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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: Admiring the flowers. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: View looking southwest showing a woman dressed in white, standing with a parasol and touching the flowers in a long, landscaped flower bed, also known as the "Sunken Gardens," built in front of Horticultural Hall (not pictured) for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: c1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9573.20]

Title: Anniversary designs. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: View showing a flower bed in the foreground, also known as the "Sunken Gardens," and behind it, the year 1876 has been formed by flowers in front of Horticultural Hall, the Centennial exhibition hall built in 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann in West Fairmount Park. Building demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: c1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9573.19]

Title: [Artist's study for the State-House garden, Philadelphia]
Description: View showing the well-patronized garden enclosed by a brick wall with a tall gateway with wooden doors on Walnut Street at the rear of the State House. Depicts several individuals at leisure, walking, sitting on a bench, and conversing on the grounds landscaped with trees. The garden grounds purchased in 1760, enclosed in 1770 (the gate given by legislator and State House trustee Joseph Fox), was landscaped under the direction of visiting Jamaican trader and American Philosophical Society member Samuel Vaughan around 1784., Title from plate 23 in the first edition of Birch's "Views of Philadelphia.", Bequest of Charles Poulson, 1866., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a Poulson scrapbook., Reproduced in Julius Sachse's Pictures of old Philadelphia from the originals in the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1901), vol. 1, plate 45. (LCP Print Room Albums), See Martin Snyder's "William Birch: His Philadelphia Views," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 73 (July 1949), p. 271-315.
Creator: Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834, artist
Date: [ca. 1798]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department drawings & watercolors - Birch - State House Garden [P.9668]

Title: Asa S. Wing in garden, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' uncle-in-law Asa S. Wing standing in the garden at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. He wears a suit, pocketwatch chain, and small round glasses., 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: June 28, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.21]

Title: Asa S. Wing in garden, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' uncle-in-law Asa S. Wing standing near a path in the garden at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Long stemmed flowers grow in front of him and a large house stands behind him. He wears a three-piece suit, pocketwatch chain, and small round glasses., 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: Jne 28, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.22]

Title: Back lawn, [Deshler-Morris House], 5442 [Germantown Avenue] showing horse-chestnut tree and pine tree
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the garden with a large, leafy horse chestnut tree growing in the center at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A tall pine tree with sparse branches stands on the right while shrubs border the garden. The rear of the house is visible in the background. 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.9895.64.12]

Title: Back of [Bockius House] 4774 Main & our yard from end of flagstone path, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing the Bockius House at 5434 Germantown Avenue with a wooden fence seen from across the wide lawn of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Other houses are visible in the background. A line of bare trees separates the lawn from the other houses. 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. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on the 5442 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., Photographer remarks: Sample plates from Buchanan, Browley & Co. 6 doz. 4x5 Sp., 5 doz, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4, Sp. bought 3/26., Time: 5:10, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 23, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1084]

Title: Back yard on snowy day from conservatory door, 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description: Glass negative showing the snow-covered garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A large tree grows in the center of the lawn. The corner of the house is visible on the right and leafy shrubs border the garden on the left. A path curves between the tree and the 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: 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.64.9]

Title: [Backyard of Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a garden at the Deshler-Morris House. The rear of the house is visible in the distance behind a large, leafy tree growing in the center of the lawn. A small circular flower bed sits in the grass in the foreground. 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., 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.9895.10.5]

Title: [Backyard of Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a garden at the Deshler-Morris House surrounded by tall, leafy trees. A path runs horizontally across the center of the lawn. 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., 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.9895.10.6]

Title: [Backyard, possibly of Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a garden, possibly at the Deshler-Morris House. Tall trees grow in the background as a path curves to the right through the lawn. Plants with thick stalks and broad leaves grow in a flower bed to the right of the path. 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., 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.9895.10.4]

Title: Bartram gardens, Philadelphia
Description: View of ivy-covered facade of John Bartram's residence with two women sitting on bench near door. Some outbuildings and vegetation also visible. Botanist and farmer John Bartram built residence in 1730-1731. Altered in 1770, the residence deteriorated throughout the 19th century, but was restored in the 1920s by the John Bartram Association., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.165], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson165.htm

