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Title: Dinner group near Church Caves, Bermuda. Mr. Heyl, the Misses Heyl, Miss Boyd, Miss Armstrong, Father, Mother & Bess. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a group posed around a picnic blanket, including Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, James Bell Heyl and his daughters Adeline and Ida Heyl, Miss Boyd, and Miss Armstrong. The six women and Elliston Morris sit in the grass, leaning against a tree. Mr. Heyl stands behind the group. The women wear high-necked dresses and hats. The men wear suits and hats., Time: 2:30, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 23, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1449]

Title: [View from Sea Girt. Front fence of Avocado. Marriott C. Morris, Shober Kimber, and a woman, possibly Anne Emlen, by iron fence on beach. American flag flying in background]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris, Shober Kimber, and a woman, possibly Anne Emlen, standing near a metal fence at the Morris family home Avocado. Kimber and Emlen, stand behind the gate while Morris leans against the other side of the fence. A flagpole flying an American flag stands behind the group with the ocean visible in the distance. Both men wear jackets and short ties. Emlen wears a high-necked dress., 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 6, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.14.1]

Title: Party at West End Sta[tion]. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, mother, Bess, and I. [Lakewood, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mr. Baker, Fred Baker, Miss B., Mr. J.B. Samuel, Miss Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, and Marriott Canby Morris and his parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered on a platform outside a building labeled "Ticket Office" at Lakewood, N.J. Some stand while others sit. Mr. Samuel on the left holds an open umbrella. The women wear long dresses with hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Originally settled by mill operators in 1750, Lakewood became a winter resort area in 1880. It housed the prominent hotels Laurel House (1880-1932), Lakewood Hotel (1891-1925), and Laurel-in-the-Pines (1891-1967). By the 1960s, the area had become more residential., Time: 12:25, Light: Sun 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: August 19, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.708]

Title: [Party] ("Baker's Dozen") at W. End [Station. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, Mother, Bess & I. Lakewood, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mr. Baker, Fred Baker, Miss B., Mr. J.B. Samuel, Miss Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, and Marriott Canby Morris and his parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered on a platform outside a building labeled "Ticket Office" at Lakewood, N.J. Some stand while others sit. A man in the office doorway is blurred by motion. An umbrella sits on the platform next to Elliston Morris in the foreground and Mr. Samuel behind him holds another umbrella. The women wear long dresses with hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Originally settled by mill operators in 1750, Lakewood became a winter resort area in 1880. It housed the prominent hotels Laurel House (1880-1932), Lakewood Hotel (1891-1925), and Laurel-in-the-Pines (1891-1967). By the 1960s, the area had become more residential., Same party., Time: 12:30, Light: Sun 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: August 19, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.709]

Title: Old Littell-Morris house, Main & High Sts., showing also Dr. Dunton's house &c., [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Morris-Littel House at 5933 Germantown Avenue, seen from across the brick road lined with trolley tracks. A low stone wall separates the house from the sidewalk and trees grow both in the lawn and in planters next to the road. The Morris-Littell House belonged to the Morris and Littell families from 1776 to 1888 when it was purchased by E.H. Butler. Dr. Christopher Wit (1675-1765) planted one of the first botanical gardens in America on the property. The house was the residence of Ann Willing Morris (1767-1853) from 1812 to 1853. Her daughters, Elizabeth Carrington Morris (1795-1865) and Margaretta Hare Morris (1797-1867) were a botanist and an entomologist respectively. Margaretta Morris was also the first woman elected to the Pennsylvania Academy of Natural Sciences. The house was torn down in 1915 after the construction of the Germantown High School., Time: 12:30, 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: April 25, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1523]

Title: Old Perot house. (Mrs. Dickinson's) near Heron Bay, where Elliston & John Perot were born. Bess, co[u]s[ins] Morris & Rebecca Perot, Mr. Syphur & Father, Mother on picture. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing the old two-story Perot house built on a hill. Mr. Syphur and Marriott C. Morris' distant cousins Morris Perot and Rebecca Perot, parents and Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby stand next to the house at the top of the hill. A stone wall extends from the corner of the house and a tree grows in the yard behind it. Elizabeth Morris sits to the left of the group. The men wear three-piece suits and the women wear long dresses and hats. Joseph C. Dickinson bought the Port Royal Perot house from William B. Perot in 1880., Time: 11:10, 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 19, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1429]

Title: [Pulling the boat ashore, likely Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr., Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing three children pulling a rowboat up onto the sand away from the shoreline on the beach at Sea Girt. The two boys in front are likely Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr. The wear sailor suits, and one boy wears a hat. A dog stands in the sand close to the water. The Beach House is visible in the far distance. Robert Stockton bought the land of what would become Sea Girt in 1853. After his death in 1866, developers bought the land and in 1875 the Sea Girt Land and Improvement Company took over Stockton’s old mansion, added wings to either side, and renamed it the Beach House. The Beach House was a popular hotel for many years, reopening in 1920 as Stockton Hotel. It burned down in 1965., 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: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.122]

Title: [Morris family and others after the 225th anniversary of Germantown parade]
Description: Film negative showing seven children marching in line in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The two boys in the middle carry American flags and wear sailor suits. The girl in the center wears a large bow in her hair. The children likely include Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., his first cousins once removed Marjorie Wistar Canby and William Marriott Canby, and his third cousins twice removed Morris Wistar Wood, Anabella Bonnyman Wood, and Horatio Curtis Wood. 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.2017.38.12]

