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Title: Woman standing on wooden steps with her dog, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of an overweight woman in a cotton housedress standing with her dog on the wooden steps of a house in Philadelphia. She has the dog on a leash. The dog sits quietly, posing for the photographer., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.169]

Title: Boy and his dog sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a young boy in knickers and dark stockings holding his spotted dog on his lap. They are sitting on a very dirty set of marble steps in Philadelphia. The brick wall of the house bears graffiti. The boy looks up with misgiving at the photographer., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.51]

Title: Girl and her dog on a stone porch, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a young girl, about twelve years old, her socks sliding down around her ankles, sits with her white dog on the steps of a stone porch in Philadelphia. A potted plant is on the stoop behind them., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.87]

Title: Woman sitting on wooden steps holding a puppy, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a smiling, well dressed young woman with a puppy in her arms sitting on wooden steps in Philadelphia. She wears a dark velvet blouse with a silk pleated skirt, white stockings and dark high heels. Behind her is a carved wood door and brick house., The unidentified young woman is also the subject of John Frank Keith photographs P.8649.23 and P.8649.36, in which she wears the same clothing., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.92]

Title: Three men sitting on a wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three workmen, probably forty and older, sitting on a wooden doorstep next to an alley in Philadelphia. The sidewalk is of old brick. The rear end of a dog can be seen to the right. The door to the house behind them is in need of paint., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.7]

Title: Man, baby boy, and two puppies on a stone porch, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a child dressed in summer clothes sitting on a stone support to a porch in Philadelphia as a man with dark, slicked back hair, possibly his father, supports and consoles him. The baby is surrounded by two very small puppies., Ms. note on verso: Old man Fryman was as young at 80 as Turk is Today at 50, Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.35]

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.2013.13.654]

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: [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: Little girl and dog in wicker chair on sidewalk, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little girl, about four years old, sitting with a white dog on her lap in a wicker children's chair on the sidewalk in Philadelphia. She wears a dress, white knee-high socks, and patent leather shoes., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.19]

Title: Young girl and dog sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a girl, about ten years old, with her arm around a black dog beside her, sitting on marble steps in Philadelphia. She wears a dress, white stockings, white shoes, and a bow in her hair. Behind her is an open door leading into a house, and on both sides of the steps are railings topped with flower boxes., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 North 6th St., Phila., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.76]

Title: [African American woman holding a dog]
Description: African American woman sitting in a meadow holding up a small dog from her lap. The woman, attired in a short-sleeved dress, smiles and looks at the viewer as she holds a small white and brown dog up. Trees and a vegetable garden are visual in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from attire of sitter and active dates of the photographer., Purchase 1988., 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., Rich was a professional Philadelphia landscape photographer and avid traveler who privately produced several candid portraits of family and friends.
Creator: Rich, James Bartlett, 1866-1942, photographer
Date: [ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Rich - Portraits - Unidentified [P.9266.970]

Title: Five boys posing in front of wooden house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing five boys posing in front of a window of a wooden house in Philadelphia. The boys wear knee pants and shirts with ties, and three wear caps. One boy is on roller skates and another holds a ball in his hand. A lace curtain covers the lower half of the window behind them and part of a small dog standing on the sidewalk is visible., Ms. note on recto: Woodsie, Noko postcard., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1918
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.93]

Title: [Mary Twaddell King seated on steps with dog]
Description: Photograph showing Mary Twaddell King wearing a light colored dress seated on steps with a small dog., 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. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2059]

Title: Dividing the beef, Lodge Grass Mont[ana]
Description: Scene depicting Native Americans, probably Crow, and African American cowboys in a circle cutting up beef carcasses. Native American men, women, and children sit on the grass in a circle around the meat. Several can be seen smiling. There are also small dogs standing around the group. An African American man stands in the right and looks on at the scene. In the center, another African American man bends over with a side of beef in his hands. In the background are two tepees and a tent., Title from caption on mount., Purchase 1988., 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., Rich was a professional Philadelphia landscape photographer and avid traveler commissioned in 1908 to accompany a Rodman Wanamaker expedition to Yellowstone to photograph the region's landscape and Native American life.
Creator: Rich, James Bartlett, 1866-1942, photographer
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Lantern Slides-Rich [P.9266.1308]