Title: Bartram gardens, Phila[delphia]
Description: Depicts three well-dressed children, including an African American girl, posed on and around a large stone trough by the wall of a building in Bartram's Garden. In the left, a white boy, attired in a white collared shirt, a striped tie, light-colored shorts, black socks, and shoes, stands facing the viewer with his left hand on the trough. The African American girl, attired in a short-sleeved dress with white trim at the neck, cuffs, and waist, stands behind the trough with her left hand resting on its rim. In the right , a white boy, attired in a short-sleeved, white collared shirt, shorts, and socks, sits on the trough with his legs hanging inside it. Bartram's Garden, the first botanic garden in the country cultivated by botanist and farmer John Bartram in the mid-18th century, was restored by the John Bartram Association in the 1920s after many years of neglect., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., Description revised 2022., Access point revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.115], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson115.htm

Title: Bartram House from down in the Garden
Description: Photograph showing Bartram's House, a two-story stone house with engaged stone pillars and dormer windows seen from a garden. The garden is dotted with trees and shrubs and bordered by low, prickly plants. Fallen leaves cover the ground. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Photograph from negative number 557., 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 21, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2076]

Title: Bartram House from down in the garden, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the Bartram House, a two-story house with large columns on the facade. The house sits behind a low stone wall and a forested area. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Time: 11:30, Light: Good sun shining., 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 21, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.557]

Title: Bartram House, [in Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the Bartram House, a two-story stone house with shallow steps surrounded by foliage. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Same position as last., Photographer remarks: House built 1731 - on end of house is the inscription John & Ann Bartram 1731., Time: 10:50, Light: Very 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: April 21, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.555]

Title: Bartram's house and garden postcards
Description: Contains views of the Bartram house and garden, built 1730-1731 by botanist John Bartram. Primarily contains exterior views of the house showing the west side and the east front. Views of the garden include cypress tree, "Lady Petre Pear-tree," and watering trough. Also includes view of the sitting room and a reproduction of a painting of John Bartram., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 16 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Buildings - Bartram House and Garden - 21]

Title: Bartram's House, Bartram's Garden
Description: Photograph showing Bartram's House, a two-story stone house with three engaged stone columns decorating the front facade. The house has three dormer windows on the roof and is surrounded by trees. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Photograph from negative number 554., 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 21, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2072]

Title: Bartram's House, Bartram's Garden
Description: Photograph showing Bartam's House, a two-story stone house with three engaged stone columns decorating the front facade. The house has three dormer windows on the roof and is surrounded by trees. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Photograph from negative number 554., 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 21, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2073]

Title: Bartram's House, in Bartram's Garden. From S. (Schuylkill front), [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Bartram's house, a two-story stone house with shallow steps surrounded by foliage. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Time: 10:45, Light: Very 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 21, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.554]

Title: A beautiful garden avenue in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View showing a long flower bed flanked by trees, also known as the "Sunken Gardens," extending in a line to Horticultural Hall, the exhibition hall built in 1875 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann in West Fairmount Park. Building demolished in 1955 even though the 383' long, 193' wide building was supposed to remain a permanent botanical conservatory, showcasing exotic plant species and Victorian gardens., Additional places of publication printed on mount include: London; Toronto-Canada; Ottawa-Kansas., Printed on mount: Works and studios. Arlington, N.J.; Littleton, N.H.; and Washington, D.C., Sun sculpture trademark printed on mount., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Copyrighted 1902 by Underwood & Underwood on recto under title and copyrighted 1904 by Underwood & Underwood on verso., Explicative paragraph of text describing the Sunken Gardens printed on verso. Title printed in five languages below paragraph., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: c1904
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Underwood & Underwood - Parks [P.9047.156]

Title: Beautiful sunken gardens. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: View of formal garden leading to Horticultural Hall in the background. People stroll on pathways in garden., View is numbered "76" in a series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - unidentified - Parks [P.9600.10]

