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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: [Relics and curiosities] dept. Dr. Kane's boat
Description: Unmounted stereograph showing arctic explorer Dr. Elisha Kent Kane's rescue boat "The Faith" on display in the foreground. Also shows two boats in the background, portrait paintings hanging high on the walls, and patriotic bunting interspersed with relics. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle 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 manuscript note on paper label below image. Incorrectly identified as "Arms and Relics dept"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Watson, A., photographer
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.156d]

Title: [Dr. Kane's boat, Relics & Curiosities Department, Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, 1864]
Description: Unmounted stereograph showing arctic explorer Dr. Elisha Kent Kane's rescue boat "The Faith" on display in the foreground. Also shows two boats in the background, portrait paintings hanging high on the walls, and patriotic bunting interspersed with relics. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle 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 supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on paper label below image misidentifies department: Arms & Relics., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Watson, A., photographer
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.171g-2]

Title: John Stevens' first steamboat
Description: Unmounted stereograph shows 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. Located in the Machinery and Heavy Wheeled Vehicles section of the fair building. 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 manuscript note on paper label below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Watson, A., photographer
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.172a]

Title: Smuggling medicines into the South
Description: Partisan genre scene depicting the unloading of a rowboat with medical supplies along a shoreline near dense thickets of trees. In the center, a white man Confederate military officer keeps the boat moored through a rope in his hand. He looks back toward a white man, possibly a doctor, climbing down from a tree. An enslaved African American man (his back to the viewer), ankle deep in the water, holds a wooden pole on the shore as a lever as a white man in civilian clothes rolls a barrel toward a Confederate soldier (his back to the viewer). The soldier places sacks on the back of a mule. A sack, crate, and barrel lie near the mule. Volck was active in smuggling medicines into the South across the Potomac River in response to the Union's ban of the passage of medical supplies to the South., Inscribed upper left corner: 18., Issued as plate 18 in Sketches from the Civil War in North America (London [i.e., Baltimore]: [the author], 1863-1864), a series of pro-Confederacy cartoons drawn and published by Baltimore cartoonist Adalbert John Volck under the pseudonym V. Blada. The "first issue" of 10 prints (numbered 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 21, 24), with imprint "London, 1863" were printed as etchings. The remaining 20 prints (numbered 4, 8, 9-11, 14, 17-20, 23, 25-27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 45) headed "Second and third issues of V. Blada's war sketches" and dated "London, July 30, 1864" were printed as lithographs., Title and publication information from series at Brown University Library., Research file about artist available at repository., Accessioned 1935., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Creator: Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912, artist
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Volck - Sketches - Volck 18 [2990.F.21]

Title: [A view of Fairmount and the Water-Works Taken from the veranda of Harding's Hotel, Schuylkill]
Description: View looking toward the water works originally built between 1812 and 1822 after the designs of Philadelphia engineer Frederick Graff. In the foreground, elegantly dressed women and men sit and stand on the veranda admiring the vista as street and pedestrian traffic approaches and departs from the covered Upper Ferry Bridge. Traffic includes horse-drawn carriages and men, women and children walking or standing on the bridge, looking over the rail at the Schuylkill River below. Canal barges travel under the bridge and in the canal lock across from the water works. The water works include the engine house, mill house, and pavilions on the mound dam and on reservoir hill. A water fountain and trees complete the view. Also shows businesses and residences behind the water works in the background. The Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge, known as the Upper Ferry Bridge, was erected 1809-1812, with Robert Mills serving as architect and Lewis Wernwag as engineer. Served as the basis for the lithographed view created by J.T. Bowen after a fire destroyed the bridge in 1838., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 262
Creator: Smith, John Rubens, 1775-1849, artist
Date: [ca. 1837]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Third Floor Storage [P.2008.34.12]

Title: "Patience."
Description: Depicts a man attired in a hat, long-sleeved shirt, pants and suspenders, fishing from a small boat near the brush-covered shore., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Title from inscription on mount., Numbered #1091 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: June 26th, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.8]

