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Title: [Crowd with flagpoles, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men and boys in uniform clothing gathered in a field at Sea Girt. Two flagpoles and a cluster of tents stand in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.85]

Title: View in crowd, Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a large group of men, women, and children gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. Many of the people wear hats and some women carry parasols. A covered pavillion filled with people stands in the background to the right. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Time: 12:05, 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 13, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1184]

Title: Looking thro. trees in Park near entrance, [possibly Crescent Park, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a boy seated on the grass near a path surrounded by trees, possibly in Crescent Park., Time: 6:10, 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: August 1, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.316]

Title: [Group portrait on row of steps]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of children posed on a series of steps. One young woman stands while the rest of the group sits. Trees with sparse leaves grow in the background., The emulsion is very light and the image is difficult 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.87.3]

Title: [Man with a bicycle in front of George Inn, England]
Description: Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris’ European honeymoon showing a man standing next to a bicycle on a dirt road in front of the George Inn. The two-story inn has signs reading "Cebonsey Harman Fine Ales," "George-Inn," and "Good Stabling." The man has a beard and mustache and wears a three-piece suit and hat. A large puddle blocks part of the road and a child walks down the street in front of the building. More children gather near the building to the left., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.20]

Title: [People on ship's deck, England]
Description: Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris’ European honeymoon showing people gathered on the deck of a ship. Some sit on benches while others stand, and an officer walks down the deck away from the camera., 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: 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.23]

Title: Meadow Farm, Darlington, MD
Description: Film negative showing two boys standing in a lawn in front of a large two-story the Meadow Farm house. Trees grow near the house, which has a small porch and shuttered windows. Meadow Farm house was built between 1825 and 1830 by Isaac or Aquila Massey. A small dwelling that likely existed on this site during the revolution was incorporated into the main structure. The house went through numerous additions and alterations, including the addition of the summer porch in 1895., Inscription on negative: Meadow Farm 8/4, 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: August 4, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.508]

Title: Janet naked at Sea Girt
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a young girl standing naked in a field at Sea Girt., Inscription on negative: Janet at Sea Girt 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: July 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.510]

Title: [Boys dressed in robes in courtyard, probably London]
Description: Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris’ European honeymoon showing a group of boys dressed in long, black robes with white collars standing in a courtyard, probably in London., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.4]

Title: [Group of boys dressed in robes posed for a portrait, probably London]
Description: Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris' European Honeymoon showing a group of boys dressed in black robes with white collars posed for a portrait., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.5]

Title: [Woman and children outside a cottage, probably England]
Description: Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris’ European honeymoon showing a view of a woman holding a baby standing in the doorway of a cottage, probably in England. Three other children stand on the stone steps next to the house., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.10]

Title: [Boys playing ball, probably London]
Description: Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris’ European honeymoon showing a group of boys wearing black uniforms with white collars standing in a courtyard. The boy in the center of the group holds a ball and another ball sits on the ground., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.11]

Title: [Woman and children outside a cottage, probably England]
Description: Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris’ European honeymoon showing a woman holding a baby and three children on the steps outside a stone cottage, probably in England., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.12]

Title: Germantown Academy from toward Green St[reet] [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Germantown Academy, a two-story stone building with a steeple. In front of the building is a line of trees, a lawn, a metal fence and a road. Two children sit in the grass while another boy stands to the left. The Germantown Academy, a nonsectarian day school, was founded in 1759. The school had two headmasters at first, David James Dove for English-speaking students and Hilarius Becker for German-speaking students. The original schoolhouse with a prominent belfry was built in 1761. During the Revolutionary War, the school was used as a hospital and camp for the British. The school moved to Fort Washington in 1965., Photographer remarks: Janitor wouldn't leave lower shutters open., Time: 5:10, Light: Fairly 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: April 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.564]

Title: [Boys on a dirt road]
Description: Glass negative showing two boys resting on a dirt path. The path is lined with trees on the left and a building is visible among the foliage on the right. One boy sits low to the ground while the other boy stands with his head cocked to the left. Both boys wear three-piece suits and hats., 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.9895.99.5]

Title: People in bathing, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of men, women, and children wading into the ocean as waves break in the distance on Ocean Day. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Photographer remarks: Good sun., Time: 2, 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 8, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.674]

Title: Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a crowd gathered on the beach for Wash Day. Some people lift up their skirt hems and pant legs to wade in the water. On the left, people in suits and high-necked dresses sit in the sand. One woman holds a parasol. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Photographer remarks: Too small stop., Time: 3:10, 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 8, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.679]