Title: [Morris family and others after the 225th anniversary of Germantown parade]
Description: Film negative showing four women standing in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris stands in the center wearing a long dress and a shawl. The two women next to her wear white blouses, black skirts, and hats. The woman on the right wears a white dress. A small black dog stands in front of the women. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on original envelope: Wood, Canby, Morris kids after parade, also older folks 5442 G'tn Ave (house not shown)., Gift of David M. Morris., 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 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.14]

Title: [Janet Morris in carriage petting dog, 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby in a carriage petting a dog at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Morris wears a white ruffled coat and cap. The medium-sized dog wears a studded collar. The skirt of a woman sitting in a chair is visible 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: February 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.176]

Title: [Janet Morris in carriage next to dog, 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby wearing sitting in a carriage on a porch at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a white ruffled jacket and cap. A medium-sized dog rests on the floor next to the carriage and looks up at her., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.178]

Title: [Janet Morris petting dog, 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby in a carriage petting a dog on the porch at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a white ruffled coat and hat. The medium-sized dog wears a studded collar. A woman's skirts are visible sitting 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: February 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.179]

Title: [Boy and girl with dog, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing a boy and a girl playing with a small, bicolor dog on the beach at Sea Girt. The boy wears a tie and short pants with long stockings. He holds a stick with a string attached to the end above the dog, who looks up at the boy expectantly. The girl reaches out for the string and wears a short white dress with a large bow in her hair., 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.2013.13.106]

Title: [Pulling the boat ashore, likely Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr., Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing three children pulling a rowboat up onto the sand away from the shoreline on the beach at Sea Girt. The two boys in front are likely Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr. The wear sailor suits, and one boy wears a hat. A dog stands in the sand close to the water. The Beach House is visible in the far distance. Robert Stockton bought the land of what would become Sea Girt in 1853. After his death in 1866, developers bought the land and in 1875 the Sea Girt Land and Improvement Company took over Stockton’s old mansion, added wings to either side, and renamed it the Beach House. The Beach House was a popular hotel for many years, reopening in 1920 as Stockton Hotel. It burned down in 1965., 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.2013.13.122]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. with dog and toy boat, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing four children, including Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., sitting in the sand on the beach at Sea Girt. A toy boat rests next to the girl who wears a ruffled white dress and a large bow in her hair. The boy on the left holds a small bicolor dog in his lap and wears a shirt and tie. The Morris brothers wear sailor suits., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.124]

Title: [Woman, possibly Elizabeth Canby Morris, with dog at Avocado, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing a woman, possibly Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, standing in the grass next to a porch of the Morris family home Avocado. She wears a long white dress and holds flowers in her left hand. A small black black dog stands next to her and bicycles rest against the porch behind her. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., 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.2013.13.127]

Title: [Four boys and a man with a dog] Boys Parlors Camp, Wildwood, NJ
Description: Film negative showing four boys and a man from the Boys' Parlors Club standing in front of a group of tents at Wildwood, N.J. The boy in the center hold an umbrella and two other boys carry a baseball bat and glove. A small, black dog rests between the center boy's legs. 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. Wildwood began developing as a coastal resort town in the 1890s, growing dramatically in popularity in the 1950s. The area was incorporated as a city in 1912., 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 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.144]

Title: [Boy with an umbrella and a dog], Boys Parlors Camp, Wildwood, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a young man from the Boys' Parlors Association standing in a field in front of a group of tents at Wildwood, N.J. He carries an open umbrella and wears striped pants and suspenders. A small, black dog rests between his feet. 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. Wildwood began developing as a coastal resort town in the 1890s, growing dramatically in popularity in the 1950s. The area was incorporated as a city in 1912., 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 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.152]

Title: [Woman, probably Elizabeth Canby Morris, and dog in boat, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing a woman, probably Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, sitting in a rowboat moored on the sand near the ocean shore at Sea Girt. A small, black dog sits in the boat next to her. She wears a long white dress., 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.2013.13.142]

Title: [Boy with an umbrella and a dog, Boys Parlors Camp, Wildwood, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing a young man from the Boys’ Parlors Association standing in a field in front of a group of tents at Wildwood, N.J. He carries an open umbrella and wears striped pants and suspenders. A small, black dog rests between his feet. 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. Wildwood began developing as a coastal resort town in the 1890s, growing dramatically in popularity in the 1950s. The area was incorporated as a city in 1912., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.152., 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 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.585]

