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- Title
- 2[25]th Anniversary parade in Germantown, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a parade float pulled by four horses carrying a group of people, flowers, and a spinning wheel during the 225th Anniversary parade of Germantown. Crowds 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.2013.13.312]
- Title
- 2[25]th Anniversary parade in Germantown, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a parade float pulled by four horses during the 225th Anniversary parade of Germantown. The float carries three men and a replica of a trolley. Crowds 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.2013.13.315]
- Title
- Jersey Wash Day Tremont H. Pavillion, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People walk between the carriages toward the shoreline in the distance. 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: Intens. 1 mo. 1889, Time: 10, Light: Very faint sun.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 11, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1336]
- Title
- Jersey Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People walk between the carriages toward the shoreline and a series of buildings are visible in the distance. 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., From same place., Photographer remarks: Intens. 1 mo. 1889., Time: 10:10 P.M., 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 11, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1337]
- Title
- One of our buckboards. Thunder Cove and Great Herd in background, [Mount Desert Island, ME]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large cart drawn by two horses at Mount Desert Island. A group of people sits in the cart while one man drives the horses. The cart travels along a dirt road at the top of a hill overlooking Thunder Cove and another hilly shore. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Marriott C. Morris Collection., Time: 12, 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 21, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1328]
- Title
- Possibly peak of Otter from Ocean Drive, [Mount Desert Island, ME]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large cart drawn by two horses carrying a group of people down a dirt road at Mount Desert Island. The cart is seen from behind and a forested hillside, possibly the peak of Otter Mountain, rises in the distance. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Same place as last., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 12:05, Light: Very 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
- July 21, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1329]
- Title
- Our baggage on dock at N.E. Harbor just before leaving for home. [Mount Desert Island, ME]
- Description
- Glass negative showing trunks and suitcases piled next to a building bearing a sign that reads "American Express Agency" at the Mount Desert Island dock. A horse-drawn carriage stands on the path to the left of the luggage. Two pieces of luggage have visible initials: E.P.M. and A.E.M. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Time: 1:50, 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
- July 23, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1330]
- Title
- M[arriott] C. M[orris] in carriage at Sea Girt
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris driving a horse-drawn cart down a dirt road at Sea Girt. Thick trees grow on either side of the road., 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. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.10]
- Title
- [Canoes stacked on a cart, Maurice River, New Jersey]
- Description
- Film negative showing canoes stacked onto the back of a horse-drawn cart travelling down a dirt road near Maurice River. A group of men walks down the dirt road alongside the cart., 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, 1906
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.45]
- Title
- Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story, [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the custom house at Fourth and Library Street, a large building with pillars and a wide staircase. The clocktower of another building is visible in the distance and horse-drawn carriages travel down the road in the foreground. A building on the right bears a sign reading "F. Bernhardt.", Photographer remarks: Good sun., Time: 10:15, 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 15, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1139]
- Title
- [Custom House & E. end of State House from 4 & Library Sts. 2nd story. Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the custom house at Fourth and Library Street, a large building with pillars and a wide staircase. The clocktower of another building is visible in the distance and horse-drawn carriages travel down the road in the foreground. A building on the right bears a sign reading "F. Bernhardt.", Photographer remarks: Better density., Time: 10:20, Same as last., 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 15, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1140]
- Title
- Jersey Wash Day from top of Pavilion western section, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People weave in and out of the wagons, which are crowded together up to the shoreline. A wooden pier and the tall buildings on the far shore are visible in the distance. 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: Intens. 1 mo. 1889, Time: 11:10, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 13, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1181]
- Title
- Jersey Wash Day, [top of pavilion], Eastern section, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People weave in and out of the wagons, which are crowded together up to the shoreline. 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., From same place., Photographer remarks: Intens. 1 mo. 1889, Time: 11:30, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 13, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1182]
- Title
- Jersey Wash Day, from top of Tremont N. Pavilion. Looking N. [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People weave in and out of the wagons, which are crowded together up to the shoreline. The tall buildings on the far shore are visible in the distance. 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: Intens. 1 mo. 1889, Time: 11:35, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 13, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1183]
- Title
- [Jersey Wash Day, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Film negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carts, wagons and people gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. Canopies are strung over stalls near the shore. The ocean extends into the background. 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., 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. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.12]
- Title
- [Jersey Wash Day, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Film negative showing a view of a large group of horse-drawn carts, wagons, and people gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. Wheel tracks line the sand in the foreground and the ocean is visible in the background. Beyond an inlet on the left rowboats are moored on the sand. 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., 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. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.13]
