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Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground where a rowboat rests at the edge of the water., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.7]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground where a rowboat rests at the edge of the water., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.5]

Title: Laying passenger stage out to the Orinoco. From forward spar-deck of vessel, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing two men straddling planks extending from a dock over water to an unseen boat. The men shimmy up the planks attaching ropes as they go. The dock is crowded with people. Rowboats float underneath the planks., Photographer remarks: Too small stop., Time: 2:30, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 28, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.911]

Title: Laying passenger stage out to the Orinoco, from forward spar-deck of vessel, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of men shimmying up planks extending from a dock over water to an unseen boat. The men attach ropes as they go. The dock is crowded with people. Rowboats float in the water nearby., Same as last., Time: 2:30, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 28, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.912]

Title: [Laying passenger stage out to the Orinoco, From forward spar-deck of vessel, Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing men carrying planks to lay from the dock to an unseen boat on the right. The planks extend over the water with rowboats floating nearby. The dock is crowded with people., Same as last., Photographer remarks: Too small stop., Time: cir. 2:30, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 28, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.913]

Title: Crowd at sports at Princess Hotel, [Hamilton, Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a crowd of people gathered next to the Princess Hotel. Seveal more people occupy the balcony on the second floor of the building. A flagpole stands in front, flying an American flag as well as various nautifcal flags. The crowd looks out onto the water, where sailboats float past. Opened in 1885, the Princess Hotel was named after the royal visit of Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, to Bermuda. The hotel continued operation through the 21st century., Photographer remarks: Too small a stop., Time: 3:15, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 27, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.903]

Title: Beach scene Asbury Park, [NJ], Mr. Shipley in foregr[oun]d
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people on the beach at Asbury Park, N.J. Some swim in the water while others rest on the sand. One of the men in the foreground is Walter Shipley. There is a group of three children holding hands in the foreground. Ropes extending into the water delineate a swimming area and two boats are visible toward the horizon. Some of the people wear bathing costumes. Asbury Park was developed in 1871 as a residential resort by James A. Bradley (1830-1921), a New York brush manufacturer. The town was named for Francis Asbury (1745-1816), the first American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was once home to the famous indoor amusement park Palace Amusements, the site of the original Tillie mural depicting two grinning faces., Time: 11:15, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 12, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.953]

Title: [Boats at dock, Wreck Pond, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a view of a dock with rowboats tethered to either side on Wreck Pond. A raised wooden viewing platform stands on the riverbank next to a tree on the left. Various other piers and causeways travel over the water in the distance., 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.2013.13.76]

Title: [Man in water pulling boat, Wreck Pond, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a view of a man wading in the water at Wreck Pond and pulling a row boat behind him. Other rowboats are tethered to a dock extending into the water 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: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.78]

Title: [Woman in chair overlooking dock, Wreck Pond, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a woman seated in a chair on a hillside overlooking a dock on Wreck Pond. Two people walk down the dock toward a group of sailboats., 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.2013.13.80]

Title: Group on beach at Atlantic City. Stranded sch[ooner] in background
Description: Glass negative showing a group of three women and one man posing on the beach at Atlantic City. The man holds a camera on a tripod in his left hand and wears a long coat and hat. The women wear long dark dresses and hats. The masts of a ship are visible in the background., Photographer remarks: Pretty good neg. Overexp. V[Varnished], Time: 12 M, Light: Bright, no sun., Line of bright gold spots in the lower 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: February 16, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.215]

Title: Thalatta sailing on Wreck pond. Sam [B. Morris] in stern. Bow on. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat on Wreck Pond. The sail is partially raised and Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris leans an oar over the side of the boat. A large building is visible in the distance across the lake., Time: 8:30, Light: Bright 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 8, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.746]

Title: Thalatta sailing on pond, stern view, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat on Wreck Pond. The sail is fully raised and Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris sits in the boat dipping an oar in the water. The far shore is visible in the background., Time: 12:05, 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 8, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.747]

