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Title: [1026 Olive Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a three story row home at 1026 Olive Street. Includes partial views of 1024 and 1028 Olive Street. A wooden door marks the narrow alley between 1024 and 1026. A car is parked in front of the dwelling., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.9]

Title: 107 W. School Lane. Bought in 1810 for faculty of Academy
Description: Exterior view of north front of dwelling built in 1810 for faculty of Germantown Academy. Identified in some sources as the residence of James Matthew. Also depicts two men riding past the house on bicycles., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.33]

Title: 131 W. Walnut Lane
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' three-story house at 131 West Walnut Lane. The house has a porch and a front lawn dotted with trees and surrounded by a metal fence. A driveway runs along the right side of the house with a telephone pole standing at the entryway., 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 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.9.11]

Title: 131 W. Walnut Lane
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a three-story house, featuring a porch with plants growing up trellises, owned by Marriott Morris at 131 West Walnut Lane. A lawn extends in front of the house surrounded by a metal fence. A driveway runs along the left side of 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: 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.11.6]

Title: 131 W. Walnut Lane, [Germantown, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a view of the side of Marriott C. Morris' three-story house with shuttered windows at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Trees and shrubs grow in even rows in the manicured lawn, which is bordered by a low wire fence., 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 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.406]

Title: 131 W. Walnut Lane, [Germantown, PA]
Description: Film negative showing the back porch and side of Marriott C. Morris' house and garden at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A path runs in front of the porch on the front of the house and a tree grows in the lawn 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: October 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.407]

Title: 131 W. Walnut Lane, [Germantown, PA]
Description: Film negative showing a side view from across the street of Marriott C. Morris' three-story home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The house has shuttered windows and a garden bordered by a metal fence. Trees grow next to the street and in the yard., 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 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.408]

Title: 1815 Delancey Place, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of one of the Victorian style row houses built on the 1800 block of Delancey to accommodate the growing number of the Philadelphia elite moving west in the mid-19th century. The house, designed by an unknown architect, was built in 1853 for Mrs. Alexander H. Scott. An African American man pedestrian walks on the sidewalk in the right and looks at the viewer., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Title from manuscript note on verso., Purchase 1986., 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: Wells, John R., photographer
Date: [ca. 1952]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wells [P.9167.18]

Title: 226 W. Gravers Lane, S. E. cor. W. Gravers Lane - Millman [Place]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the snow-covered front facade of dwelling built circa 1871 for Timothy Crowley., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.3]

Title: 22d and Green Sts., Philada
Description: View of dwellings and landscaped lawns separated by iron fences on the 2200 block Green Street. Two fountains decorate the lawns in the foreground. Possibly from 2222-2224 Green Street looking east., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint in black text on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Streets [P.9260.44]

Title: 37 Crown Street
Description: Street scene showing the residence of the artist on Crown Street (perpendicular to Race and Vine streets). The view includes other residential buildings and the rear of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church and cemetery (260-262 N. 4th) partially concealed behind a wall. A few people and a dog stroll along the sidewalk., Lithograph is based on a drawing by Richard Kern now in the collection of the Huntington Library., Date printed lower left corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 5, See David J. Weber. Richard H. Kern: Expeditionary Artist in the Far Southwest, 1848-1853. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press for the Amon Carter Museum, 1985) for a biography of the artist., Gift of David Doret., Kern was a member of an artistic Philadelphia family. His brothers Benjamin, Edward, and John were also artists, and for a short time in the 1840s, Richard shared a Philadelphia studio with Edward and John and taught art. He also supported himself by preparing technical illustrations for some of Philadelphia's scientific organizations. Like his brothers, Benjamin and Edward, Richard served as a topographical draftsman on expeditions to the western United States. He was killed by Native Americans in Utah.
Creator: Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853
Date: 1843
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Residences - Kern [P.9635]

Title: 4518 & 4520 Germantown Ave. Neglee House. When built, uncertain, but Jas. Logan lived in it while Stenton was being built, 1727-1734
Description: View of front facade, with a one story shop in the foreground. Residence built circa 1727. John Naglee owned the house from 1727 to 1752., Inscribed in negative: 3328., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.95]

Title: 4774 Main St. + Bockius house (4772) from pavement of Post Office, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Bockius House at 5430 Germantown Avenue and Bruner and George Livery at 5434 Germantown Avenue. A telephone pole, tree, and hitching post all stand in the sidewalk in front of the houses. Trolley tracks run down the center of the brick road. The Livery has a sign that reads "Bruner and George Livery 4774, Branch of Stables [4934?] Office Door Back." The Bockius House was built for Albert Ashmead as a wedding gift. It was later occupied by Charles R. Bockius, and eventually Elliston Perot Morris, who remodeled it in 1903. 4774 Main Street, later 5434 Germantown Avenue, was owned by William Ashmead, a wagon manufacturer, after the American Revolution. Elliston Perot Morris bought the building in 1907. Bruner and George were a livery and boarding stables in Germantown, Philadelphia owned by Henry B. Bruner and Riter W. George. The business existed from circa 1858 to circa 1918., Time: 8:30, Light: good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 14, 1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1619]

