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Title: [View of cat boat, possibly at Sea Girt]
Description: Circular photograph with a gold border showing a view of a sailboat on the water. A man stands on the boat's deck looking down at the waves., 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.9895.2078]

Title: [View of cat boat, possibly at Sea Girt]
Description: Circular photograph with a gold border showing a view of a sailboat on the water. Buildings are visible on the shore 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.9895.2079]

Title: U.S.S. Idaho, [Egg Harbor River, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing a view of a large steam ship seen from across the water at Egg Harbor. An American flag flies from the stern of the ship., September 9 + 10, 1908., Marriott C. Morris Collection., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.325., 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 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.611]

Title: U.S.S. Idaho, [Egg Harbor River, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing a view of a large steam ship seen from across the water at Egg Harbor. An American flag flies from the stern of the ship., September 9 + 10, 1908., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.325., 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 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.612]

Title: Boating on Consolation Lake, B[ritish] C[olumbia], Canada
Description: Photograph taken during a family trip to Canada and Washington state showing three people in a rowboat on Consolation Lake. A snowcapped mountain rises sharply from the far shore., See Janet Morris, Summer 1921, Trip West Diary, v. 1, p. 41 [P.2014.69.1]., 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 23, 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.6]

Title: Boating on Consolation Lake, B[ritish] C[olumbia] Canada
Description: Photograph taken during a family trip to Canada and Washington state showing three people in a rowboat on Consolation Lake. A snowcapped mountain rises sharply from the far shore., See Janet Morris, Summer 1921, Trip West Diary, v. 1, p. 41 [P.2014.69.1]., 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 23, 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.7]

Title: [Group in rowboat, Boys Parlors Camp, Wildwood, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing a group of boys and young men from the Boys’ Parlors Association in a rowboat on the Wildwood shoreline. Four boys in the center of the boat hold oars to push the boat further into the water. Most of the boys wear bathing costumes. Founded in 1887, the Boys’ Parlors Association of Germantown served as a safe space for neighborhood children whose parents worked longer hours in an industrializing city. The name changed in 1907 to the Germantown Boys’ Club after joining ranks with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Marriott Canby Morris served as the president of the club in the first decade of the 1900s. Wildwood began developing as a coastal resort town in the 1890s, growing dramatically in popularity in the 1950s. The area was incorporated as a city in 1912., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.149., 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 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.579]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. in rowboat on the beach]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a sailor suit standing in a rowboat on the beach. He smiles and clasps his hands together. A covered boardwalk stands in the sand behind the rowboat., 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 11, 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.571]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand as a rowboat rests in the sand at the water's edge., Photograph from negative number 43-5., 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.9895.2087]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand as a rowboat rests in the sand at the water's edge., Photograph from negative number 43-7., 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.9895.2089]

Title: [Two boys on a dock, Pocono Lake, PA]
Description: Photograph showing two boys, likely Marriott C. Morris’ sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., standing on a dock at Pocono Lake. A line of boats is docked on the right side of the dock and a building stands on the left. The boys wear short pants and hats. 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., September 3 + 4, 1909., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.388., 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 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.622]

Title: Janet Morris on dock with copper ingots, S.S. Octorara, Great Lakes Trans. Co., Buffalo, NY
Description: Photograph taken during a family trip to Canada and Washington state showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris standing on a dock among large piles of metal ingots at Buffalo. She wears a hat and a sailor dress. A ship is docked behind her with the words "Octorara, Great Lakes Transportation Company" painted on the side. A smokestack billows on the right. Lake Erie extends behind the ship with hills rising on the far shore., 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 5, 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.4]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris, Elliston Perot Morris Jr., Jane Rhoads Morris, and Martha Canby Morris on the beach]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston Perot Morris and Martha Canby Morris, son Elliston Perot Morris Jr., and wife Jane Rhoads Morris and sitting in a rowboat on the beach. The women wear black jackets and decorated hats. Elliston Morris Sr. wears a long jacket and hat. Elliston Morris Jr. wears a light jacket and wide-brimmed hat. A covered boardwalk stands in the sand behind the group., 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 11, 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.570]

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