Title: Looking north from foot of Snyder Av
Description: Film negative showing three men, including Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, standing in a dockyard at the foot of Snyder Avenue. Debris and rowboats line the shore while a large steamship is docked in the background. The men wear three-piece suits and hats., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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 24, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.480]

Title: [Mana]squan River from Pine Bluff Inn, [Point Pleasant, NJ]
Description: Film negative taken from the Pine Bluff Inn showing a boy, likely one of Marriott C. Morris' sons, standing on a hill next to a wooden fence overlooking Manasquan River. Two sailboats float near a dock on the river in the background. The Pine Bluff Inn was built in 1899 as a temperance house. It closed in 1930., Inscription on negative: Pine Bluff Inn 9/1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.521]

Title: [Group in a rowboat], Boys Parlors Camp, Wildwood, NJ
Description: Film negative 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., 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.2013.13.149]

Title: D & H Canal & coal dock, Honesdale, Pa
Description: View showing the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company boat and coal dock on the canal. The Delaware and Hudson canal, constructed from 1825-1828 after the designs of engineer Benjamin Wright, was conceived by Philadelphia merchants, William and Maurice Wurtz, as a means to transport anthracite coal from northeastern Pennsylvania to New York. Depicts in the foreground, workers standing on one of several docked canal boats used to transport coal hauled to Honesdale by the Pennsylvania Coal Company gravity railroad. In the background, a Pennsylvania Coal Company locomotive steams down the tracks past mountains of coal., Orange mount with rounded corners., Title from manuscript note on mount., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified -Transportation [P.9212.4]

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: [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: [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: [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: Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy This certifies that [Rev. William Hance]
Description: Certificate for life membership in the Philadelphia Sabbath Association and depicting a church next to a canal. In the center, shows a church. Men and a woman walk towards the church and enter through the front door. In the foreground is a canal with a canal boat docked and a railway car. In the right are several buildings. In the left are horses and cows in a fenced in field, and a house is visible in the background. The Philadelphia Sabbath Association was founded in 1840 and aimed to promote the protection of the Sabbath and provided Sunday services for canal workers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed and manuscript written on recto: ...by a contribution of twenty dollars made by [M.E. Union Church, Phila. June 1, 1856] is constituted a Life Member of the Philadelphia Sabbath Association. [John A. Brown] President. [Milfred Hall] Cor. Secy. [Martin Buehler] Treasurer., Gift of David Doret., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2009, p. 56-7.
Creator: Robyn, Edward, 1820-1862, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia Certifcates - Phila. Sabbath [P.2009.24.11]

Title: Ice Yacht - Machinery Hall
Description: Interior view of Machinery Hall. Depicts a very large boat, known as the Ice Yacht, with white sails extending to the rafters of the Hall. People are seen walking at the base of the boat.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.21e]

Title: Boat House and Lake, Philadelphia, Penn
Description: View looks west in the direction of West Philadelphia at Wm. F. Cline's floating "Union Boat House" with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Also shows a boat or ferry on the Schuylkill River and buildings on the west bank of the river, including Jeremiah King's hotel and tavern (left), in the background., Title printed on verso in numbered series list with fifty-three other titles (No. 100-153)., Printed on mount: Stereoscopic Gems. American Scenery., Publisher's imprint printed on verso below series list., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9047.40]

Title: Boat landing. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Copy stereograph view looks west in the direction of West Philadelphia at Wm. F. Cline's floating "Union Boat House" with rowboats pulled up to the dock. Also shows a boat or ferry on the Schuylkill River and buildings on the west bank of the river, including Jeremiah King's hotel and tavern (left), in the background., Title printed on mount below image., Manuscript note on verso: Helen B. Wellman 1882., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [P.9449.1]

Title: First steamboat on Hudson River
Description: View showing a model of the steamboat, propellors and engine John Stevens purportedly built ca. 1804 and navigated in the Hudson River. Includes a framed portrait of Stevens, who also invented the first steamboat that navigated the ocean, in the model boat. The U.S. Sanitary Commission organized the Great Central Fair in Logan Square from June 7-28, 1864. The fair was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on label pasted on verso., Yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: James Cremer & Co.
Date: 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.8643.6]