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: Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1871, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'dg
Description: Series of titled views from Wheeler's United States surveys of the West include, "Grand Cañon, from opposite Diamond Creek," "Middle of Black Cañon," "The Start, Camp Mohave, A.T.," "Mohave Indians; Panambona and Mitiwara," "Camp Big Horn, Black Cañon," "Mohaves Caught Napping," and "Grand Cañon, above Grotto Spring." Images depict mostly landscape views of large rock formations flanking the Colorado River. Views also include Mohave people and men leaving Camp Mohave in boats., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on versos: Bessie & Smith, Media., Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners., See William Bell's series [66651.D.1-7] of Colorado River and Geological Series for similar views of Wheeler's survey. Bell replaced O'Sullivan in 1872., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Timothy O'Sullivan accompanied George M. Wheeler on his survey of the territories west of the 100th meridian in 1871, 1873 and 1875.
Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - O'Sullivan - Views [66652.D.1-7]

Title: Kane's boat, deer park, Philada. park
Description: View of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane's rescue boat "The Faith" enclosed within a wire fence in "Deer Park". Also shows a round shed in the background. Donated to Fairmount Park by George W. Childs., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's printed label pasted on verso., Mint green mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Monuments and statues [P.9915.1]

Title: Regetta [sic] at Fairmount
Description: View looking northeast from the Fairmount Water Works showing several spectators watching the regatta from the bank of the Schuylkill River and the balcony of a boat house. View also includes a canal boat., White paper mount with square corners., Title from accompanying label., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks - Fairmount [(3)1322.F.122f]

Title: Italian bark "Civitas Canaria" ashore at Manasquan Inlet. From beach, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 3:20, 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 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1295]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria," Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Time: 3:30, 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., The emulsion is flaking along the bottom edge of the plate., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1296]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria"] from different position. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Time: 3:35, 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., The emulsion is flaking along the top edge of the plate., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1297]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria"] from further N[orth] than last. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Time: 3:40, 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., The emulsion is flaking along the right edge of the plate., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1298]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria," Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Same position as last., Time: 3:50, 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: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1299]

Title: [Italian] Bark [Civitas] Ca[n]aria - Geo. Morris walking & [three] little girls on beach. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water. Marriott Morris' cousin George Morris walks down the beach toward a group of three young women sitting in the sand., Time: 4:00, 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., The emulsion is flaking in the upper left corner of the plate., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1300]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria"]. Geo[rge] & girls in foregr[oun]d. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water. Three young women and Marriott Morris' cousin George Morris sit in the sand on the beach., Same position as last., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 4:10, 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: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1301]

Title: [Italian] Bark ["Civitas Canaria"] from further up beach. [Manasquan Inlet, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the "Civitas Canaria," a large sailboat on the ocean at Manasquan, N.J. The boat has three masts and is seen from the beach across choppy water., Time: 4:45, 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: July 1, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1302]

Title: Steamer Cimbria coming up New York Bay, from launch, Henry George
Description: Glass negative showing the large steamship Cimbria with two masts and two smokestacks seen from a distance across the calm water of New York Bay., Photographer remarks: Too slow., Time: 2, 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: July 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1335]

Title: Thalatta sailing on pond. Marriott Canby & Miss Moss in boat, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat carrying Marriott Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby and Miss Moss on Wreck Pond. Canby in the back of the boat holds an oar and the boat's sail is reflected in the calm water., Time: 11:15, 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: August 11, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1339]

Title: [Thalatta sailing on pond. Marriott Canby & Miss Moss on boat, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat carrying Marriott Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby and Miss Moss on a Wreck Pond. Canby in the back of the boat holds an oar and the boat's sail is reflected in the calm water., Time: 11:20, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 11, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1340]

Title: Breakers & schooner from our flag-pole, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the ocean with a schooner sailing in the distance at Sea Girt. Waves break against the shore as dune grass waves in the wind., Photographer remarks: Intens. 2, 1889, Time: 2:10, The emulsion has discolored to yellow., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 26, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1365]

Title: Schooner Helen of Gloucester City. Day after our arrival home from Sea Girt
Description: Glass negative showing a schooner sailing on the calm water of the Delaware River. Another smaller boat floats behind it and the tree-lined shore is visible in the distance., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/1888, Time: 10:40, Light: No sun, quite dark., 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 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1366]

Title: T.C. Foster's sloop yacht The Restless in race of Quaker City Yacht Club
Description: Glass negative showing a sailboat on the Delaware River near the shore of Gloucester City, NJ. Other boats, a boardwalk, pavilions, and the tree-lined shore are visible in the background. Buildings include Billy Thompson's Hotel & Pavilion (left); Frank Fath's Pavilion (center); and Patrick McGlades' Pavilion (right)., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/1888, Time: 10:45, 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 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1367]

