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Title: [Canoe on river and man on bank, Browns Mills NJ with Photographic Society]
Description: Photograph from a series of photographs taken by Morris during his excursion to Brown Mills, N.J. with the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. Shows two men standing on an unidentified riverbank, one of them holding a camera. A woman sits in a canoe floating near the bank. Three houses are visible on the shore in the background. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1860 to promote the techniques and art of photography. Morris was a member of the Society by 1885., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.456., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.651]

Title: [Canoe on river and man on bank, Browns Mills NJ with Photographic Society]
Description: Photograph from a series of photographs taken by Morris during his excursion to Brown Mills, N.J. with the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. Shows two men standing on an unidentified riverbank, one of them holding a camera. A woman sits in a canoe floating near the bank. Three houses are visible on the shore in the background. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1860 to promote the techniques and art of photography. Morris was a member of the Society by 1885., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.456., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.652]

Title: [Canoe on the river, Browns Mills, NJ with Photographic Society]
Description: Photograph from a series of photographs taken by Morris during his excursion to Brown Mills, N.J. with the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. Shows a woman and a dog in a canoe on an unidentified river. The woman paddles with an oar around a small island in the middle of the river. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1860 to promote the techniques and art of photography. Morris was a member of the Society by 1885., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.459., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.653]

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: [Canoe on river and man on bank], Browns Mills, [NJ] with Photo[graphic] Society
Description: Film negative from a series of photographs taken by Morris during his excursion to Brown Mills, N.J. with the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. Shows two men standing on an unidentified riverbank, one of them holding a camera. A woman sits in a canoe floating near the bank. Three houses are visible on the shore in the background. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1860 to promote the techniques and art of photography. Morris was a member of the Society by 1885., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.456]

Title: [Canoe on river and two men on bank], Browns Mills, [NJ] with Photo[graphic] Society
Description: Film negative from a series of photographs taken by Morris during his excursion to Brown Mills, N.J. with the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. Shows two men standing on an unidentified riverbank, one of them holding a camera. A woman sits in a canoe floating near the bank. Three houses are visible on the shore in the background. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1860 to promote the techniques and art of photography. Morris was a member of the Society by 1885., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.457]

Title: [Canoe on the river], Browns Mills, [NJ], with Photo[graphic] Society
Description: Film negative from a series of photographs taken by Morris during his excursion to Brown Mills, N.J. with the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. Shows a woman and a dog in a canoe on an unidentified river. The woman paddles with an oar around a small island in the middle of the river. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia was founded in 1860 to promote the techniques and art of photography. Morris was a member of the Society by 1885., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.459]

Title: Deserted house at Atsion, N.J
Description: Lantern slide showing a dilapidated house on the left bank of the Mullica River in the Atsion community. The branches of a fallen tree extend over the water next to the house. Two canoes pass with two rowers in each canoe. Canoe on the right holds a man and woman. Canoe in left holds two men, including possibly Marriott C. Morris' brother-in-law, Thomas C. Potts (right). Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18,1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2147]

Title: Birds-eye view from Machinery Hall looking west.
Description: View of grounds looking north from Machinery Hall. Bench and street lamp lined walkway in foreground separated from various buildings, including U.S. Government Building, in background by lake with boats.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial album [P.8965.13a]

Title: War Canoe and Models - U.S. Government Building
Description: Interior view of the U.S. Government Building. Depicts a large war canoe in the center of the aisle. In the foreground is a display of large rocks. Also shown along the sides are numerous model ships. Flags are draped along the overhang.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.17e]

Title: The Lake - Centennial grounds.
Description: Machinery Hall from the north side reflected in a lake, with a canoe and raft in front. The Howe Monument is seen to the right. A carriage and people are in front of the building.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - photos [P.9047.184]

Title: [Men and women at a campsite, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of four men and three women, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and brother-in-law Thomas C. Potts, posing next to an overturned canoe at Egg Harbor. A partially erected tent stands on the right., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.38]

Title: [Men and women with a tent, Egg Harbor River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men and women, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and brother-in-law Thomas Potts, smiling for the camera next to an overturned canoe. A partially erected tent stands on the right., April 13 & 14, 1906., 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 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.36]