- Title
- Broad St. looking South from Sansom St. [Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of Broad Street dotted with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians during the Centennial celebrations. A grandstand and stalls have been constructed on the right side of the street in front of a large building flying an American flag from the roof. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Time: 10:05, 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 17, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1224]
- Title
- [Broad St. looking N. from Sansom St. on 3rd day of Centennial of our Constitution, showing Arch with coats of arms of states. Constitutional Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Broad Street filled with people and carriages during the Centennial celebrations. Spanning the street is a large archway decorated with coats of arms and surmounted by an eagle. Flags fly from the surrounding buildings and people lean out windows to look down on the street. The Centennial Anniversary of the framing and creation of the Constitution was held on September 16-18, 1887 in Philadelphia. Organized by representatives from the various states and territories, the festivities included a military display, orations and concerts, and an industrial parade., Photographer remarks: Slower shutter., Time: 10:15, Same view as no. 1223., 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, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1225]
- Title
- [Street scene, probably London]
- Description
- Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris’ European honeymoon showing a view of a street, probably in London, crowded with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians. Some of the carriages display advertisements for Nestle's Milk, Reckitt's Blue, and Lifebouy Royal Disinfectant., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- Summer 1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.6]
- Title
- Jersey Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a group of people gathered on the beach among various shop stalls for Jersey Wash Day. A horse covered in a blanket stands in the foreground next to a stall adorned with three American flag. The stall has obscured signage reading "Boots..." A stall in the background has signage reading "Soda." Women holding umbrellas stand to the left while a man and woman with two children stand to the right. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 13, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.4]
- Title
- Milkman, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing milkman and a boy standing next to a horse-drawn cart. The man stands in profile while the boy faces the camera, his head barely above the wheel of the cart. Trees grow behind the road and grass grows in front of it., 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 11, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.4]
- Title
- Crowd on beach, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a group of people on the beach gathered around a carriage with a horse standing next to it during Ocean Day. Stalls, carriages and more people fill the background. Words painted on the side of the carriage read "Soda Water, Sasparilla [...]" Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Time: 11:10, 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 21, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.993a]
- Title
- Ed. Strawbridge in buggy at their house, [Germantown]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Edward Strawbridge sitting in a horse-drawn buggy. He wears a three-piece suit and hat and holds the horse's reins. The buggy waits on the street in front of a house., Time: 12:15, Light: Good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 21, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1509]
- Title
- Strawbridge's horse, Genesta, [Germantown]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a man standing next to Genesta, a a horse with a white spot on its nose, in the drive of a Edward Strawbridge's house. The man holds the horse's bridle affectionately. Trees grow next to the house behind them., Time: 12:20, Light: Good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 21, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1510]
- Title
- [Genesta], Fred Strawbridge in buggy, [Germantown]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Fred Strawbridge sitting in a horse-drawn buggy. Strawbridge holds the horse Genesta's reins while the buggy waits in the drive of a house. Trees grow next to the house in the background., Same horse as last., Time: 12:35, Light: Good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 21, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1511]
- Title
- Par-la-ville from Reid St. Hamilton. [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a low stone wall and metal fence with the facade of Par-la-Ville barely visible through the tree branches. A tree-lined street with a horse-drawn carriage waiting is visible in the foreground. A building to the right holds a sign reading: "Jas H. Masters." Par-la-Ville was built for William B. Perot, Bermuda’s first postmaster, in 1814. The grounds became a national park, renamed Queen Elizabeth Park, while the house became the home of the Bermuda National Library and Bermuda Historical Society Museum., Photographer remarks: wind, Time: 11:00, 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
- March 6, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1395]
- Title
- [Man with a horse drawn carriage], Pocono Lake, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a man standing next to a horse-drawn carriage in a field at Pocono Lake. The man wears a hat and suspenders. Trees line the field. 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
- July 1911
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.411]
- Title
- [Men working on the roadside], Pocono Lake, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of seven men with shovels and axes working on the side of a dirt road at Pocono Lake. A horse-drawn wagon stands on the road behind the men. All of the men wear shirts with rolled sleeves. Some men wear hats, ties, or suspenders. 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
- July 27, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.370]
- Title
- [Men working on the roadside], Pocono Lake, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of six men with shovels and axes working on the side of a dirt road at Pocono Lake. A man wearing a hat and suspenders stands in a horse-drawn wagon behind the group. 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
- July 27, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.371]
- Title
- [Man driving a horse drawn cart], Pocono Lake, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing a man driving a horse-drawn cart filled with soil at Pocono Lake. The man stands on his cargo while holding the reigns. He wears a hat and suspenders. 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
- July 27. 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.373]
- Title
- [225th aniversary of Germantown parade, Germantown, Pa.]