Title: [Four boys and a man with a dog, Boys Parlors Camp, Wildwood, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing four boys and a man from the Boys' Parlors Association standing in front of a group of tents at Wildwood, N.J. The boy in the center holds an umbrella and two other boys carry a baseball bat and glove. A small, black dog rests between the center boy's legs. 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. Wildwood began developing as a coastal resort town in the 1890s, growing dramatically in popularity in the 1950s. The area was incorporated as a city in 1912., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.144., 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 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.574]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris and Martha Canby Morris]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' older parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris seated on a wooden bench. A small black dog stands to the right looking up at the couple. A manicured hedge and large trees stand behind the bench. Elliston Morris wears a three-pice suit. Martha Morris wears a long black dress with a ruffled blouse and glasses., 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: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.61]

Title: [Double-sided proof print containing a racist caricature of an African American mother and her children and a comic genre scene with a bookmaker]
Description: Left panel depicts an African American mother, portrayed in racist caricature, with her three children in the doorway of a home in the country. The mother, attired in a red headkerchief with white polka dots, a white shirt with pink polka dots and the sleeves rolled to the elbows, a green skirt, and a white apron with blue stripes, stands smiling with her arms crossed. Sitting in front of her are three young barefooted children attired in pink short-sleeved dresses. The children suck on the tubes of their nursing bottles. A small black dog, a cat with two kittens, and a pig gather and watch children. At the right of the door, a barrel rests under a drain pipe. A food tray lies nearby, and a horseshoe hangs above the door. The right panel shows "Joe McK.. Bookmak[er]" accepting bets, seated at his table, outside a stadium. The older white man bookie, attired in a gray bowler hat, a white collared shirt, a red polka dot vest, blue and white striped pants, and yellow shoes, smokes a cigar and accepts money from a young white man waiting at the head of the line. Also shows the backs of men leaving the bookie and headed toward the "Grand Stand" visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1905 by J. Hoover & Son Phila., Printed lower left corner: 2039., Gift of S. Robert Teitelman, 2007., RVCDC, 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: Hall, Bernhard, 1859-1935, artist
Date: 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1905 Proof [P.2007.23.8]

Title: Jas. S. Willis' home. Willis Island Upper Delaware River
Description: Lantern slide showing a man, possibly Jas. S. Willis, and dog standing in the doorway of Willis' house. The house is covered in ivy with a diamond shaped window in the gable. A picnic table sits under a wooden portico and three lawn chairs sit in the grass., Ms note: Bainbridge. Photo. Contains MCM's stamp., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2146]

Title: [Woman seated with a dog]
Description: Glass negative showing a woman seated with a small white dog on a set of steps. The woman wears a dark dress with puffed sleeves, a cross necklace, and a small white cap., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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: 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.562]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris with dog]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris sitting with a small white dog on a set of steps. Morris wears a dark dress with puffed sleeves and holds up her hand. The dog raises its head expectantly., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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: 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.563]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris and dog]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris sitting with a small white dog on a set of steps. Morris wears a dark dress with puffed sleeves and smiles. The dog tilts its head, looking at the camera., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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: 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.564]

Title: [Doering family dog in the backyard of the Doering residence at 1837 N. Bouvier Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts various poses of the Doering family dog, taken in the backyard of the family home. Includes the dog sitting, standing, yawning and dressed in a jacket and hat, sitting on a chair., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.12-18]

Title: The Eagle Hotel, Bethlehem, Pa. Mrs. M. B. Hoppes, propr
Description: Trade card containing an image of " 'Charlie' King of St. Bernards." Shows the dog seated and panting. Eagle Hotel, remodeled in 1873, operated from circa 1823 to 1921 at 437 Main Street until replaced by the Hotel Bethlehem. Hoppes became proprietor by 1894 and operated the hotel until at least the late 1890s., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Trade cards & Blotters [P.2011.10.20]

Title: Luv me - luv my doggie
Description: Depicts a young girl attired in a double breasted coat and wide brimmed wicker hat standing outside with a puppy in her arms., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.21]

