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- Title
- G[eorge] S[pencer] Morris in porch at Sea Girt, [NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a three-quarter length portrait of Marriott C. Morris' cousin George Spencer Morris as a young man wearing a suit with a watch chain and pocket square., Time: 3:30 P.M., Light: good, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 17, 1883
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.148]
- Title
- 1st eleven of the Hav[erford] Coll[ege] Cricket Club. On a bench near cricket field
- Description
- Glass negative showing a group of young men from the Haverford College Cricket Club posed on a bench next to a field. Some of the men hold cricket bats and many of them wear striped suits. Five men sit on the bench while three stand behind and three sit on the grass at their feet. The man on the far left sitting on the ground wears shin pads. Haverford College was founded in 1833., Time: 5:15, Light: Not very good light., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- June 4, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.614]
- Title
- [Group portrait of unidentified individuals smiling and pointing at camera]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a group of men and women posed for a portrait in a garden. Three women sit in chairs in the front row while four men and two women stand behind them. Each person smiles and points at the camera. The women wear long dresses with puffy sleeves and decorated hats. The men wear three-piece 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
- ca. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.62.11]
- Title
- Cigar wagon on beach, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing three men gathered around a horse-drawn wagon on Ocean Day. A flag hangs front he wagon's roof and a barrell with cups on top is visible nearby. The men wear suits and hats. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Photographer remarks: Not sharp neg., Time: 11:10, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 8, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.673]
- Title
- People on beach, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a crowded beach filled with people and parasols for Ocean Day. Most of the people wear hats and high-necked dresses or suits. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Photographer remarks: Not sharp., Time: 2:40, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 8, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.675]
- Title
- Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a crowd gathered on the beach for Wash Day. Some people lift up their skirt hems and pant legs to wade in the water. On the left, people in suits and high-necked dresses sit in the sand. One woman holds a parasol. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Photographer remarks: Too small stop., Time: 3:10, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 8, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.679]
- Title
- [Man, woman, and girl posed by row of fences in field]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a man, woman, and adolescent girl posed near a fence. The man stands on the opposite side while the woman and girl sit on the grass in front of the fence. The man wears a three-piece suit and hat while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Trees and grass grow on either side., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.62.3]
- Title
- [Group portrait of unidentified individuals at a picnic]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a group of men and women posed in a garden. Two men and two women sit on the grass in the first row, two women sit in chairs in the second row and two men and a woman stand behind them. A wooden fence borders the garden and trees grow in the background. The women wear long dresses with puffy sleeves and decorated hats. The men wear three-piece 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
- ca. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.62.7]
- Title
- [Group portrait of unidentified individuals at a picnic]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a group of men and women posed in a garden. Two women and a man sit in chairs in the front row while three men and three women stand behind them. A wooden fence borders the garden and trees grow in the background. The women wear long dresses with puffy sleeves and decorated hats. The men wear three-piece 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
- ca. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.62.9]
- Title
- Mill from S[outh]. Young Mr. Franklin in foreground. [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a three-story mill with wooden siding surrounded by trees. Mr. Franklin wearing a hat stands in the clearing in front of the building., Time: 4:45, 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
- August 11, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.687]
- Title
- [Young child and baby in pram]
- Description
- Film negative showing a young child wearing a ruffled hat leaning in to look closely at a baby sitting in a pram, probably in Philadelphia. Garden paths and a house are visible behind the children., April 5 & 8, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.197]
- Title
- [Man at foot of steps, Sea Girt]
- Description
- Film negative showing an older man wearing a suit and straw hat standing at the foot of a series of steps leading up to a porch. The man carries a folder under his arm and looks at the camera., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- Summer 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.135]
- Title
- [Girl, probably Janet Morris, on a boardwalk], Carnival, Pocono Lake, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a girl, probably Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris, wearing ribbons in her hair standing on a boardwalk at Pocono Lake. She smiles at the camera and holds a stick in her hands. The girl holds a string connected to a wooden board. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 5, 1911
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.425]
- Title
- [Woman seated on stone steps]