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of soldiers marching in a parade down Germantown Avenue for the 225th anniversary of the founding of Germantown. The soldiers wear uniforms with tall hats and carry rifles over their shoulders. Spectators line the far side of the road. A line of carriages filled with people stand behind the spectators. A man on horseback and a horse-drawn carriage cross in the foreground. The original Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on original envelope: 10-6-1908. Historical parade, being 225th aniv of Germantown Friends Meeting. On Germantown Ave., Gift of David M. Morris., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- October 6, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.3]
- Title
- Wagons &c in crowd, Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. Some of the wagons have been unhitched from their horses. A group of women and children converse on the right, some wearing bathing costumes. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Time: 11:35, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 13, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1185]
- Title
- Pier 80, foot of Snyder Av
- Description
- Film negative showing a horse-drawn carriage waiting in a dockyard at the end of Snyder Avenue. A large building labeled "Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 80" stands in the background next to a pier extending out into the water., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a]., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- May 24, 1912
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.478]
- Title
- Observatory on top of Mt. Jefferson with our party and stage, [Albemarle County, VA]
- Description
- Glass negative showing an observation tower on top of Mt. Jefferson. The tower is a two-story square shaped building with a latticework enclosure on the lower floor and stairs leading to a small room with multiple rounded windows on the second floor. A group of people dressed in black gather next to a horse-drawn carriage to the left of the tower. Three women stand on the stairs, three women sit in front of the carriage, and one woman sits in the carriage. A man stands to the left of the carriage while another man with a camera on a tripod stands to the right of the group to take their photograph., Time: 2:35, Light: poor light, very dark, 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 14, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1043]
- Title
- Bess & Miss Grace Taylor on horseback at Elbow Bay, [Bermuda]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and Grace Taylor on horseback on the shore of Elbow Bay. The women sit side-saddle., Photographer remarks: Intesified 6/1 '90., Time: 12:10, 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., An additional layer of paper has been added to the upper third of the plate., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 1, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1473]
- Title
- Two old women & 2 children on beach, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a group of people gathered on the beach for Ocean Day. Two women and two children stand in the foreground in front of the crowd of people and carriages. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Time: 12:15, Light: Bright 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 15, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.703]
- Title
- Charlie Huston & Morris Leeds pulling Bessie Carter on a wood sled, [end of Eagle Lake, Mount Desert Island, ME]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Charlie Huston (Haverford College class of 1875) and Morris Leeds (class of 1888) pulling Bessie Carter seated on a wooden sled at Mount Desert Island. A forest of slender trees lines the path and two horses are visible among the trees in the background. Carter wears a long, high-necked dress and wide brimmed hat. One of the men wears a suit jacket and both men wear hats. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Time: 5, Light: Good sun., Same place as last., 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 16, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1321]
- Title
- Sam Morris in carriage in Crescent Park, Sea Girt, NJ
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris driving a horse-drawn carriage down a dirt road in Crescent Park. Grass and trees grow on either side of the road., 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. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.5]
- Title
- Camp Green, Sea Girt. S.E. from top of barn. [NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a row of tents at the National Guard Camp Green in the far right background. Several horse-drawn carriages are gathered in the open space in front of the tents. A flag that reads "Camp Green" flies in the left foreground. The National Guard Camp at Sea Girt began in 1884, and the National Guard formally purchased land in 1887 for a permanent summer training camp., Photographer remarks: undertimed., Time: 4:30, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 26, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1190]
- Title
- Tally Ho at Manheim Fete
- Description
- Film negative showing a horse-drawn carriage surrounded by onlookers at the Manheim Fete. A man with a tri-corner hat sits on the carriage holding the reins. Three children sit next to him. Another man wearing an apron stands in front of the side of the carriage. Three boys, their faces possibly darkend with makeup and holding brushes and brooms, stand around him. The Manheim Club, later known as the Germantown Cricket Club, was founded in 1854 and is the second oldest surviving cricket club in the United States. The 1912 Fete was celebrated for the benefit of the Germantown Hospital., Inscription on negative: Old Stagecoach, Manheim 6/8/1912], Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- June 8, 1912
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.498]