Title: [Man, woman, and girl posed by row of fences in field]
Description: Glass negative showing a man, woman, and adolescent girl posed near a fence. The man stands on the opposite side while the woman and girl sit on the grass in front of the fence. The man wears a three-piece suit and hat while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Trees and grass grow on either side., 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.9895.62.3]

Title: [Young child and baby in pram]
Description: Film negative showing a young child wearing a ruffled hat leaning in to look closely at a baby sitting in a pram, probably in Philadelphia. Garden paths and a house are visible behind the children., April 5 & 8, 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: April 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.197]

Title: Making sport of the blind boy To make sport of the sufferings of others is cruel and wicked. It is God who makes us differ from the blind, the dumb or the lame, and he will punish us, if we are unkind to them
Description: Plate from a children's moral instruction book showing three boys taunting a blind boy by hiding his hat from him. One boy stands behind the blind boy and grasps his shoulders, while the other stands in front of him and holds the blind boy's hat. The third boy stands in the background with his arms up ready to receive the hat., Not in Wainwright., Date supplied by cataloger., Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Originally accompanied by text titled "Who makes us to differ" moralizing that it is cruel "to sport with the calamities of others" and we should be thankful for God's gifts., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 141, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., LCP copy 7822.F.2 lacking printer's imprint.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7511.F], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Morality [7822.F.2]

Title: Court off Ellsworth St. No. side E of 10 St
Description: Depicts fifteen children in the courtyard between their row homes. Two boys in the background have climbed a lampost to pose for the picture. Two other boys are posed with their fists clenched in a boxer's stance. One older girl holds a younger child and faces away from the camera. Still other children pose proudly. Wash hangs in the courtyard., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Court off Ellsworth St, No side E of 10 St. This court - or rather the buildings in it - are comparatively new, consequently it is comparatively sanatary [sic]. All the children in this picture live in the 5 houses comprising this court. It is from this and the Southwark districts that the glovemen of the squared circle principally eminate [sic]. Note two prospective champions in foreground., 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 85 [P.8513.85], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson85.htm

Title: [Philadelphia residence -- unidentified location]
Description: View of house facade. Next door, three children play on the stoop of building with store on first floor and fire escapes extending from top floor., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A quaint old house - downtown Phila. Tell about youngster knocking camera over. Find out location of this house and its history., 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 219 [P.8513.219], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson219.htm

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified African American boy attired in a sailor suit]
Description: Full-length portrait of an unidentified African American boy standing and facing the viewer. The boy, attired in a sailor suit with a flap collar with white stripes and an anchor emblem at his chest, knee-length shorts, stockings, and shoes, rests his left hand on an ornate wicker chair in the right. In the left is a side table, covered in a floral tablecloth with tassels, with a vase of flowers on top of it., Title supplied by cataloger., Mount embossed with decorative border., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Purchase 2001., 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: Munshower, Forest E., photographer
Date: [ca. 1898]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - photographer - Munshower [P.9930.5]

Title: [Children playing in a river], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a group of boys standing near a river at Pocono Lake. Two boys stand on rocks near the riverbank and two boys sit on a wooden bridge while another boy stands next to them. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., September 3 & 4, 1909., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.396]

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

Title: [Girl, probably Janet Morris, on a boardwalk], Carnival, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a girl, probably Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris, wearing ribbons in her hair standing on a boardwalk at Pocono Lake. She smiles at the camera and holds a stick in her hands. The girl holds a string connected to a wooden board. 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.2013.13.425]

Title: "Deed Child's, I's didn't know you was dare."
Description: Racist, comic genre scene showing a young African American woman emerging from a cellar and accidentally knocking two children off the cellar doors. Depicts the woman standing out from the cellar and opening the cellar doors with both her hands. A young white girl has rolled off the door in the left and a young white boy lies on the edge of the door in the right. The girl, lies on her side, her head toward the viewer, her dress tousled, and her hands over her eyes. The boy, attired in a romper ensemble, sucks his thumb, and lies on his right side. The woman, smiles, and looks toward the boy. She is attired in a wide-brimmed hat, a shirt waist, and a skirt. The image also shows the outer wall of a stone dwelling and a window in which the figure of a man is visible. The window, adorned with drapery, is over the cellar., Curved buff mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Date and name of photographer from copyright statement: Copyrighted 1898, by T.W. Ingersoll., Printed on mount: High Grade Original Views. Sold only by Subscription., Gift of George R. Allen, 2022., RVCDC
Creator: Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), 1862-1922
Date: 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Ingersoll [P.2022.42.19]