Title: Bed and Kilmarnock Willow in our garden, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Various trees, shrubs, and other foliage surround the lawn. Jet, a small black dog, sits in the grass in the foreground. The roofs of other houses are visible behind the foliage in the distance. 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., Photographer remarks: First plate exposed in new Scovill camera., Time: 12, 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: September 3, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.392]

Title: Bed near lower Walnut tree, with box bush, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Trees and other foliage grow in the center. An urn on a pedestal sits near the trees on the right and a circular flower bed occupies the foreground on the left. A wooden fence is visible through the foliage in the background. 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., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 5:15, Light: Fairly 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: September 17, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.756]

Title: Bellevue Stratford postcards
Description: Contains images of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, built 1902-1904 by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt. Includes exterior views of the hotel looking southwest. Also depicts interior views of the hotel including the Clover Club Banquet Hall, Vienese Room, Ladies' Restaurant, main office, lobby, grand ballroom and the Oak Hall and South Garden sections of the roof garden. Also includes an image of William Penn holding a model of the Bellevue Stratford in his hand., Contains 37 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1960
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bellevue Stratford - 110]

Title: Bess standing by little magnolia tree near top of our yard, [Deshler-Morris House, Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris standing next to a small, slender tree covered in blooms at the Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue. She gazes down at the flower that she holds delicately in her right hand. She wears a long dark-colored dress., Photographer remarks: Wind., Time: 1:15, 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 23, 1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1624]

Title: [Big horse chestnut tree in bloom, 5442 Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description: Glass negative showing a view a large horse-chestnut tree at the rear of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A wide lawn extends behind it bordered by tall shrubs. 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: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.6.8]

Title: [Big horse chestnut tree, possibly Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a large, leafy tree standing in a garden behind a house, possibly the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The lawn is surrounded by shrubs and other foliage and two flowerbeds grow in the foreground. 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.9895.35.2]

Title: Bingham Hotel postcards
Description: Contains images of the Bingham House Hotel, originally built as the Mansion House Hotel for Thomas Leiper in 1812. Includes exterior views of the front facade looking northwest. Also depicts interior views of the Green and Blue Restaurant, the roof garden, and the lobby. Renovations for the Bingham Hotel were undertaken in 1890 after designs by Willis Gaylord Hale., Sheet numbers: 112A01 and 112A02., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: Bird cherry tree at top of our garden, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a cherry tree in the corner of a garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A bench and an urn on a pedestal stand in front of the tree. A fence is barely visible through the trees at the back of the garden. 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., Photographer remarks: Anthony camera. Undertimed., Time: 11, 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: May 20, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.606]

Title: Bird cherry tree at top of yard in full bloom. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing the garden lined with trees and tall shrubs at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. On the right is a pedestal holding an urn and there is a bench on the left. 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., Photographer remarks: A little undertimed., Time: 9:15, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 12, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1122]

Title: Bird on hotbed, 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description: Glass negative showing a bird roosting on a wooden planter filled with leaves at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A tall fence stands on the left and trees grow in the background. 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. 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.64.11]

Title: [Boy in garden, 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing a boy, likely one of Marriott C. Morris' sons, digging with a shovel next to a path in a garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A wooden fence, a shed, and another house are visible behind the boy. The boy wears a dark coat and hat., 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 1, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.187]

Title: Cherry tree in our garden, in bloom, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a cherry tree in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A fence lined with low shrubbery runs down the left side of the lawn. A house is visible in the background on the left. 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., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 9:30, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 5, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1116]

Title: Children lined up at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing a group of boys and girls standing in a line along a garden path at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The smallest children stand on the left while the taller ones stand on the right. The girls wear white dresses with ribbons in their hair. One boy wears a sailor suit while another wears a suit and tie., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.47]

Title: Children lined up at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing a group of boys and girls standing in three lines on a garden path at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The children carry flags, the boy and girl in the front holding small American flags. The girls wear white dresses. Two of the boys wear sailor suits., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.48]