Title: 4821 Main St
Description: Exterior view of front facade and south side., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: January 1, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.5]

Title: 4825 Germantown Ave., home of Christian Ottinger, a soldier of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary War
Description: Depicts the west fronts of neighboring dwellings along Germantown Avenue, 4821 in the foreground and 4825 in the background, the latter built circa 1781 by Christopher Ottinger, a Revolutionary soldier who became a master coach maker after the war. A man stands on the steps of the Ottinger House., Inscribed in negative: 2211., Title from negative sleeve.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.16]

Title: 5011 Main St
Description: Exterior view of front facade of the Royal House, with a horse standing in front of the property. Named for Jacob S. Royal, a victualler who purchased the property in 1853. Converted to accommodate a store and apartments circa 1900. George H. Marsden's grocery store occupies the first floor., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.9]

Title: 5112-14 Main St
Description: Exterior view of front facade of house. Includes John Harris's furniture shop which occupies the ground floor of 5114 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue)., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: March 19, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.14]

Title: 5112-5114 Main St
Description: Exterior view of east fronts of the adjoining houses. Includes the furniture shop of John Harris which occupies the ground floor of 5114 Main Sreet (i.e. Germantown Avenue). Wooden chairs and tables sit near the entrance to the shop., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.126]

Title: 5140 Germantown Ave. The "Cory" or Crows' Nest. Wm. Wynn Wister's Place. Gilbert Stewart lived there from 1796 to 1800. He painted Washington's portrait in the barn, which is not now standing
Description: Exterior view of front porch of house set back from the street and surrounded by trees., Inscribed in negative: 3350., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 5, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.106]

Title: 5140 Main St. Occupied by Gilbert Stuart 1794-5. Studio in rear
Description: Exterior view of front facade of house set back from the street and surrounded by bare trees., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Also identified as the William Wynn Wister House.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.15]

Title: 5151 Main St. Home of Phil. R. Freas and first office of the Village Telegraph, later Germantown Telegraph
Description: Exterior view of front facade of dwelling once home to Philip R. Freas, who established the Village Telegraph (i.e. Germantown Telegraph) in 1830. His office was in the small building next door. Edward Albert's produce shop occupies the old dwelling in this photograph. Includes Samuel Gordon's boot shop at 5149 1/2 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue). Pedestrians browse the shops along the block., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative January 30, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.16]

Title: 5203-5205 Main St. Home of Dr. Theodore Ashmead and Dr. Belton. Owen Wister born here July 14,1860
Description: Exterior view of front facade of dwelling. Known as the birthplace of Owen Wister, a famous author. His family resided here circa 1860 while his family's home was being constructed at 5253 Main Street., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: January 28, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.17]

Title: 5214 Germantown Ave. The Hacker House. Site of the British encampment during the Battle of Germantown
Description: View of east front of house built circa 1755 and known successively as the Conyngham, Wister and Hacker House. Also served as the headquarters of the Germantown Historical Society., Inscribed in negative: 3351., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the Old Fisher House., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.107]

Title: 5218 Germantown Ave
Description: View of the ivy covered east front of the Howell House, built circa 1795 and later used by the Germantown Historical Society as a Costume Museum., Inscribed in negative: 3352., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.108]

Title: 5222 Germantown Ave., Endt-Hansberry House. Theobald Endt, clockmaker owned it in 1766
Description: View of the east front of the Endt - Hansberry House, owned by clockmaker Theobald Endt in 1766. Converted to apartments and a store in the early twentieth century. The word "Painting" is visible on the store front window directly north of the entrance stairs to 5222 Germantown Avenue., Inscribed in negative: 3353., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.109]

Title: 5242-44 Main St., formerly Indian Queen Hotel
Description: Exterior view of front facade of former Indian Queen Inn, opened in 1809 by Michael Riter. Image includes Finninger's Ice Cream and Fancy Cakes which occupies the store front at 5242 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue)., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.21]

Title: 5261 Main St. Built by John Wister 1744
Description: Exterior view of west front and north side of Grumblethorpe, house built in 1744 by Philadelphia wine merchant John Wister. His house was the first in Germantown built solely for summer residency and greatly exceeded the dimensions of the homes around it, giving it the nickname "Wister's Big House.", Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: Negative April 20, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.22]