Title: [Group posing with luggage], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a group of five men and two women standing on a wooden platform around a pile of luggage, including an oar. The men wear three-piece suits and hats. The woman on the left wears a white blouse and hat while the woman on the right wears a dark jacket and hat. A young boy wearing a sailor suit stands on the right. Traintracks and a small building are visible behind the group., 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 12-14, 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.165]

Title: [Young child and baby in pram]
Description: Film negative showing a young child wearing a ruffled hat standing in a garden next to a baby sitting in a pram. The baby wears a cap decorated with ribbons and has a blanket in their lap. A two-story house is visible in the background., April 5 & 8, 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: April 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.206]

Title: [Woman with a baby in a pram], Maurice River, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a woman pushing a baby in a wicker pram down a garden path at Maurice River. The woman wears a long white dress and adjusts the pram cover to sheild the baby from the sun. The baby wears a cap., 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 16, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.224]

Title: [Janet Morris holding a bucket], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby sitting in a doorway. She wears a wide brimmed hat and carries a bucket. A shadow, probably the photographer, is visible in front of her., 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.2013.13.306]

Title: [Two women holding a basket], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing two women holding a basket between them as they walk through the grass away from Pocono Lake in the distance. A young girl sits in the basket. The women wear long white dresses. 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.2013.13.362]

Title: [Unknown building, Harrisburg, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a group walking through a large courtyard in Harrisburg. Two women wearing hats decorated with flowers and feathers walk on the left and two boys wearing coats and caps walk on the right. A four-story building with pillars and a railing along the roof stands behind them., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 23, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.64]

Title: Wood road at Sea Girt, N.J
Description: Lantern slide showing a young girl standing next to a baby carriage on a dirt path in the woods at Sea Girt. The path is lined with trees, has a large puddle in the foreground, and opens up to a wider road in the background., Contains MCM's stamp. Print P.9895.2080., 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. 1890-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2152]

Title: Duval, Williams & Duval late P. S. Duval & Son lithographers, 22 & 24 South 5th St., ab. Chestnut Philada All works appertaining to the various branches of lithographic drawing, engraving, and transferring, printing, plain and in colors, are executed in this establishment in the best style of the art. Turn over
Description: Advertisement containing an allegorical scene surrounded by a floral border. Scene shows a child asleep in her bed labeled "The Dream of Heaven" as angels, including one holding a book of "wisdom" and a basket of fruits hovers near her on a cluster of clouds. Also contains several lines of advertising text on the verso promoting the preparedness of the establishment to "execute" all kinds of lithographic drawings at the "shortest notice" at prices "corresponding to the style of work." Prints include portraits, show cards, architectural and machinery drawings, bonds and coupons, address cards, and maps "engraved on stone or transferred from copper plates, etc." Also contains N.B. announcing "Engineers wishing to make their own drawings on transfer paper and Merchants and others their Circulars and price currents will be supplied at the office with ink and paper suitable for the purpose. Particular attention is invited to this mode of printing which is not as yet generally known and which will enable anyone to write or draw for the lithographic Press thereby saving the expense of engraving & producing a perfect facsimile of their own work." The Duval firm operated from 22 & 24 South 5th Street 1858-1869., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 16, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 61 D 956a, Variant proof held in HSP Tradecard Collection - D.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Ba 61 D 956a verso

Title: P. S. Duval & Son lithographers, 22 & 24 South 5th St., ab. Chestnut Philada All works appertaining to the various branches of lithographic drawing, engraving, and transferring, printing, plain and in colors, are executed in this establishment in the best style of the art
Description: Proof of advertisement containing an allegorical scene surrounded by a floral border. Scene shows a child asleep in her bed labeled "The Dream of Heaven" as angels, including one holding a book of "wisdom" and a basket of fruits hovers near her on a cluster of clouds. The Duval firm operated from 22 & 24 South 5th Street 1858-1869., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript note on verso: Printed at the Franklin Institute Exhibition Nov. 2 1858., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 72, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Tradecard Collection - D, HSP variant: Ba 61 D 956a.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [1858]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Tradecard Collection - D