Title: Children lined up at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing a group of children sitting on a bench in a garden at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Two of the children carry American flags while a boy standing behind the bench carries a larger flag. The girls wear white dresses. Two of the boys wear sailor suits., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.49]

Title: Cider press in Bartram gardens. Phila
Description: Large irregularly-shaped flat stone on the ground surrounded by an iron fence. Leafless trees and a bench visible outside of the fence. Bartram's Gardens, the first botanic garden in the country cultivated by botanist and farmer John Bartram in the mid 18th century, was restored by the John Bartram Association in the 1920s after many years of neglect., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.64], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson64.htm

Title: [The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 South 22nd St., Philadelphia]
Description: View of garden and part of south facade of College of Physicians building at 19 South 22nd St.Designed by architects Cope & Stewardson, building was built 1907., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Middle Renaissance., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 179 [P.8513.179], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson179.htm

Title: Continental Hotel postcards
Description: Contains images of the Continental Hotel built in 1860 after designs by John McArthur, Jr. Includes exterior views looking southeast. Also depicts interior views of tables set up on the roof gardens of the hotel., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Continental Hotel was the largest hotel in Philadelphia for many years, with 700 rooms available to guests. Demolished in 1923 to make way for the Benjamin Franklin Hotel., Three postcards issued by the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia., Sheet numbers: 112A04 and 112A05., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: [Cos. Lill, Bella & Edith & Morris Wistar. Cos. Lizzie & John & Anchen Morris & Bess. Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Morris' third cousins Anna Stokes Morris, John Stokes Morris, and Elizabeth Wistar, Morris' second cousin once removed Elizabeth Stokes Morris, and Morris' third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar, Edith Wistar, and Joshua Morris Wistar. Two of the women sit in the front row with Anna Morris leaning against the woman on the right and John Morris leaning against the woman on the left. The others stand behind them. 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., Same group as last but in a different position., Photographer remarks: A little undertimed., Time: 2:05, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 12, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1121]

Title: [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] In our garden. Looking toward Carriage Road from flag path
Description: Glass negative showing the garden surrounded by trees at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A planter stands on the right and the roof of the neighboring house is visible on the left. 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., Photographer remarks: Poor neg., Time: 5:20, Light: Not very 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: May 10, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.263]

Title: [Detail of Bartram house window, Philadelphia]
Description: Close up view of window and architectural stone work surrounding it. Carved in plaque above window: It is God alone almyty Lord, The Holy One by me ador'd, John Bartram 1770. Botanist and farmer John Bartram built his home in 1730-1731 with a 1770 addition and began cultivation of America's first botanical garden. After many years of neglect the house was restored in the 1920s by the John Bartram Association., Manuscript note by photographer on verso: Bartram Gardens Phila., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.166], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson166.htm

Title: [Elizabeth Canby Morris] in garden behind residence, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris standing under a tree in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A path runs along the right side of the garden with flower beds growing on either side. The lawn is bordered by small buildings, leafy shrubs, and trees. Morris wears a long dark skirt and patterned blouse. 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.9895.7.1]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. , 6706 [Cresheim Rd., Pelham]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child riding a hobby horse in the garden at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He holds the horse's mane in his left hand and a hat in his right. A brick wall borders the garden 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: June 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2022]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. and hobby horse, 6706 [Cresheim Rd., Pelham]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child riding a hobby horse in their garden at 6706 Cresheim Road. He holds onto the back of the horse with his right hand and points his left hand toward the sky. He wears a wide-brimmed hat. A brick wall borders the garden 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: June 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2023]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. and lawn mower, 6706 Cresheim Rd., Pelham
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child pretending to push a lawnmower at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a dark, wide brimmed hat and holds onto the mower's handles. A brick wall borders the lawn., 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 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2021]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. by sundial, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing next to a stone sundial in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Neat hedges and a building covered in ivy stand behind the boys., 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: July 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.27]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. by sundial, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing next to a stone sundial in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Flowers grow in the foreground and their house stands in the background. A clothesline strung with linens extends from the side of the house., 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: July 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.28]

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