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]
Film negative showing a group of women and children, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their children Janet Morris and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., on a dock at the lake at Pocono Lake. Janet Morris sits in a canoe on the dock and another boat floats in the water to the right. She wears a dress with ribbons in her hair. Another young woman sits on the dock wearing a plaid dress with a book open in her lap. Marriott Morris Jr. stands to her left, wearing glasses, a tie, and a hat. Jane Morris stands behind her wearing a white blous and long skirt. A second boy stands near the empty canoe looking down at the water. 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., 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 1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.412]
Film negative showing a group gathered around a canoe resting in a clearing near the lake at Pocono Lake. Marriott C. Morris' children Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Janet Morris bend over the canoe with a man. A woman and and Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. look on. The woman wears a plaid dress. 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., 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, 1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.421]
