front door. The Swiftwater Inn opened as early as 1778. By the 1870s, it had become a vacation boarding house. The inn was demolished in 2007., Photographer remarks: Taken morning we left Swiftwater & developed 2 weeks after at home. Good view of front of house. Several dust holes. V[arnished], Time: 12:30 P.M., Light: Light clouds over sun., Same as no. 41., 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 31, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.44]

Title: Allen C. Thomas' [history and literature] class room, No. 61 Founder's Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing Allen C. Thomas' classroom in Founder's Hall at Haverford College. Pupil chairs with attached desks are arranged in rows. A larger desk stacked with books sits at the front of the room. Behind the desk is a blackboard and the adjacent wall is filled with maps. 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. Thomas graduated from Haverford College in 1865 and returned as an instructor in 1878. After getting his masters in history in 1882, he continued as a professor of rhetoric and history until 1909. He also worked extensively with the library until 1912., Photographer remarks: Slightly overtimed & underdeveloped., Time: 4:30, Light: Fair no sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 24, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.502]

Title: Sam Morris in carriage in Crescent Park, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris driving a horse-drawn carriage down a dirt road in Crescent Park. Grass and trees grow on either 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: ca. 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.5]

Title: Sam Morris coming up path in back yard, Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris wearing a suit and a round hat standing on a dirt path behind the Morris family home Avocado. A wooden gate is visible among the foliage in the background. Grass and trees grow thickly on either side of the path. 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.9895.50.13]

Title: Iron tank [Platterkill Road] from N. [Catskills, NY]
Description: Glass negative showing a path winding through the woods at Plattekill Mountain. A steep hillside rises on the left. A man, possibly Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. morris, stands on the path next to a box, barrel, and other debris., Photographer remarks: Under, Time: 4:50, 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: September 13, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.428]

Title: My room, side opposite bed, from telegraph instrument shelf, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing the corner of Marriott C. Morris' room in Barclay Hall at Haverford College. On the left there is a door and a chair; on the right is a small table holding magazines and what appears to be a large wooden spoon. Above the table is a shelf holding framed pictures and a clock, and on the wall are various other framed pictures. Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of Haverford College, originally founded in 1833., Photographer remarks: slightly overexposed., Time: 1:55, Light: Fair, sun not out., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: January 27, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.491]

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