Title: The Samuel's canoe. Mr. S[amuel], Patty Mellor, & Eli K. Price in it. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a canoe holding Patty Mellor, Eli K. Price, and Joseph Bunford Samuel floating on a lake at Sea Girt, N.J., Time: 11:10, The emusion is heavily damaged across the plate and the image is nearly impossible to discern., 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, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1151]

Title: [Inlet from previous view, several canoes near covered pier, large Victorian edifice near roads near shore, Spring Lake, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Spring Lake with a sailboat floating in the center and various canoes docked near a boathouse. A triangular park stands between two roads to the right of the lake. Beyond the park is a large building, possibly a church, featuring a tower with a spire and stained glass windows., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.9.5]

Title: Elliston & Marriott at Hopkins Pond, Haddonfield, [NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr. as boys standing next to an overturned canoe at the edge of Hopkins Pond at Haddonfield, N.J. They wear hats and coats and Elliston Morris Jr. holds a walking stick. Trees grow on the bank surrounding the pond. The Haddonfield area was originally developed by Elizabeth Haddon (1680-1762) who immigrated to the United States in 1701 to manage property her father had bought in the colonies., Inscription on negative: Hopkins Pond Haddonfield 10/12 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: October 13, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.538]

Title: Mending canoe near Malaga, Nelson & Anne West & Carrie Shipley
Description: Film negative showing Nelson West, Anne West, and Carrie Shipley working on an overturned canoe near Malaga Lake in Franklin, Gloucester County, N.J. The women wear white blouses and hats., Inscribed on negative: West Shipley & Carrie S./ Morris River at Cranbery bog(?)/ 5-1912., 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: May 25, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.485]

Title: Looking down Sea Girt, creek below the mill, showing the boat, Thalatta, Sallie Emlen, Phoebe Howell & Bess in it. [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a creek at Sea Girt surrounded by branches lined with foliage. A small rowboat carrying Sarah Emlen, Phoebe Howell, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris floats on the water as branches extend over the creek and are reflected in the surface., Time: 12, Light: Good sun out., The emulsion is flaking along the left side of the plate., 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, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1547]

Title: Hannah & George [Morris] in the "Owaissa" on Tacony Creek
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' cousins Hannah Perot Morris and George Spencer Morris in a canoe with the word "Owaissa" written on the hull. The canoe floats on the Tacony Creek as a tree brank extends over the bank., Photographer remarks: Boat in shadow., Time: 5:00, 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 12, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.617]

Title: A group of natives, Chipigana. Tropical Scenery. Darien Expedition
Description: Stereoview depicting a group of Panamanian Black men and boys posed in front of huts and next to their half-made canoes. View from T.O. Selfridge's 1870-1871 naval expedition of the Isthmus of Darien. Authorized by the U.S. Government, Selfridge explored and surveyed the area as a possible route for a ship canal in Panama. He was accompanied by photographer T.H. O'Sullivan in 1870 and Philadelphia photographer John Moran in 1871., Title from item., Publication information supplied by Darrah., Manuscript note on verso: Bessie J. Smith., J.F. Jarvis was the largest manufacturer of stereoviews in Washington D.C. during the late 19th century. He published his own trade list and numerous views of government surveys., Gift of Eleanor Smith, 1977., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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: Jarvis, J. F. (John Fillis), 1849-1931
Date: [1870 or 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Darien Expedition [66653.D.10]

Title: [Group near the water], G[erman]t[ow]n Boys' Club, Stone Harbor Camp, [NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a group of boys from the Germantown Boys' Club sitting on an overturned canoe near the water at Stone Harbor. A flag flies above them and buildings are visible on the far shore. The boys all wear hats and white shirts. 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 16, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.418]

Title: [Cart carrying canoes and people]
Description: Photograph showing a horse-drawn cart carrying four men and two canoes traveling down a dirt road at Egg Harbor. Trees and other foliage grow on either side of the road., September 9 + 10, 1908., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.323., 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.2013.13.615]

Title: [Cart carrying canoes and people], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a horse-drawn cart carrying four men and two canoes traveling down a dirt road at Egg Harbor. Trees and other foliage grow on either side of the road., October 9 & 10, 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.323]