Title: [Group portrait in front of the rear of a frame residence at an unidentified location]
Description: Portrait of a large group standing before a picket fence before a house at an unidentified location. In the right, five white men stand and sit, attired in uniforms, possibly baseball uniforms. In the center, a group of white men, women, and children, possibly a family, sit and stand and look at the viewer. In the left, a group of African Americans, who possibly work with the family, include two women one of whom holds a baby, a young girl, and a man who holds the reins of a horse. Several dogs are also in the portrait., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by attire of the sitters., Purchase 1989., 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: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs - family [P.9260.615]

Title: The beginning and the end of life (hold the picture 1 foot away for life and 20 feet for death.) Presented by William Deering & Co. Chicago, Ill. Grain & grass machinery
Description: Illustrated trade card and metamorphic picture depicting two girls playing with their pet dog and toys, strategically placed so that when viewed from afar, the scene forms the shadows of a human skull. William Deering became the sole owner of a reaper company in 1879 in Plano, Illinois and subsequently moved the business to Chicago, Illinois in 1880. The business was incorporated as William Deering & Company in 1883., Advertising text printed on verso promotes various harvesting and mowing machines manufactured by William Deering & Co., including the Junior Deering, the Standard Deering, the Deering Mower, Deering Giant Mower, the Warrior Mower, and the Deering Light Reaper. Informs readers that "the skull duggery practiced by some manufacturers of harvesting machinery, in palming off cheap machines on unsuspecting farmers, finds no favor in the Deering factory.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Deering [P.9631.5]

Title: R. & J. Beck, opticians, No. 1016 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia W.H. Walmsley, manager. Spectacles, eye glasses, opera glasses, microscopes, thermometers, telescopes
Description: Illustrated trade cards for R. & J. Beck opticians depicting children attired in long coats with an umbrella walking in the rain toward an anthropomorphic thermometer and children with binoculars and a telescope looking toward an anthropomorphic owl and moon. The owl gazes back through a telescope at the children and their dog. Founded in London in 1843, the company's name changed to R. & J. Beck in 1865., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Beck [1975.F.71-72]

Title: Old house 5411 Main St. opp. Good St., [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the King Property, a two-story stone house with a steep roof, at 5411 Germantown Avenue. Trolley tracks run down the center of the brick road. A dog stands beneath one of the trees growing in planters along the sidewalk. Rev. John William Runkle occupied the residence in 1809. It became known as the King property for later owner Joseph King. St. Luke’s Church purchased the property between 1869 and 1873, and it eventually became a part of the church’s lawn., Time: 11:20, Light: No 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 25, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1520]

Title: [African American family in front of their Pennsylvania residence]
Description: Depicts the African American family of four women, two men, and a boy posed in front of their two-story house with a porch, trellis, and picket fence. In the left, an older African American man, wearing white hair, stands behind the picket fence and looks directly at the viewer. A woman, wearing her hair tied up in a bun and attired in a long-sleeved dress with decorative stripes at the bottom, stands with her left arm resting on top of the open gate and looks to the left. Three women, attired in brimmed hats and long-sleeved dresses, stand resting an arm on the picket fence. The barefooted boy, attired in a cap, a shirt, a collared jacket, and pants that end just below the knees, stands next to a dog. In the right, the man, wearing a mustache and attired in a bowler hat, a shirt, a jacket, pants, and shoes, holds the reins as he sits on top of a horse, which stands on the sidewalk in front of the house., Title supplied by cataloger., Mount has decorative gold border., See accompanying manuscript notebook United States View Company's Instructions to Salesmen. (P.9502)., Gift of Martha Graybill, 1988., 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., The United States View Company, was established by Newton Graybill and Lewis Garman of Richfield, Pennsylvania in the 1890s. It was one of several view companies which employed operators and salesmen to photograph and sell the prints of small town residents posed in front of their homes and community buildings.
Creator: United States View Company, photographer
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - United States View Company - residences [P.9253.74]