Title: Jane Rhoads Morris & her children
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their children Elliston Perot Morris Jr., Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris in a garden, likely at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris wears a white dress and hat. Elliston Morris Jr. stands on the left his arm around her shoulder and wears a patterned shirt with a ribbon around his neck. Marriott Morris Jr. stands on the right and wears a sailor suit. Janet Morris as a baby wears a knitted sweater and cap and sits in a carriage to the right reaching her hand toward Jane Morris., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.58]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] reading to her kids. 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris holding a book with their children Elliston Perot Morris Jr., Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Janet Morris fathered around a tree in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The boys sit next to Jane Morris on a wooden bench in front of the tree. Janet Morris as a baby sits in a carriage in front of the group. A large house stands in the background., 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 4, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.44]

Title: Group in our parlor. Father, Cos. H[annah] P[erot] Morris, Auntie Beulah & Uncle Chas. Rhoads, Bess, Geo. S. Morris, Mother & Aunt Lydia Morris, also dog "Jet," [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a group posed in a decorated interior of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin George Spencer, aunts Lydia Morris and Beulah Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, and secon cousin once removed Hannah Perot Morris. Charles Rhoads and Hannah Morris stand in the back while the others sit. Elizabeth Morris, in the center of the group, holds a small black dog, Jet, in her lap. The men wear three-piece suits and the women wear dark-colored dresses. 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., Time: 9 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: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1294]

Title: Group in our garden. Cos. Lill, Bells, Edith & Morris Wistar. Cos Lizzie, John & Anchen Morris & Bess. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and third cousins Anna Stokes Morris, John Stokes Morris, and Elizabeth Wistar, Morris' second cousin once removed Elizabeth Stokes Morris, and Morris' third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar, Edith Wistar, and Joshua Morris Wistar. Two of the women sit in the front row with Anna Morris leaning against the woman on the right and John Morris leaning against the woman on the left. The others stand behind them. 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., Time: 2, Light: Sun 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: May 5, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1120]

Title: [Cos. Lill, Bella & Edith & Morris Wistar. Cos. Lizzie & John & Anchen Morris & Bess. Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Morris' third cousins Anna Stokes Morris, John Stokes Morris, and Elizabeth Wistar, Morris' second cousin once removed Elizabeth Stokes Morris, and Morris' third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar, Edith Wistar, and Joshua Morris Wistar. Two of the women sit in the front row with Anna Morris leaning against the woman on the right and John Morris leaning against the woman on the left. The others stand behind them. 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., Same group as last but in a different position., Photographer remarks: A little undertimed., Time: 2:05, 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: May 12, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1121]

Title: Group in porch steps. Father, Mother, Uncle W[illiam Canby], Harry [Henry Mathews Canby], Marriott C., Bessie & Sam. [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people seating on the porch steps of the Morris family home Avocado. The group contains Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, his siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, his uncle William Canby, and his cousins William Marriott Canby Jr. and Henry Matthews Canby. Jet, a small black dog, sits in Samuel Morris' lap. The men wear three-piece suits. The boys wear short pants. Elliston Morris has a hat and writes in a book on his lap. 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., Time: 3:40, Light: Fair. 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: August 1, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.313]

Title: [Group in porch steps. Father, Mother, Uncle William Canby, Henry Mathews Canby, Marriott C., Bessie & Sam, Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people seating on the porch steps of the Morris family home Avocado. The group contains Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, his siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, his uncle William Canby, and his cousins William Marriott Canby Jr. and Henry Matthews Canby. Jet, a small black dog, sits in Samuel Morris' lap. The men wear three-piece suits. The boys wear short pants. Elliston Morris has a hat and writes in a book on his lap. 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., Time: 3:45, Light: Fair. 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: August 1, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.314]

Title: Family group at back porch of 4782 Main St., [Deshler-Morris House], Father, Bess, Hannah, Mother, Aunt Lydia, Uncle Charles Rhoads, Auntie Beulah. Geo. S. Morris & Catherine Harman. [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of Marriott C. Morris' family, including his aunt Beulah Sansom Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin Hannah Perot Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, aunt Lydia Spencer Morris, and cousin George Spencer Morris, as well as Catherine Harman gathered on the Deshler-Morris House porch at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women and one man sit in chairs in the front row while another woman sits behind them. Three of the men and two of the women stand in the back. The women wear long, high-necked dresses. Three of the women wear bonnets. The men wear three-piece suits. One man wears a top hat. 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., Time: 3:15, Light: Good., 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 14, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1503]

Title: [Family group at back porch of Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main St. Father, Bess, Hannah, Mother, Aunt Lydia, Uncle Charles Rhoads, Auntie Beulah. Geo. S. Morris & Catherine Harman. Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of Marriott C. Morris' family, including his aunt Beulah Sansom Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin Hannah Perot Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, aunt Lydia Spencer Morris, and cousin George Spencer Morris, as well as Catherine Harman gathered on the Deshler-Morris House porch at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women and one man sit in chairs in the front row while another woman sits behind them. Three of the men and two of the women stand in the back. The women wear long, high-necked dresses. Three of the women wear bonnets. The men wear three piece suits. 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: Longer exposure., Time: 3:20, Light: Good -sun out., Same group 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: April 14, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1504]

Title: [Morris family and others after the 225th anniversary of Germantown parade]
Description: Film negative showing seven children and four women sitting and standing in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris sits in the center next to their son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. Their other son, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., sits in front of the group holding two flags. The other children likely include Morris' first cousins once removed Marjorie Wistar Canby and William Marriott Canby, and his third cousins twice removed Morris Wistar Wood, Anabella Bonnyman Wood, and Horatio Curtis Wood. 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.2017.38.13]

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