- Description
- Film negative showing a woman seated on a set of stone steps at a fort, likely at Jacksonville, Florida. The woman wears a white blous and a decorated hat. A man walks across the empty courtyard to the left., Originally in envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., 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
- 1913
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.450]
- Title
- [Group posing with luggage], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of five men and two women standing on a wooden platform around a pile of luggage, including an oar. The men wear three-piece suits and hats. The woman on the left wears a white blouse and hat while the woman on the right wears a dark jacket and hat. A young boy wearing a sailor suit stands on the right. Traintracks and a small building are visible behind the group., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 12-14, 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.165]
- Title
- [Man repairing a canoe], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing a man holding a bottle and a cloth repairing an overturned canoe at Egg Harbor River. The man wears dark shirt and pants and glasses. Trees and thick foliage surround the scene., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 12-14, 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.166]
- Title
- [Group around a campfire], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of four men and two women gathered around a smoking campfire. All of the men wear long shirts, some with the sleeves rolled. The man leaning over the fire wears a hat. The woman on the left wears a jacket and hat. Egg Harbor River surrounded by trees is visible in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 12-14, 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.171]
- Title
- [Portrait of a seated man], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing a man seated on a stone bridge over Egg Harbor River eating a sandwich. The man wears glasses, a cap, and a collared shirt., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 12-14, 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.174]
- Title
- [Young child and baby in pram]
- Description
- Film negative showing a young child wearing a ruffled hat standing in a garden next to a baby sitting in a pram. The baby wears a cap decorated with ribbons and has a blanket in their lap. A two-story house is visible in the background., April 5 & 8, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.206]
- Title
- [Woman with a baby in a pram], Maurice River, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing a woman pushing a baby in a wicker pram down a garden path at Maurice River. The woman wears a long white dress and adjusts the pram cover to sheild the baby from the sun. The baby wears a cap., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- May 16, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.224]
- Title
- [Two women sit on grass; two men work on canoes], Down Rancocas, [NJ]
- Description
- Film negative showing two women sitting in the grass while two men work on a canoe on the right near Rancocas Creek. Both women wear hats and white blouses and the woman on the right holds a paper in her hands. The man on the right holds an axe and looks at the camera. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 29, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.342]
- Title
- [Two men work on canoes], Down Rancocas, [NJ]
- Description
- Film negative showing two men kneeling over an overturned canoe at Rancocas Creek. The man on the right holds an axe in his right hand. Another canoe sits right side up behind the men. Both men have rolled up their sleeves and the man on the left wears a hat. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 29, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.343]
- Title
- 2[25]th Anniversary parade in Germantown, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of uniformed men carrying American flags marching down a street in the 225th Anniversary parade of Germantown. Crowds gather on either side of the street. The Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. Most of the events were actually held in Philadelphia, and included the parade, concerts, religious services, and a ball. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Originally incorrectly titled: 200th Anniversary parade in Germantown., 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.2013.13.313]
- Title
- 2[25]th Anniversary parade in Germantown, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing women marching in a formation of one horizonal and two diagonal lines during the 225th Anniversary parade of Germantown parade. The women wear white dresses and hats. People gather on either side of the street to watch the parade. The Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. Most of the events were actually held in Philadelphia, and included the parade, concerts, religious services, and a ball. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Originally incorrectly titled: 200th Anniversary parade in Germantown., 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.2013.13.314]
- Title
- 2[25]th Anniversary parade in Germantown, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of young women carrying an outstretched American flag across a cobblestone street during the 225th Anniversary parade of Germantown. The women wear pleated white skirts and caps. Crowds gather on either side of the street ot watch the parade. The Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. Most of the events were actually held in Philadelphia, and included the parade, concerts, religious services, and a ball. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Originally incorrectly titled: 200th Anniversary parade in Germantown., 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.2013.13.317]
- Title
- [Janet Morris holding a bucket], Sea Girt, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby sitting in a doorway. She wears a wide brimmed hat and carries a bucket. A shadow, probably the photographer, is visible in front of her., August & September, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.306]