Title: S. D. Sollers & Co. manufacturers of children's fine shoes, Philadelphia Buy the celebrated shoes stamped Sollers & Co., Phila
Description: Advertisement showing a garishly well-attired boy and girl creating a pyramid display of large model shoes in a parlor with a mosaic rug. The shoes rest atop a gargantuan "Sollers" shoe box on a platform draped in a rug. In the right, a garishly, well-attired boy and girl admire the display from near the open door to the room adorned with framed pictures. In the left, a kneeling boy places a shoe on the foot of a seated girl, who are both less dramatically attired and whose visages resemble photographic portraits. A box of shoes with a cover marked "S.D. Sollers. J.C. Austin. J.S. Outcalt." lies in front of them., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 198, Library of Congress: PGA - Duval--S.D. Sollers & Co. (B size) [P&P]
Date: 1874
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval--S.D. Sollers & Co. (B size) [P&P]

Title: The industrious man It is Saturday night. The industrious man returns home from his labour in peace-He is welcome to an humble home-Pleasant smiles and happy voices greet him. Let him fear and serve God will bless him and his household for ever
Description: Shows a man returning to his quaint home and family convened around the dining table after a day of work. He enters the door with a lunch pail in his hand and greets his son who runs to him. In front of the table, laid out with a pot of tea, an older daughter uses a plate of water to bathe her younger sister who has been stripped to her waist. At the end of the table, the mother holds a baby at her bosom. Nearby, the family cat sits in front of the stove slightly visible in the right of the image., Not in Wainwright., pdcp00026, Issued as plate in series Picture lessons, illustrating moral truth. For the use of infant-schools, nurseries, Sunday-schools & family circles (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 146 Chestnut Street, between 1847 and 1853)., Manuscript note on verso: James L. & Isaac W. Morris from Aunt Sarah [Pitrom’s?] Christmas 1849, Accompanied by text titled "Welcome Home" moralizing that a happy home stems from a strong work ethic by the "honest laborer" who is one of the "noblest of men.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 117, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - American Sunday School Union
Creator: Traubel, M. H. (Morris H.), 1820-1897, artist
Date: [ca. 1849]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - American Sunday School Union

Title: Solar Tip Shoes Made only by John Mundell & Co. Philada. None genuine without our trade mark. Look out for the trademark. The “Solar Tips Social Club.” We buy none but solar tip
Description: Advertisement containing a scene showing a children’s cotillion of the Solar Tips Social Club. The boy and girl club members dance as couples in their fancy attire, well-dressed hair, and "Solar Tips Social Club" sashes. To the right, children wearing tattered and non-solar tipped shoes gather forlornly to the side by a pole marked “We Must Buy Solar Tip Shoes and Join the Happy Party." A boy sits, legs outstretched, on the floor, as girls cry, comfort one another, and stare at their feet. The firm's trademark is incorporated into the scene and reads "The Best Sole Leather Tip Made. Patd. February 19, 1878. J.M. & Co. Trade Mark. Reg.", Not in Wainwright., pdcp00048, Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 219, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards. One of three Mundell advertisements. Only one with imprint.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Picture Collection. FLP FLP Philadelphiana - Tradesmen's Cards

Title: Chil dren of all nations. A series of 50
Description: Series of pop out cigarette cards depicting waist-length portraits of children (boys and girls) of different nationalities attired in their "native" costume. Includes Arabia (boy); Australia (boy); Belgian Congo (boy); Belgium (girl); Bulgaria (boy); Burma (girl); Denmark (girl); Egypt (girl); England (boy); Greece (girl); Holland (girl); Hungary (boy); Italy (girl); Ireland (girl); Mexico (boy); Natal (girl); New Zealand (girl); Norway (girl); Palestine (girl); Patagonia (girl); Poland (girl); Portugal (boy); Rumania (girl); Russia (girl); Scotland (boy); Siam (boy); Spain (girl); Sweden (girl); Tahiti (girl); Tibet (girl); Tunis (girl); Turkey (girl); United States (girl); and Wales (girl). The Ogden Branch was originally founded by Thomas Ogden as the Ogdens Tobacco Company in 1860. In 1901, American Tobacco Company bought Ogden's Tobacco Company and it in turn was bought by Imperial Tobacco Co. in 1902. Ogden started to include cigarette cards in its packaging in 1894., Date inferred from pop out format. Series issued in 1924 as pop outs., Printed above images: Ogden's Cigarettes., Title from series title on items., Versos contain explicative statements describing the depicted children's appearance, social life, and customs., Gift of George Allen., RVCDC, Description reviewed 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1924]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ephemera - Cards [P.2016.56.1-34]

Title: The Kindergarten
Description: Exterior view of The Froebel System of Kindergarten, the "Northern Home for Friendless Children." Depicts a group of young school children and a female teacher sitting on chairs in front of the school house.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.23b]