Title: 5267 [sic] Germantown Ave. I have no record of when it was built. Anthony Gilbert, a blacksmith, renowned for his strength, lived there in 1809. It is next door above "Grumblethorp."
Description: Exterior view of front facade of dwelling occupied by Anthony Gilbert in 1809, a blacksmith who was known for his great physical strength. Original portion of house built circa 1745 as Wister's Tenant House, immediately north of Wister's Big House. An advertisement for Kansis City Beef is visible on the butcher shop awning next to Wister's Tenant House., Inscribed in negative: 3369., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 13, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.117]

Title: 5275-7 Main St. Occupied by Thos. Jefferson in 1793 & Edmund Randolph
Description: Exterior view of front facade of the Clarkson-Watson House, built circa 1745 for Matthew Clarkson, a merchant and mayor of Philadelphia from 1792 to 1796. Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Randolph stayed here during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The Bank of Germantown occupied the property from 1825 to 1869. John Fanning Watson, author of Annals of Philadelphia, also lived here. Includes a partial view of the neighboring business at 5275 Main Street (i.e. Germantown Avenue) owned by Chas. M. Stefken., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: January 30, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.24]

Title: 5300 Germantown Ave., N.W. cor. Queen Lane
Description: View of the south flank and east front of the Sower House, built in three stages: the rear ell circa 1723, the front section circa 1755 and the union of these two sections circa 1795. Owned by the Sower (Sauer) family, who purportedly created the first type cast in America in the basement of this house in 1772-73. Owned by the Trinity Lutheran Church since 1836 and used as a church house since 1950., Inscribed in negative: 3355., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.111]

Title: 5300 Main St. at present parsonage of Trinity Luth. Church. Formerly Sauer's property. In cellar first type case in America 1772
Description: View of the south flank and east front of the Sower House, built in three stages: the rear ell circa 1723, the front section circa 1755 and the union of these two sections circa 1795. Owned by the Sower (Sauer) family, who purportedly created the first type cast in America in the basement of this house in 1772-73. Owned by the Trinity Lutheran Church since 1836 and used as a church house since 1950., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.25]

Title: 5307 Haverford Ave
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a row of three story brick homes spanning the north side of Haverford Avenue near Fifty-third Street. Each home has a porch, two of which have been enclosed. A car is parked in the foreground., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.20]

Title: 5430 Germantown Ave. Home of Captain Albert Ashmead of the American Army
Description: Exterior view of east front of dwelling of Captain Albert Ashmead, built before 1796. Albert's grandfather, William Ashmead, manufactured Germantown wagons in the rear of the property. Main house was used as a show room and was later turned into residence after Albert Ashmead's marriage. Includes a banner hanging in between 5430 and 5434 Main Street ( i.e. Germantown Avenue), advertising John A. Foley's Manheim Stables & Riding Academy at 5434 Main Street., Inscribed in negative: 3356., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 5, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.112]

Title: 5430 Main St. Home of Capt. Albert Ashmead
Description: Exterior view of east front of dwelling of Captain Albert Ashmead, built before 1796. Albert's grandfather, William Ashmead, manufactured Germantown wagons in the rear of the property. Main house was used as a show room and was later turned into residence after Albert Ashmead's marriage. Includes a banner hanging in between 5430 and 5434 Main Street ( i.e. Germantown Avenue), advertising John A. Foley's Manheim Stables & Riding Academy at 5434 Main Street., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.26]

Title: 5434 Germantown Ave., home of Jno. Ashmead, father of Capt.. Albert Ashmead
Description: Exterior view of east front of residence of William Ashmead, built in 1740 and later owned by his son John Ashmead. Image depicts the site when it was under the ownership of the Manheim Stables & Riding Academy, and contains a partial view of a banner advertising the stables and academy., Inscribed in negative: 3357., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 5, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.113]

Title: 5434 Main St. Home of John Ashmead
Description: Exterior view of east front of residence of William Ashmead, built in 1740 and later owned by his son John Ashmead. Image depicts the site when it was under the ownership of the Manheim Stables & Riding Academy, and contains a partial view of a banner advertising the stables and academy., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.27]

Title: 5442 from Market Sq[uare], [Deshler-Morris House, Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view the Deshler-Morris House with shuttered windows, multiple chimneys, and two gabled windows on the roof at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The house is seen from across Market Square with a large tree growing on the right side. A child stands in the park on the left while a woman stands in the doorway of the neighboring house. 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., 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.9895.7.2]

