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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: Beach Haven, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the seaside community of Beach Haven on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Includes views of the city and coastline, the Atlantic Ocean and Little Egg Harbor. Boats are docked and sailing in the harbor. Harbor islands are also visible., Negative numbers: P242, P243, P245, P250, P251.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.P242; P.8990.P243; P.8990.P245; P.8990.P250; P.8990.P251]

Title: [Waterfront recreational area, Essington, Pennsylvania]
Description: Aerial views of piers and recreational areas along the Essington waterfront on the Delaware River. Boats are docked at the piers and on the water., Negative numbers: 8691., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Essington, Pa., 7/6/28.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.8691]

Title: Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views showing sailboats and other water craft on Barnegat Bay in New Jersey. Focus is mainly on the boats on the water though some land is visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 7675, 7677, 7678, 7687.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7675; P.8990.7677; P.8990.7678; P.8990.7687]

Title: Absecon Inlet, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views showing residential development, a recreational area and boats docked at and sailing on the Absecon Inlet in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Views show relatively small portions of the area along the inlet, as if taken from a lower vantage point., Negative numbers: 6213, 7683.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926-1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6213; P.8990.7683]

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: 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: 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: Northland Leaving Phila[delphia] for Liverpool with E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris Jr.] aboard for A[merican] F[riends] S[ervice] C[ommittee] work in France
Description: Film negative showing a view of a large steamship sailing away across the Delaware River. The ship has four masts and two smokestacks expelling smoke. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization originally founded in 1917 to allow conscientious objectors to serve during World War I. Their activities included driving ambulances, working in hospitals, and assisting communities. AFSC continued to serve as a peace orgzanication abroad and in America through the 21st century. Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. served with AFSC., 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 16, 1919
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.453]

Title: Phila[delphia] Shipbuilding Co. new dry dock
Description: Film negative showing a large ship named, [F]earless, in the Philadelphia Shipbuilding Company drydock surrounded by building materials. A ladder stands in front of the ship's propellor extending up to the deck., 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.2013.13.475]

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: Elliston, Marriott & Wistar Wood on a sail boat, [Brielle, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr. and his third cousin twice removed Morris Wistar Wood as young boys on a sail boat on the Manasquan River near Brielle, NJ. They all wear caps., Inscription on negative: Elliston, Marriott + Wistar Wood Squan River 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.2013.13.519]

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: Phila[delphia] Shipbuilding Co's wharf
Description: Film negative showing three men walking along the Philadelphia Shipbuilding Company's wharf. A steamship with three visible floors and the words "Lord Baltimore Philadelphia" painted on the side sits in the dock to the right. The men walk toward the steamship with their backs to the camera., 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.2013.13.474]

Title: S.S. Shinnecock ready to leave New London, [CT]
Description: Film negative showing a large steamship flying various nautical flags see from the nearby shore of New London, Conn. "Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association" and "Shinecock" are painted on the side of the ship. New London is a port town founded by John Winthrop, Jr. (1606-1667) in 1646. It was raided and burned to the ground during the battle of Groton Heights., Inscription on negative: New London 9/7 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 7, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.526]

Title: ["Fire Island" ship]
Description: Film negative showing a view of a steamship with two masts and a smokestack floating on calm water. The words "Fire Island" are painted on the side., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.440]

Title: [Group on deck of ship]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men and women gathered on the deck of a ship. Two men sit in chairs looking at letters with a woman standing behind them in the foreground., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.441]

Title: [Steamship]
Description: Film negative showing a large steamship seen from across the water. The ship has four masts and two smokestacks expelling black clouds of smoke., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.442]

Title: [Steamship]
Description: Film negative showing a large steamship seen from across the water. The ship has four masts and two smokestacks expelling black clouds of smoke., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.443]

Title: [Deck of a ship]
Description: Film negative showing the deck of sailing ship. Masts and rigging rise above a group of people gathered on the deck., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.444]

Title: [Steamship]
Description: Film negative showing a steamship seen from across the water. The ship has two masts and a smokestack expelling a black cloud of smoke., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.445]

Title: [Steamship]
Description: Film negative showing a steamship seen from across the water. The ship has two masts and a smokestack., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.446]

Title: [Ship and bridge]
Description: Film negative showing a ship traveling on a river, likely the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The word "Poughkeepsie" is painted on the side of the ship. A tall trestle bridge with a train on it spans the river in the background., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.447]

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: 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: [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: [Boat with four passengers], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a young man driving a motorboat on Pocono Lake. Three boys sit in the back of the boat. Trees grow on the far bank of the lake. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., July 30 - August 1, 1909., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.376]

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: [Dock with rowboats], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a dock at Pocono Lake with a building at the end. Two boats float on the left and a flagpole rises from the building on the dock. 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.2013.13.369]

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: [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: [Susquehanna River, Harrisburg, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a barge floating down Susquehanna River at Harrisburg. A bridge spans the river and trees and other foliage grow on either side of the bank., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 23, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.66]

Title: [Boat at Philadelphia Ship Repair Co. dry dock]
Description: Film negative showing two men standing on scaffolding working on a large ship at the Philadelphia Ship Repair Company dry dock. Another man walks down the dock to the right., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.72]

Title: E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company. Wilmington, Del. U.S.A. Manufacturers of explosives of every kind. Established 1802
Description: Cut-out label containing a view of a gunboat. Also includes pictorial details depiciting cannons. The DuPont firm, the leading manufacturer of explosives in the United states through the 19th century, was the world's largest producer of explosives during World War I., REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE. M. IND. RGTRDA. NUM. [8?]886. Nov. [12th?] 190[8?], Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1908]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.95]

Title: [Boats on lakeshore], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing three people on the shore at Wreck Pond. Rowboats and a sailboat rest in the sand and a causeway is visible in the background., August & September, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.261]

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. canoeing], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and son Elliston P. Morris Jr. paddling a canoe on Wreck Pond. Jane Morris wears a white blouse with a dark skirt and hat. Elliston Morris Jr. wears a ribbon around his neck and a hat. Two sailboats float in the water behind them., August & September, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.262]

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: U.S.S. Idaho, canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
Description: Film negative 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., October 9 & 10, 1908., Marriott C. Morris Collection., 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.2013.13.325]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr., Helen Dickey Potts, and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. on a dock], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Elliston Perot Morris Jr., and niece Helen Dickey Potts at the edge of a wooden dock. Two other people stand on the dock behind them and a row of sailboats are moored on the left. The boys wear jackets with wide-brimmed hats while Potts wears a ribbon in her hair., August & September, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.296]

Title: [River scene, with boats, industrial facilities, and a bridge in background]
Description: View of a river scene, probably the Schuylkill River, showing boats floating in the river, industries along its banks, and a bridge in the distance., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.73]

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: [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: [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: [Elliston Perot Jr., Marriott Canby Jr., and Jane Rhoads Morris in boat, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. in a rowboat moored in the sand near the seashore at Sea Girt. Marriott Morris Jr. on the right stands near the edge of the boat holding a large stick. The boys wear sailor suits., 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.2013.13.82]

Title: [Young boys with rowboat, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing a boy paddling a rowboat, most likely on Wreck Pond at Sea Girt. Another boy watches from the shore nearby. The boy on the shore wears a sailor suit and a wide-brimmed hat., 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.2013.13.100]

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