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Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] etc. [at] Phila[delphia] Ship Repair Co. dry dock
Description: Film negative showing three men, including Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, standing on the Philadelphia Ship Repair Company dry dock. A large ship stands behind them behind a barrier that reads, "[Phila]delphia Ship Repair Company." The dock is strewn with debis, scrap wood, and tools. The men wear three-piece suits and hats., 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 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.73]

Title: Point Breeze gasometer, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the gasometer of the Philadelphia Gas Works surrounded by a low fence and seen from across a field. The gasometer consists of ten crenellated columns standing around a circular base and connected by a band decorated with quatrefoil shapes. Philadelphia Gas Works began operating in 1836 when gas lights were installed along Second Street. It came under city ownership in 1841., Time: 4:25 PM, 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: October 4, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.439]

Title: Phila[delphia] Shipbuilding Co. new dry dock
Description: Film negative showing a large ship named, [F]earless, in the Philadelphia Shipbuilding Company drydock surrounded by building materials. A ladder stands in front of the ship's propellor extending up to the deck., 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.2013.13.475]

Title: Old saw mill. Mill Cr[eek] Road & Gulf Road (old road). Arthur Jones standing upon mill. [Haverford, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing a saw mill built into a hillside at Haverford. Logs pile up against the stone base of the building and Arthur Jones (Haverford College class of 1885) leans against a pillar on the main level., Time: 2:40, Light: Fair sun out., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 10, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.517]

Title: [Boat at Philadelphia Ship Repair Co. dry dock]
Description: Film negative showing two men standing on scaffolding working on a large ship at the Philadelphia Ship Repair Company dry dock. Another man walks down the dock to the right., Title supplied by cataloger., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.72]

Title: Great Dry Dock at Ireland I[sland] [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a large wooden dry dock at Ireland Island with two curved sides, an opening in the middle and a staircase leading up to the top. The structure is located on a dock jutting out into the water. To the left is a low stone wall and the mast of a sailing ship visible behind it., Time: 12, 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: March 29, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.915]

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