Title: [Fishing], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a group of adults and children fishing off the side of a wooden dock at Sea Girt. One child lays on their stomach and leans out over the water. The other child holds a string with bait over the water. Two people paddle a canoe to the right of the dock and a large building stands on the shore., 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.2013.13.282]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. with a toy boat], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. crouching in a beached canoe as he places a toy boat in the water. Other canoes rest on the sand on either side of him., 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.2013.13.284]

Title: Selections from Tiffany & Co. - Main Building.
Description: Collection of metal ware, including two painted plates -- one with an Asian motif, the other with a Native American motif -- sugar bowls, vases, coffeepots, creamer and a candlestick decorated with Native American motifs and two Indian figurines, one in a canoe. Exhibit title: Tiffany & Co., New York, N.Y., Exhibit #430, Main Exhibition Building, Bldg. #1. Titles on labels: Selection from Tiffany & Co.'s exhibit, and: Selection's from Tiffany & Co.'s exhibit, and: Taken expressly for Harper's Weekly.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: *Centennial - photos [P.9133.2]

Title: Boat on creek below mill. Aubrey Howell, Phoebe Howell, & Bessie in boat. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Aubrey Howell, Phoebe Howell, and Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris in a canoe named "Thalatta." Phoebe Howell carries a parsol. The women wear long dresses and hats while the Aubrey Howell wears a suit and hat. Thick foliage lines either bank., Photographer remarks: Some wind. Good picture but hole in gelatine near bow. Intens. (slightly) 3,1, '85, Time: 2:30 P.M., Light: Strong, 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 27, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.120]

Title: Boat on creek, near where boat with Howell was taken last, near T[heodore] W[illiam] R[ichards], S[amuel] B[uckley] M[orris], B[ess] C[anby] M[orris]. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a canoe floating down a stream lined with foliage at Sea Girt. Theodore William Richards (Haverford College class of 1885), and Marriott C. Morris' siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris sit in the canoe. All three wear hats., 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: August 15, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.361]

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: [Group on a dock, including Janet Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Jane Rhoads Morris], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: 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]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr., Janet Morris, and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. working on a canoe], Carnival, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: 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]

Title: Diary of Janet Morris. Summer 1921. Trip West
Description: Two volumes of diaries, including clippings of photomechanical illustrations from tourist guides, as well as photographs, and ephemera documenting the Morris family trip to Western Canada and Washington state in Summer 1921. Entries dated July 2-August 5 describe the trip from Philadelphia to Western Canada and then Washington state, including travels through Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes as well as stays at “de-luxe” hotels and horseback, canoe, and hiking excursions, often to glaciers. Morris also describes sightseeing visits. She discusses a Michigan copper mine; Lake Louise, Paradise and Yoho Valley, Sulphur Mountain, and Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks (Canadian Rockies and Banff); Emerald Lake and Victoria (B.C.); and Puget Sound, Seattle, and Mt. Ranier National Park (Washington). Morris's entries also make mention of a disappointing auto tour on the Malahat Drive; vacationing with her Aunt Elizabeth Morris, including souvenir shopping; her encounters with wildlife, rainy weather, and numerous mosquitoes; travel mishaps, including trail horses running off in the Yoho Valley and an excursion train derailment near Albert Canyon (B.C.). Morris also notes her brothers (Marriott and Elliston) going separately to the Grand Canyon with “Uncle Sam” and seeing family friends Mary Vaux and Charles Doolittle Walcott, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, and cousins Eli and Arthur Wood during the vacation., Prints and photos, mostly clipped photomechanical prints from tourist guides, interspersed among the pages depict Niagara Falls, including Brock’s Monument; the Canadian Rockies; Canadian lakes, including Lake Louise and Emerald Lake; Canadian wildlife; interiors and exteriors of steamers and hotels; and views of tourist activities and attractions in Canada and Washington State (Alberta, British Columbia, Seattle, and Mt. Rainier National Park ), including canoeing, horseback riding, hiking, and sightseeing by automobile., Title from page of manuscript pasted on cover of Volume 1., Map showing the “Canadian Pacific Railway” partially pasted and inserted in front of page 1 of Volume 1. Annotated in red and green crayon showing route “going out” and route “coming back,” respectively., Volume 1 includes a page of notes at the end citing “States we were in,” “Canadian Provinces we were in,” ‘Birds and Beasts we saw,” and “Lists of Cities I saw Woolworth 5 [cents] and 10 [cents] stores in.”, Pasted on inside back cover of Volume 1: Three suit case tags, one each for Glacier Park Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise, and Emerald Lake Chalet. Manuscript note over tags: "My suit-case tags. Turn over.", Inserted in front of inside back cover of Volume 1: Clipping from hotel dinner menu inscribed “rings around just what Aunt E ate!! Checks opposite what I ate.”, Pasted on front cover of Volume 2: Illustrated emblems for the Glacier National Park and Canadian Rockies, as well as a clipping of a photomechanical view of an “Open Top” excursion bus., Forms part of the Marriott C. Morris Collection., Transcriptions of diaries available at repository., Janet Morris, later Butler, was the daughter of amateur photographer and philanthropist Marriott C. Morris. She attended Germantown Friends' School and Connecticut College. She married Harvey Butler in Nevada in 1961. She lived in Claremont, Ca. at the time of her death.
Creator: Morris, Janet, 1907-2010, compiler
Date: 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.1 & 2]