Title: 5450 Germantown Ave. Supposed built in 1790, by one Morgan. Thomas Armat lived there from 1807 till his death in 1831
Description: View of east front of house built circa 1790. Purchased by merchant and philanthropist Thomas Armat in 1807. Armat resided here until his death in 1831. His family owned the property until 1841. The home was later occupied by Dr. William Ashmead., Inscribed in negative: 3358., Title from negative sleeve., Thomas Armat was one of the founders of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and donated the land on which the church was built. He also had Loudoun constructed for his only son, Thomas Wright Armat in 1801., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 5, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.114]

Title: 5450 Main St. Built 1790. Home of Thos. Armat
Description: Exterior view of east front of house built circa 1790. Purchased by merchant and philanthropist Thomas Armat in 1807. Armat resided here until his death in 1831. His family owned the property until 1841. The home was later occupied by Dr. William Ashmead., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Thomas Armat was one of the founders of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and donated the land on which the church was built. He also had Loudoun constructed for his only son, Thomas Wright Armat in 1801.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.30]

Title: 5845 Main St. Standing at time of Revolution
Description: Exterior view of west front of the 18th-century residence converted into a storefront. Hats are displayed in the storefront. Includes a partial view of display in Sample Shoe's adjoining storefront., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.44]

Title: 6043 Germantown Ave. Centre of fierce skirmish during the Battle of Germantown
Description: Exterior view of west front of house built circa 1750 and purchased by Dr. William Shippen as a summer residence in 1775. Dr. Samuel Blair, Shippen's son-in-law and president of Princeton University, also lived here. Image includes a group of people standing on the corner, looking toward the camera., Inscribed in negative: 2214., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the Blair House or The Laurens.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.18]

Title: 6205 Main St., built by Dirck Keyser 1738. 1st 2-story house in Germantown
Description: Exterior view of west front of house built by Dirck Keyser, a Mennonite preacher and silk merchant who immigrated from Amsterdam in 1688. Demolished in 1950 for a supermarket., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: April 20, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.67]

Title: 6211 Main St
Description: Exterior view of west front., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: January 30, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.68]

Title: 6303 [sic] Germantown Ave
Description: Exterior view of west front and south flank of house at 6205 Germantown Avenue, built by Dirck Keyser, a Mennonite preacher and silk merchant who immigrated from Amsterdam in 1688. Demolished in 1950 for a supermarket., Inscribed in negative: 2215., Title from negative sleeve., Incorrectly identified as 6303 Germantown Avenue.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.19]

Title: 6305 Main St
Description: Exterior view of west front of house, including a partial view of the front facade of 6307 Main Street ( i.e. Germantown Avenue)., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount., Identified by some sources as the Dorsey House.
Creator: Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date: January 30, 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.77]

Title: 6306 Germantown Ave
Description: Oblique view of south flank and east front of house of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. Shows the front door to the three-story stone house. The first story contains windows with shutters and a shingled awning. Dwelling also includes dormer windows and chimneys on the roof. In the left, a picket fence and a portico over the side entrance is visible. Trees and an utility pole are in front of the property. John Johnson resided in the house during the Battle of Germantown. The dwelling sustained damage including a hole in the parlor door caused by a cannon ball and a chipped corner. It served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The Johnson family owned the house until 1908. The Woman's Club of Germantown purchased the house in 1917, and in 1980, gifted the house and its contents to the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust to operate as a house museum. In 2002, the deed of ownership was transferred to the Johnson House Historic Site, Inc., Inscribed in negative: 2226., Title from negative sleeve., Date inferred from photographic medium and content., Purchase 1988., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: [ca. 1920]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.24]

Title: 6704 & 6706 Cresheim Road, Germantown
Description: Photograph showing a view of the rear facade of the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris’ at 6706. A grove of trees stands next to a pathway in the foreground. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a generous border., Photograph from negative number *13-19., 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, 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.3]

Title: 6704 & 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham
Description: Photograph showing the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris' (right) at 6706. The house has two porches and timber framing covered in snow. A man walks along a path in front of the house between snow drifts., 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. 1900-ca. 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2101]

Title: 6704 & 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham
Description: Photograph showing the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris' (right) at 6706. The houses have two porches and timber framing. A woman and two children, likely Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their children Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr., stand on a path next to some shrubs on the right side of the house. A lamppost stands between the road and sidewalk., 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: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2102]

Title: 6706 Cresheim Rd. [Germantown, PA]
Description: Photograph showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' two-story house at 6706 Cresheim Road seen from across a field from among a grove of trees. The house has a porch, is decorated with timber framing, and is connected to another house., Photograph from negative number 2013.l13.555., 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: 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.548]

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