- Title
- [Two women holding a basket], Pocono Lake, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing two women holding a basket between them as they walk through the grass away from Pocono Lake in the distance. A young girl sits in the basket. The women wear long white dresses. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., June 30 - July 5, 1909., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.362]
- Title
- [Unknown building, Harrisburg, PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a group walking through a large courtyard in Harrisburg. Two women wearing hats decorated with flowers and feathers walk on the left and two boys wearing coats and caps walk on the right. A four-story building with pillars and a railing along the roof stands behind them., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- March 23, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.64]
- Title
- [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
- Wife of Robert Elliston. Original paintings on wood in procession of Mrs. Quill, Smiths' Parish, Bermuda
- Description
- Lantern slide showing a painted three-quarter length portrait of Mary Elliston. Her hair curls over her right shoulder and she wears a dark wrap around her arms while holding a small object in her hand. A landscape scene is visible in the background to the left., Contains MCM 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
- ca. 1890
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2174]
- Title
- Robert Elliston. Original painting on wood in possession of Mrs. Quill, Smith Parish, Bermuda
- Description
- Lantern slide showing a painted three-quarter length portrait of Robert Elliston. Elliston wears a curled wig, a long, white collar and holds a small book in his left hand. A building with a dome is visible in the open window behind him., Contains MCM 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
- ca. 1890
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2172]
- Title
- [Portait of] "Katie" Swan
- Description
- Lantern slide showing an oval-shaped portrait of Katie Swan wearing a polka dotted dress and sitting on an embankment. Above Swan on a hill a man sits on a wooden platform decorated with patriotic bunting., The slide has a background of a gold and black grid with a red star shaped stamp in the lower left corner., Contains MCM 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
- ca. 1890
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2163]
- Title
- Philadelphia fashions, spring & summer 1844, by S.A. & A.F. Ward, No. 62 Walnut St
- Description
- Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 17 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor, hunting setting. Upper panel shows four men, two women and three boys in a furnished parlor. All of the men are attired in long jackets, vests, cravats and patterned pants. Two hold or wear hats, and two hold canes. To the left, two men stand and converse with two women. The seated lady holds a fan and wears an evening dress, with a low, straight neckline. Her hair is styled in ringlets, and a flower rests behind her ear. The other woman adorns outerwear styled with a high-necked, tight-waisted dress, shawl and plumed bonnet. To the right, two men stand with three boys, who all wear flat caps. The boy on the left is dressed in an Eton suit, while the other two younger boys wear longer tunic suits. The parlor is furnished with carpet and ornate furniture, vases and landscape paintings. The bottom panel shows an outdoor, hunting scene centered around a man and woman mounted on horses. The scene includes five men and one woman, with three people on each side of the couple. The men wear long jackets, patterned pants, waistcoats, cravats and hats, and the women are attired in riding habits. The lady riding the horse wears a top hat adorned with a veil. A dog runs beside the trotting horses in the foreground and sailing vessels are visible on the sea in the background (right). Key numbered 1-9 and 10-17 printed above and below the image., Not in Wainwright., Signed "Weaver" in lower left-hand corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 178, Gift of David Doret.
- Creator
- Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
- Date
- [1844]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.2002.61.1]
- Title
- Butterfly.
- Description
- A woman wears a gown and a green shawl that resembles butterfly wings. She holds a fan and wears a bonnet. The valentine mocks women of fashion as artificial., Text: If you had a husband, giddy one, / He soon would in the gutter lie; / With you for a mate, he'd be undone; / You're but a painted Butterfly., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
- Date
- [between 1840 and 1880?]
- Title
- Miss Crinoline.
- Description
- A woman wears an enormous skirt with furbelows., Text: Expansive! expensive! extensive! exuberant! / Skirts, more than the city's outskirts, protuberant! / Not only the height of the fashion has come to this, / But the breadth of the fashion is Crinoline bliss., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
- Date
- [between 1840 and 1880?]
- Title
- Leader of the Fashion.
- Description
- The valentine shows a woman wearing a crown, gown, and holding a parasol. A young man holds the train of her coat. The valentine mocks the woman's too-slender stature and excessively large crinoline., Text: A skeleton in figure / You still are bound to shine, / The great among the greatest / In size of Crinoline., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
- Date
- [between 1840 and 1880?]
- Title
- You're not so bad looking as some I know,
- Description
- A woman wears a dress with a bustle and a hat with a small veil. The woman leans forward in the Grecian Bend, caused by fashionable restrictive, bustled gowns. The Grecian Bend style of bustle became popular after 1869., Text: You're not so bad looking as some I know, / You're not so ill mannered as others I know, / And you generally make a respectable show; / But you're deficient in brains, I'm sorry to say, / Because you dress in such a ridiculous way, / And consider the Bend such a gorgeous array., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
- Date
- [after 1869?]