Title: The Nahina, Helen & other yachts in the [Quaker City Yacht Club] race, below the Horseshoe
Description: Glass negative showing sailboats racing on the choppy water of the Delaware River. The far shore is visible in the distance., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/1888, Time: 11, 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: September 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1368]

Title: Schooner Helen, stern view, opp. Fort Mifflin [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a schooner sailing across the water of the Delaware River. The boat leans to the left as its sails billow in the wind., Photographer remarks: Intens. 2, 1889, Time: 11:40, 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 28, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1369]

Title: Steamer Commonwealth at sea, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a large ship sailing along the horizon on the ocean at Sea Girt, N.J. Waves break in the foreground., Time: 5:00 PM, Light: Not so bright as last., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 5, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.129]

Title: Sloop on Shrewsbury R[iver] from st[ea]m[e]r Albertina. [Monmouth Beach, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat carrying a group of people across the water on the Shrewsbury River. The boat travels away from the camera as people stand and sit on the deck., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 4:20, 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 7, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1306]

Title: Sloop near Rockland Maine
Description: Glass negative showing a sailboat floating on calm water near Rockland Maine. The sailboat tows a small rowboat behind it and carries three people., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88., Time: 7 a.m., 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: July 14, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1311a]

Title: Looking down Some's Sound from North of Brown's Mt. [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing a landscape view of a bay seen from a hillside at Mount Desert Island. A tall pine tree stands in the foreground while a sailboat floats in the bay on the left side of the frame. 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: 9, 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: July 16, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1314]

Title: Group in Jerry's boat, Sallie Letchworth, Sam, Bessie & Maud Noble, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Letchworth, Maud Noble, and Marriott Morris' siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris in a rowboat sitting on the beach. Each person in the group wears a hat and the woman on the right carries a parasol., Time: 12:45 P.M., Light: Good sunlight., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 11, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.135]

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: Robinson's Mt. from boat in Some's Sound, [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing Robinson's Mountain rising on the shore of Somes Sound at Mount Desert Island. A sailboat travels near the shore on the roght. The view is seen from a distance across the water. 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: Blurred., Time: 11:30, 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 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1322]

Title: Sloop Nautilus in N.E. Harbor. From row boat. Last all the stops overboard here. [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing a sailboat floating near the hilly shoreline of Mount Desert Island. The boat's sails are reflected in the calm water. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Time: 6:45 near sunset, Light: Poor light, sun almost down., 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 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1325]

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: Vessels at oil wharves Schuylkill River, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of sailing ships docked in rows on the Schuylkill River. The dock extends along the right of the frame., Time: 4:10, 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: October 4, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.438]

Title: Receiving ship, Antietam, League Island, [Navy Yard, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a large barge at dock in the Navy Yard, Philadelphia. A building is visible in the distance and a cobblestone road runs through the foreground., Time: 2:25 PM, Light: Same as last. [Very good sun out], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 4, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.435]

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: Vessel ashore, Atlantic City
Description: Glass negative showing a boat moored on shore at Atlantic City. Three wooden buildings stand in the foreground and a partially destroyed boardwalk runs across the sand., No. 16., 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 20, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.91.2]

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: Moondyne off Ireland I[sland] in Great Sound, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a ship with a mast and smokestack sailing in Great Sound bay. The boat carries a group of people, most of whom are gathered under a canopy. Another boat is visible in the distance to the left., Time: 12:10, Light: Very 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 29, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.916]

Title: Old hulk in harbor near Government House, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing two large ships sitting in a harbor at Bermuda. The nearest ship has two masts and two anchor chains descending into the water. Small rowboats float between the larger boats and the shore., Time: 8 A.M., 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: April 1, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.935]

Title: Dock & crowd from hurricane deck of Orinoco, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a crowd gathered under a covered wharf at Bermuda. The photograph was taken from the deck of a ship in the bay flying a flag from its prow. In the foreground, people on the lower deck of the boat wave to the crowd., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 3:15, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 1, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.937]

Title: Last view of Hamilton from Orinoco, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a distant view of Hamilton from across Hamilton Harbor, with various sailboats docked in the bay. Taller builidngs rise above the city on a hill in the background., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 3:20, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 1, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.939]

Title: Finish of Dinghey race at Princess Hotel, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing three sailboats in the water at Hamilton Harbor. Various smaller rowboats travel alongside the sailboats. A few buildings are visible on the far shore., Time: 2:45, 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.9895.901]

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