Title: Pleasure yacht, Flirt
Description: View looking west showing the boat, Flirt, docked with three men on board at the steamboat landing immediately north of the Fairmount Waterworks on the east side of the Schuylkill River. Also shows a woman standing on an elevated pavilion or gazebo overlooking the river in the background and buildings on the west bank of the river. Flirt was one of many recreational boats that transported passengers to various sites along the river. Dwelling on the west bank possibly the hotel inhabited and operated by Jeremiah King., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [8353.F.15]

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: Pitt's Bay from road, near quarries, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing Pitt's Bay with a small sailboat and buildings lining the right side. A road runs above the harbor with a low stone wall. A Black man, attired in a cap, a white shirt, a jacket, pants, and shoes, sits on the wall and carries a stick in his right hand. On the ground beside him is a dog and a picnic basket., Time: 12:10, Light: Good sunlight., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 27, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.898]

Title: [Group of children in boat, Sea Girt. Elliston P. Morris Jr. second from front]
Description: Film negative showing two boys, including Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston P. Morris Jr., and a girl sitting in a rowboat moored in the sand on the seashore at Sea Girt. The boys wear sailor suits while the girl wears a white dress with a ribbon in her hair. A man sits on the boat to the right., 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.2013.13.79]

Title: Porch of Beach House from S. end, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a porch of the Beach House with rocking chairs and a spindled railing. A boat hangs from hooks along the outer edge of the porch and a garland of ropes swoops from pole to pole of the railing. Chairs and people sit under the awning of the porch. 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., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 10, Light: Very bright 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 4, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.741]

Title: [Woman, probably Elizabeth Canby Morris, and dog in boat, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing a woman, probably Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, sitting in a rowboat moored on the sand near the ocean shore at Sea Girt. A small, black dog sits in the boat next to her. She wears a long white 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: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.142]

Title: The Floating Church of the Redeemer, Philadelphia. Built by Clement L. Dennington of New York for the Churchmen's Missionary Association for Seamen
Description: View of the floating Episcopal church built 1849 after the designs of Dennington. Shows the church on pontoons in the Delaware harbor. A flag inscribed "Bethel" adorns the church steeple and parishioners, including a woman, stand on the deck and within the church entrance. A steamboat, rowboat, and docked ships are visible in the background. Also includes the names of the members of the building committee in the lower right corner. The church moored at the foot of Dock Street until reconsecrated to a New Jersey parish in 1853 and placed on a brick foundation. Building burned 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 264, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #73., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wm. Endicott & Co.
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Religion [1322.F.]

Title: The Floating Church of the Redeemer, Philadelphia. Built by Clement L. Dennington of New York for the Churchmen's Missionary Association for Seamen
Description: View of the floating Episcopal church built 1849 after the designs of Dennington. Shows the church on pontoons in the Delaware harbor. A flag inscribed "Bethel" adorns the church steeple and parishioners, including a woman, stand on the deck and within the church entrance. A steamboat, rowboat, and docked ships are visible in the background. Also includes the names of the members of the building committee in the lower right corner. The church moored at the foot of Dock Street until reconsecrated to a New Jersey parish in 1853 and placed on a brick foundation. Building burned 1868., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 265, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #73., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wm. Endicott & Co.
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Religion [P.9865]

Title: Scene on the Schuylkill from E bank near Spruce St
Description: View of industrial riverfront along Schuylkill River. Crane appears in foreground; South Street bridge and boat named "Friendship" with four sail masts appear in background., Title from photographer's manuscript on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Note: foreground, packet-crane for unloading coal from boats. 4 mast schooner in distance for sale. Name of schooner "Frienship". South St. bridge in background. (pen on word sale (sail) and on name of boat; put clouds in., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 203 [P.8513.203], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson203.htm