- Title
- Fete at Manheim for G[erman]t[ow]n Hospital
- Description
- Film negative showing a group of people, some in colonial-era costume, gathered under a canopy of trees for the Fete at Manheim. In the foreground, a woman in costume sits side saddle on a horse in the left across from an empty baby carriage in the right. The Manheim Club, later known as the Germantown Cricket Club, was founded in 1854 and is the second oldest surviving cricket club in the United States. The 1912 Fete was celebrated for the benefit of the Germantown Hospital., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a]., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- June 8, 1912
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.490]
- Title
- 715-19 Arch St[reet], Phila[delphia]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a five-story building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The building has a storefront on the first level, awnings over the second story window, and the roof is decorated with a niche surmounted by a pediment and finials. A sign on the third floor reads, "Upper floors to let, 65x130, elevators & power." A horse-drawn cart rests on the road outside the building and a vacant lot surrounded by a fence stands on the right., 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.9895.104.13]
- Title
- [700 block of Arch Street with fire ruins of Morris building]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the 700 block of Arch Street with Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' building in ruins on the right. Horse-drawn carts travel down the brick street lined with trolley tracks and people walk down the sidewalk., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.59.2]
- Title
- Ocean Day from Tremont Bathhouse, T[heodore] W[illiam] R[ichards] in foreground, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negaitve showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages and people gathered on the beach for Ocean Day. The ocean is visible in the distance and Theodore William Richards (Haverford College class of 1885) strides across the sand in the foreground. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Time: 10:50, The emulsion is fragile and has begun to flake away along the top edge of the plate., 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 21, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.992]
- Title
- Looking toward mill & pond from N. from road to Spring Lake, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a dirt road surrounded by foliage. A horse-drawn carriage and three men stand on the road in front of a small bridge. Part of a mill is visible between the foliage at the end of the road., Time: 4:30, 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.9895.686]
- Title
- [Cart carrying canoes and people], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing a horse-drawn cart carrying four men and two canoes traveling down a dirt road at Egg Harbor. Trees and other foliage grow on either side of the road., October 9 & 10, 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
- October 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.323]
- Title
- Painter's [Shem Pearce and his brother] horse & wagon in front of Avocado & his ladder up flag pole, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a Shem Pearce's horse standing unhitched next to a cart in the field of sparse dune grass in front of Morris family home Avocado. A ladder leaning against a flagpole stands behind the horse and the ocean is visible in the distance., 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 20, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.4]
- Title
- E[lizabeth] C[anby] M[orris]'s horse "Robin" & cart at front fence, Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris' horse, Robin, attached to a cart and standing in front of a metal fence at the Morris family home Avocado. A flagpole flying an American flag and two schooners sailing on the ocean are visible in the distance. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Photographer remarks: seen frm porch (flag flying on flagpole. 2 schooners at sea) [ms note on scrap paper], 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. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.16.1]
- Title
- [Marriott Canby Morris Jr., Janet Morris, and Jane Rhoads Morris playing in], Pocono Lake, [PA]
- Description
- Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris's son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wading in Pocono Lake holding on to Morris' daughter Janet Morris' hands. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris crouches on the lakeshore reaching for Janet Morris. A woman courches behind Marirott Morris. Jr. and another woman sits on the back in the background. A horse-drawn cart is visible between the trees. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., July 30 - August 1, 1909., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.383]
- Title
- 1227 + 1229 Market St., [Philadelphia, PA]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of 1227-1235 Market Street. Horse-drawn carriages and carts stand on the cobblestone street. Awnings and large signs hang from the buildings. 1235 Market Street has a sign reading "[Wil]liam B. Drew, [...] and Feathers." 1233 Market Street has signs reading "Established 1831, W.P. Walter's Sons, 1233 Hardware 1233." 1231 Market Street has signs reading "Commonwealth Brewing Co., Real German Lager., Ostendorff's." 1229 Market Street has signs reading "Firmin Michel originator of the hot roast beef sandwich Lunch and Dining Room. D.C. Humphreys Adv. Sign Co., 1227 Market St., 25c Regular Dinners, Light Lunch Cafe." 1227 Market Street has signs reading "E.C. Eisenbrey's Famous Shirts., Tents and Decorations, D.C. Humphrys & Co. 1227 Signs, Headquarters for G.A.R. Decorations.", 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
- 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.556]