Title: Calabash tree near Church Caves. [Two] colored boys under it. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing two Black boys standing under a large calabash tree with gnarled branches. In the center, the boy, attired in a brimmed hat, a jacket, and pants, puts his right hand in his pocket and smiles at the viewer. In the right, the boy, attired in a cap, a white buttoned shirt, a jacket, and pants, holds a stick in his hands and looks at the viewer., Time: 9:00, Light: No sun, good light., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 24, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1451]

Title: Group of colored boys near the Church Cave,. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of five Black boys in front of thick foliage. Four boys stand while another boy sits in the grass. The boys are attired in caps or hats, shirts and jackets, and pants. Three are visibly barefooted. The boy in the right holds a large stick, and the boy in the left holds a twig with leaves on it., Time: 3:15, Light: Fair sun., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 23, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1450]

Title: Burholme Park outing. "Ice Cream."
Description: Depicts a smiling African American woman serving ice cream from a barrel to African American children with disabilities in Burholme Park, Philadelphia. The children, most with crutches, surround the barrel eating their ice cream. In the foreground, the young girl sits holding a dish of ice cream while her crutches lie on the grass in front of her. Three boys and one girl stand and hold dishes of ice cream. People stand and sit on benches in the background. Burholme, originally the country seat of railroad magnate Joseph Waln Ryerss and an Underground Railroad station during the Civil War, became a public park at the death bequest of Ryerss' son, Robert, in 1868., Title from duplicate print., Date inferred from attire of the people., 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), photographer
Date: [ca. 1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8817.15a]

Title: Burholme Park outing. "Ice Cream."
Description: Depicts a smiling African American woman serving ice cream from a barrel to African American children with disabilities in Burholme Park, Philadelphia. The children, most with crutches, surround the barrel eating their ice cream. In the foreground, the young girl sits holding a dish of ice cream while her crutches lie on the grass in front of her. Three boys and one girl stand and hold dishes of ice cream. People stand and sit on benches in the background. Burholme, originally the country seat of railroad magnate Joseph Waln Ryerss and an Underground Railroad station during the Civil War, became a public park at the death bequest of Ryerss' son, Robert, in 1868., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from attire of the people., Photographer's blind stamp on recto., 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), photographer
Date: [ca. 1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8817.15]

Title: Room 5, Lincoln School, Pittsburg, Pa
Description: Elementary school class portrait, including African American children, posed outside their school. Shows the forty-six boys and girls sitting and standing in six rows facing the viewer. In the second row from the bottom, a white girl holds up a slate that reads, Room 5 Lincoln School, Pittsburg, Pa. 1896. The young white woman teacher is seated in the left., Title from item., Gift of Perot Walker, 1981., 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.
Date: [1896]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs - education [P.8684.34]

Title: Court. Lombard St. W. of 7
Description: Depicts the courtyard between the brick residences of 710 and 714 Lombard Street, Philadelphia. An African American man, attired in a brimmed hat, a white shirt, dark-colored pants, and shoes, stands in the courtyard near 710 facing the viewer. In the right, several children, including African Americans, sit on the stoop of the opposite residence. Chairs are visible in the courtyard., Title from manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., 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: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.88], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson88.htm

Title: Court. Lombard St. W. of 7
Description: Depicts the courtyard between the brick residences of 710 and 714 Lombard Street, Philadelphia. An African American man, attired in a brimmed hat, a white shirt, dark-colored pants, and shoes, stands in the courtyard near 710 facing the viewer. In the right, several children, including African Americans, sit on the stoop of the opposite residence. Chairs are visible in the courtyard., Title from manuscript note on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., 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: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.88], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson88.htm

Title: A School-Mistress.
Description: The school-mistress holds a rod and a pamphlet of the alphabet in her hands. She stands next to a bench with a fool's cap on it., Text: Mistress of fools-cap, rod rule, / None better than thyself to teach the school; / For education forms the common mind, / And with a twig, you drive it in behind., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Date: [between 1840 and 1880?]

Title: Lathrop, Cornelia Amanda, 1835-1852.
Description: Waist-length portrait of Cornelia, seated, with shawl around shoulders., In Lee, Henry W. Cornelia, or, the Deaf mute (Rochester, 1853), frontispiece., Miss Cornelia Lathrop, born deaf, attended the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb where she learned how to read and write. She died at age seventeen due to complications from the measles.
Date: [1853?]
Location: http://www.librarycompany.org/extraordinarywoman/invalid.htm

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