Title: Diary of Janet Morris. Summer 1921. Trip West
Description: Two volumes of diaries, including clippings of photomechanical illustrations from tourist guides, as well as photographs, and ephemera documenting the Morris family trip to Western Canada and Washington state in Summer 1921. Entries dated July 2-August 5 describe the trip from Philadelphia to Western Canada and then Washington state, including travels through Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes as well as stays at “de-luxe” hotels and horseback, canoe, and hiking excursions, often to glaciers. Morris also describes sightseeing visits. She discusses a Michigan copper mine; Lake Louise, Paradise and Yoho Valley, Sulphur Mountain, and Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks (Canadian Rockies and Banff); Emerald Lake and Victoria (B.C.); and Puget Sound, Seattle, and Mt. Ranier National Park (Washington). Morris's entries also make mention of a disappointing auto tour on the Malahat Drive; vacationing with her Aunt Elizabeth Morris, including souvenir shopping; her encounters with wildlife, rainy weather, and numerous mosquitoes; travel mishaps, including trail horses running off in the Yoho Valley and an excursion train derailment near Albert Canyon (B.C.). Morris also notes her brothers (Marriott and Elliston) going separately to the Grand Canyon with “Uncle Sam” and seeing family friends Mary Vaux and Charles Doolittle Walcott, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, and cousins Eli and Arthur Wood during the vacation., Prints and photos, mostly clipped photomechanical prints from tourist guides, interspersed among the pages depict Niagara Falls, including Brock’s Monument; the Canadian Rockies; Canadian lakes, including Lake Louise and Emerald Lake; Canadian wildlife; interiors and exteriors of steamers and hotels; and views of tourist activities and attractions in Canada and Washington State (Alberta, British Columbia, Seattle, and Mt. Rainier National Park ), including canoeing, horseback riding, hiking, and sightseeing by automobile., Title from page of manuscript pasted on cover of Volume 1., Map showing the “Canadian Pacific Railway” partially pasted and inserted in front of page 1 of Volume 1. Annotated in red and green crayon showing route “going out” and route “coming back,” respectively., Volume 1 includes a page of notes at the end citing “States we were in,” “Canadian Provinces we were in,” ‘Birds and Beasts we saw,” and “Lists of Cities I saw Woolworth 5 [cents] and 10 [cents] stores in.”, Pasted on inside back cover of Volume 1: Three suit case tags, one each for Glacier Park Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise, and Emerald Lake Chalet. Manuscript note over tags: "My suit-case tags. Turn over.", Inserted in front of inside back cover of Volume 1: Clipping from hotel dinner menu inscribed “rings around just what Aunt E ate!! Checks opposite what I ate.”, Pasted on front cover of Volume 2: Illustrated emblems for the Glacier National Park and Canadian Rockies, as well as a clipping of a photomechanical view of an “Open Top” excursion bus., Forms part of the Marriott C. Morris Collection., Transcriptions of diaries available at repository., Janet Morris, later Butler, was the daughter of amateur photographer and philanthropist Marriott C. Morris. She attended Germantown Friends' School and Connecticut College. She married Harvey Butler in Nevada in 1961. She lived in Claremont, Ca. at the time of her death.
Creator: Morris, Janet, 1907-2010, compiler
Date: 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.1 & 2]

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