Title: [Dock workers transporting ice on a pier in Philadelphia]
Description: View showing an active pier on the Delaware River depicting dock workers, including African Americans, transporting barrels and ice from a "Retail Ice" shed on the pier. In the left, barrels line the pier. In the right, men stand within several docked ships, probably fishing boats, which include the "Majorie" and "Josephine.", Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1935]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8836.6]

Title: [Two boys on a dock], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative 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., 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.2013.13.388]

Title: [Group on a boat], G[erman]t[ow]n Boys' Club, Stone Harbor Camp, [NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men and boys from the Germantown Boys' Club gathered on a boat moored near the shore at Stone Harbor. An American flag flies from the top of the boat and a long causeway is visible in the background. 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., 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 26, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.416]

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: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] etc. [at] Phila[delphia] Ship Repair Co. dry dock
Description: Film negative showing three men, including Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, standing on the Philadelphia Ship Repair Company dry dock. A large ship stands behind them behind a barrier that reads, "[Phila]delphia Ship Repair Company." The dock is strewn with debis, scrap wood, and tools. The men wear three-piece suits and hats., 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: June 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.73]

Title: Elliston [Perot Morris Jr.] and Marriott [Canby Morris Jr.] at Atlantic City
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys on the beach holding a rope while standing on an overturned rowboat. Both boys wear hats and long coats. The building behind them has a sign reading "[...]lechase", 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.2013.13.340]

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: Camp of Germantown Boys Club at Stone Harbor N.J. from July 15 to Aug 5, 1911
Description: Lantern slide showing two images. The top image shows two boys from the Germantown Boys' Club pushing a canoe into the surf. The boy on the right wears a hat and leans against the canoe. The boy on the left sits in the boat with an oar. The lower image shows a group of boys and young men from the Club resting on the beach. Two large houses stand in the background. 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., Contains MCM stamp., 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.9895.2156]

Title: Mauch Chunk, PA canal
Description: Sketch depicting a bird’s eye view probably of the Lehigh Canal in Mauch Chunk, Pa. Depicts two boats, each with one man, being pulled with ropes by mules along the canal that runs through a valley. The boats also hold material that is probably coal. View also shows trees growing on the hillside bordering the canal, and in the left background, rail cars moving on the tracks towards wooden buildings along the waterway. Mauch Chunk was founded in 1818 and changed its name to Jim Thorpe in 1955. The Lehigh Canal opened in 1829 and ran until the 1930s., Title and date from manuscript note written on verso: Mauch Chunk, PA Canal, Augt 15th, 1859., Artist’s initials written on verso: E.S.H., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Date: Aug. 15, 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.62.2]

Title: Delaware River canal River House near New Hope dining & guest rooms and bar
Description: Drawing depicting the Delaware River canal in New Hope, Pa. Shows a canal boat with an American flag traveling down the Delaware River canal. Buildings flank the canal, including the two-and-a-half-story River House Bar. Snow covers the ground., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator: Graeff, Henry F., artist
Date: [ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.66.3]

Title: Delaware River canal
Description: Drawing depicting the Delaware River canal in New Hope, Pa. Shows a canal boat with an American flag traveling down the Delaware River canal. Buildings flank the canal including the two-and-a-half-story bar with a sign that reads, "River House Bar." Snow covers the ground., Title from item., Date inferred from content and active dates of the artist., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2019.
Creator: Graeff, Henry F., artist
Date: [ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2019.66.2]

Title: Gloucester (Mass.) Fishery Exhibit - Agricultural Building
Description: Interior view of the Gloucester, Massachusetts Fishery Exhibit in the Agricultural Building. The exhibit displays fishing gear, along with other objects pertaining to the fishing industry including ropes, knives, bottles, and general equipment.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.25e]

Title: The lake, from Machinery Hall.
Description: View of lake looking northwest from Machinery Hall. Cook's World's Ticket Office visible in foreground. U.S. Government Building and Michigan State Building visible in background. Also depicts fountains, railroad tracks, and boats.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - stereos [P.9047.181]

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