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- Title
- [Group portrait including Marriott C. and Bess Morris]
- Description
- Photograph showing a group posed for a portrait, including Marriott Canby Morris and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris. A man and two women stand in the back row while three women, a man, and a child sit in the front row. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses., 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. 1883
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2058]
- Title
- "Do you like butter?" Elizabeth C. Morris and Elliston P. Morris Jr, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and his son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child sitting in a field of flowers. Elizabeth Morris wears a hat and a striped shirt and Elliston Morris wears a white frock and a straw hat. He also holds a flower under her chin., 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
- 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2004]
- Title
- Elizabeth C. Morris and Elliston P. Morris Jr, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and his son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child sitting in a field of flowers. Elizabeth wears a hat and a striped shirt and Elliston wears a white frock and a straw hat. He also holds a flower under the her chin., 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
- 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2004a]
- Title
- [Possibly] Jane Rhoads, Elliston P. Morris, Jr., and Elizabeth Canby Morris
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and another woman, possibly his wife Jane Rhoads Morris, walking through a field of flowers. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. walks between the two women holding their hands. The women wear long dresses with decorated hats while Elliston Morris wears a white frock 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
- 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2009]
- Title
- Aunt Elizabeth, Mt. Rainier
- Description
- Photograph taken during a family trip to Canada and Washington state showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris carrying a tall walking stick standing on a path in front of a snow-capped Mount Rainier. The wooden lodge Paradise Inn stands at the foot of the mountain on the left. The national park Mount Rainier was established in 1899 around the Mount Rainier volcano. The Paradise Inn was built in 1916 after designs by Frederick Heath (1861-1953)., See Janet Morris, Summer 1921, Trip West Diary, v. 2, p. 30-35 [P.2014.69.2]., 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 4, 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.27]
- Title
- Group in meadow at Allaire, N.J. 1884. [Father, Mother, Bessie, Sam, Anne & Mary Emlen]
- Description
- Photograph showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby, siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, and Anne Emlen and Mary Emlen next to a tree in Allaire, N.J. Elliston Morris stands, Mary Emlen and Elizabeth Morris lean against the tree and the others lounge in the grass. Each person looks in a different direction. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a gold border. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Photograph from negative number 343., 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, 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9986.3]
- Title
- Ellizabeth C. Morris with Marriott C. Morris Jr. 6706 Cresheim Rd. Jane R. Morris in background
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris holding his son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a baby next to his house at 6706 Cresheim Road. Foliage climbs up the walls brick walls of the house. Elizabeth Morris wears a long black dress while Marriott Morris Jr. wears a ruffled white dress. Both wear hats decorated with ribbons. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris walks up the path leading to the building on 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
- 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2006]
- Title
- Elizabeth C. Morris, Elliston 2 yrs, Marriott 6 months [in] backy[ar]d, 6706 Cresheim Rd, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morri's sister Elizabeth Canby Morris holding his sons, Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., while seated on the grass behind his house at 6706 Cresheim Road. Elliston Morris on the left is a toddler and wears a wide brimmed cap. Marriott Morris Jr. on the right is a baby and wears a hat decorated with ribbons. Other houses are visible in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- June 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2007]
- Title
- Group in our garden. Germantown, 5/5 '87. [Group in our Garden. Cos. Lill, Bella, & Edith & Morris Wistar. Cos Lizzie & John & Anchen Morris & Bess]
- Description
- Photograph showing a group portrait in a garden at the Deshler-Morris House, including Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, third cousins Elizabeth Morris Wistar, John Stokes Morris, and Anna Stokes Morris, third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar, Edith Wistar, and Joshua Morris Wistar, and second cousin once removed Elizabeth Stokes Morris, . Two of the women sit in the front row with a girl leaning against the woman on the left and a boy leaning against the woman on the right. 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., Photograph from negative number 1120., 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.9986.4]