- Title
- Hoops and Leader of the Fashion.
- Description
- A woman carries a tiny parasol and wears a gown with a hoop skirt and furbelows., Text: This, truly, is the age of all things new, / For even women grown, and young maids too, / Believe not now in either Heart or Head, / But in the size to which their hoops may spread., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
- Date
- [between 1840 and 1880?]
- Title
- Amiable Woman.
- Description
- A woman wears a dress with a high neckline; her corsage and handkerchief suggest that she may be at a social function.. She slouches against a wall between and door and a picture frame, and her nearly closed eyes and open mouth suggest that lack of intelligence accompany her manners and money., Text: Politeness and dress, in this gay world of ours, / Are considered the tests of gentility; / But we commonly find a great lack mind, / Where the're found with so much amiability., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
- Date
- [between 1840 and 1880?]
- Title
- Crosthwaite, William, 1686-1743
- Creator
- Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
- Date
- November 17, 1739
- Title
- Grassold, Christian, -1759
- Creator
- Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
- Date
- April 18, 1745
- Title
- Oakford, Aaron, -1815
- Creator
- Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
- Date
- April 6, 1769
- Title
- Towers, Robert, -1779
- Creator
- Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
- Date
- April 6, 1769
- Title
- ‘ Tis all in vain.
- Description
- Two tailor's dummies have bustles, wigs and other accessories attached to them. The valentine suggests that these accessories will not help the recipient find love., Text: ‘Tis all in vain your simpering looks, / You never can incline, / With all your bustles, stays, and curls, / To find a Valentine., Text: Lloyd, 17, Bellebury Square, Fleet street, 415, Provenance: Helfand, William H..
- Date
- [between 1840 and 1880?]
- Title
- Little Phoebe & Georgianna Read in woods at side of our house, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Phoebe and Georgianna Read, two young girls, seated on a wooden box. The girls wear dresses with lace details and have straw hats with ribbons. An empty basket sits on the right and a forest of trees stands behind them., Photographer remarks: Slightly undertimed., Time: 10:40, Light: Good sun out., 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 15, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1352]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash onto the sand in the foreground where two women stand in bathing attire., 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
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.11]
- Title
- Bella & Edith Wistar at spring near overflow, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar and Edith Wistar seated in a woodland setting at Sea Girt. The girl on the left holds a cup and wears a long white dress and straw hat. The girl on the right holds flowers in her hand and wears a shorter dark dress and decorated hat., Time: 12:50, 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 9, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.951]
- Title
- Copy of a cabinet photo of Sam [B. Morris], taken 4 mo. 1885
- Description
- Glass negative showing a cabinet card with a photograph of Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris as a boy. He turns his head to the left and wears a collared jacket. The cabinet card is set on a textured surface and is signed "Broadbent Brothers, 911 Chestnut St.", Photographer remarks: Sun on picture., Time: 3:50, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- June 26, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.945]
- Title
- Copy of cabinet photo of Sam taken 4 mo. 1885
- Description
- Glass negative showing a cabinet card with a photograph of Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris as a boy. He turns his head to the left and wears a collared jacket. The cabinet card is set on a textured surface., Photographer remarks: Larger than last as I used W.A. lens., Time: 3:50, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- June 27, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.946]
- Title
- St. Peter's church, St. Georges, [Bermuda], exterior. W.A. French on steps
- Description
- Glass negative showing St. Peter's Church with wide stone steps leading out onto a city square. W.A. French wearing a bowler hat stands on the steps while another man stands near the church entrace behind a wall. St. Peter’s Church, established after the first settlement of English colonists in Bermuda in 1612, was first built circa 1620 as a timber-framed building. After a hurricane razed the church in 1712, a new wood and stone church was built circa 1713-1714. This church went through numerous renovations, additions, and repairs into the 20th century, including the noted 1841 extension that created front steps and added Victorian Gothic decorations to the exterior. In 2012, at the church’s 400th anniversary, Queen Elizabeth designated the church as “Their Majesties Chappell.”, Time: 1:20, Light: Strong 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 30, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.925]