Title: G.F.H. Guth, dealer in first class pianos, organs, sewing machines and musical merchandise
Description: Racist trade card promoting G.F.H. Guth's musical instruments retail store and depicting a caricature of an African American man on a farm with a horse-drawn plow driven and guided by dogs. Shows an African American man, attired in a hat, an orange plaid collared shirt, black pants, and black shoes, holding a whip and overseeing plowing on a farm. In the center is a team of two white horses pulling a plow. On top of the plow is a large, black dog wearing a collar and holding the reins to the horses in his mouth. Numerous lines of furrows can be seen in the ground. In front of the plow, a small, white dog wearing a collar guides the horses. Granville Francis Hiram Guth (1860-1939) owned a store in Allentown, Pa. selling pianos, organs, and musical instruments and also worked as a job printer. His store appears in the directories in the late 1880s to 1890s., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on verso: [Only] first-class makes on hand. No poor ones [in stock.] [Speci]alties. Behr Bros. Pianos. Farrand & Votey Organs. [Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Mach’s. 830] Ham[ilton St. All]entown [PA.], Text printed on the verso has been torn and damaged., Guth's imprint is stamped on recto: G.F.H. Guth, Music dealer, 830 Hamilton St., Allentown., Distributor’s imprint printed on verso: D.D. Halman, Salesman., Series number printed on the recto: 468., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Guth [P.2017.95.76]

Title: Use Queen Anne Soap I'se a waiting
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting a full length portrait of an African American woman walking a small brown dog. The woman is attired in an elaborate orange, yellow, and green feathered bonnet, a blue and red dotted and frilled dress with white and blue details, a pendant, white and yellow fingerless gloves, red stockings, and black heeled shoes. She holds the dog's leash and a red and blue fan in her left hand and a blue parasol in her right hand. Visible behind her is a large yellow ribbon which is attached to the back of her dress. The woman leans forward while jutting out her backside and stands with her right foot in front of her left. The woman is portrayed with exaggerated features. Queen Anne Soap was owned by the Detroit Soap Company, which in 1915 was acquired by the Buffalo-based Lautz Bros. & Co., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of advertised business., Advertising text on recto: Purest and best in the world., Series number on recto: 58., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Queen [P.2017.95.145]

Title: Old Royal House, 4506 Main St[reet. Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Old Royal House, two-story house with shuttered windows at 5010 Germantown Avenue. Two other buildings stand very close on either side. The building on the right has a storefront on the first floor. A man and dog rest in the entryway. George Royal built this house in 1747 for his son Edward., Time: 8:45, 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: May 2, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1528]

Title: Building the bridge to the Trinidad. No. 1 [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of eight men building a gangplank between the steamship Trinidad and the dock. The ship contains a mast and a smokestack. A large group of people gather on the dock. Six men straddle the gangplank while two men work on the ship. A dog stands in the foregound on the dock., Photographer remarks: same subject as last., Time: 8:10, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 18, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1425]

Title: [Joseph Hoover trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Joseph Hoover's pictures and frames business at 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a business card for Hoover tucked into a pink roses and a boy crying and watching another boy pull on the legs of a dog that is attacking another animal. Joseph Hoover, a Swiss-German chromolithographer, operated his chromolithography, engraving, and picture frame business from 628 Arch Street in Philadelphia between 1880 and ca. 1888., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9651.13] copyrighted 1888 by J. Hoover., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Joseph Hoover's products as holiday presents, including paintings, engravings, plain and colored photographs, velvet, ebony and gold photograph frames, and oleographs. Also promotes a moving sale (c1888) with reduced prices on these items., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Hoover [1975.F.412 & P.9651.13]

Title: Group in our parlor. Father, Cos. H[annah] P[erot] Morris, Auntie Beulah & Uncle Chas. Rhoads, Bess, Geo. S. Morris, Mother & Aunt Lydia Morris, also dog "Jet," [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a group posed in a decorated interior of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin George Spencer, aunts Lydia Morris and Beulah Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, and secon cousin once removed Hannah Perot Morris. Charles Rhoads and Hannah Morris stand in the back while the others sit. Elizabeth Morris, in the center of the group, holds a small black dog, Jet, in her lap. The men wear three-piece suits and the women wear dark-colored dresses. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Time: 9 P.M., 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 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1294]

Title: Little Joe Oglesby making our dog Jet beg in front of our house, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Joe Oglesby as a boy standing on the beach holding up a treat for Jet, a small black dog. Jet sits up on his hind legs begging and looks up at Oglesby expectantly. Oglesby wears a jacket with a wide collar and bow and short pants., 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: September 26, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1363]

Title: Joe Oglesby & little Margaret Lennig watching Jet beg [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Joe Oglesby and Margaret Lennig standing on the beach holding up treats for Jet, a small black dog. Jet stands on his hind legs looking up at the children expectantly. Oglesby wears a jacket with a wide collar and bow and short pants. Lennig wears a short striped dress with a white frock., Time: 2:05, 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: September 26, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1364]

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