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Title: Bathing group No. 2. Sallie H. L. [possibly Letchworth], M. N. [possibly Maud Noble], B[ess] C. M[orris], S[am] B. M[orris] & M[arriott]. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris, his brother Samuel Buckley Morris and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and possibly Sallie H. Leachworth and Maud Noble seated in the sand on the beach at Sea Girt. The group wears bathing attire and the women wear bathing caps. The Beach House is visible in the distance., Time: 4:15 P.M., Light: Fair, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 8, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.130]

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: Group at Meeting House door. Is & Will Morris, Holly [Paschall Hollingsworth] Morris & myself
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris and his third cousins Israel Morris, William Paul Morris, and Paschall Hollingsworth Morris posed in the doorway of a meeting house. Marriott Morris, wearing a hat, stands next to another boy. The two other boys sit on the step, the one on the left holding his hat in his hands. All four wear three-piece suits with jackets., Time: 12:10, Light: Fair, 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: December 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.484]

Title: Rock with Marriott [most likely Marriott C. Morris]. Overlook Mountain, Catskills
Description: Glass negative showing a man, most likely Marriott C. Morris, standing on a rocky cliff looking out over a forested valley at Overlook Mountain. Another rock formation juts out from the cliff face above the man and trees grow on the slope behind him., No. 4., Photographer remarks: Fair, not very good., Time: 11 A.M., 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 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.91.3]

Title: [Group in automobile, Sea Girt. Marrott C. Morris in front seat, Marriott Jr. kneeling in back seat, Elliston Perot and Elliston Jr. on porch]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men, women, and children, including Marriott Canby Morris and his son Marriott Canby Morris Jr., in an automobile parked in the driveway of the Morris family home Avocado. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris and son Elliston P. Morris Jr. as a boy stand on the porch. 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., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.81]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris, Martha Canby Morris, and Marriott C. Morris]
Description: Film negative showing an Marriott Canby Morris standing behind his older parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris seated on a wooden bench. A manicured hedge grows behind them. The men wear three-piece suits while Martha Morris wears a long black dress with a ruffled blouse and glasses., 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: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.63]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris, Elliston Perot Morris Jr., Marriott Canby Morris Jr. on sidewalk with bicycle, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott Canby Morris and one of his sons, either Elliston Perot Morris Jr. or Marriott Canby Morris Jr., riding a bicycle down a path lined with trees. Morris' other son walks in the grass to the right of the path., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.93]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris, Jane Rhoads Morris, Elliston Perot Morris Jr., Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris]
Description: Film negative showing a portrait of the Morris family. Marriott Canby Morris kneels behind the group and his sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys sit on the ground in front of him. His wife Jane Rhoads Morris holding their daughter Janet Morris as a baby sits to the left. Marriott Morris wears light shirt and pants and a straw hat. The boys wear long jackets and pants. Jane Morris wears a long patterned white dress and the baby wears a long white shift. Trees and other foliage are visible behind the group., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.101]

Title: Group on cellar door in front of cottage [Avocado]. Bess, Shober Kimber, Anne Emlen & self. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Anne Emlen, Marriott Canby Morris, his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and Shober Kimber (Haverford College class of 1886) posing in front the carved porch railing at the Morris family home Avocado. The women and Kimber sit on the ground. The women hold tennis racquets and Kimber holds a ball. Marriott Morris stands to the left, leaning against the porch railing. The women wear dark dresses. The men wear suits with white shirts. Emlen and Marriott Morris wear hats. 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., Time: 3:30, Light: No sun out, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 6, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1011]

Title: Ed Stawbridge & I. "Two Tramps" [near well in woods, Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Edward Strawbridge and Marriott C. Morris sitting on a wooden bench beneath a tree at Manasquan. Both men wear suits and hats, and the man on the left holds an open book in his lap., At same place as last., Time: 11:20, 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: July 18, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1159]

Title: [Sallie, Mary, & Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley, Bess, & Marriott Morris. Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Emlen, Mary Emlen, Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley, Marriott Canby Morris, and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris in the Deshler-Morris House garden at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women sit while Elizabeth Morris reclines in the grass at their feet. Two of the women and the men stand behind the chairs. The women wear high-necked dresses with hats while the men wear suits. Marriott Morris holds a hat in his left hand. 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 with the addition of me., Photographer remarks: Mother took off cap., Time: 1:40, 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 19, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1126]

Title: [Sallie, Mary, & Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley & Bess. Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Emlen, Mary Emlen, Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley, Marriott Canby Morris and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris in the Deshler-Morris House garden at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women sit on a bench while one reclines in the grass at their feet. Two of the women and the men stand behind the bench. The women wear high-necked dresses with hats while the men wear suits. 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, different arrangement., Photographer remarks: Mother took off cap., Time: 1:40, 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 19, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1127]

Title: Tennis group. Miss Baker, F. [Fred] Baker, Bessie & myself. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Marriott Canby Morris and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris with Miss and Fred Baker holding tennis racquets. The women are seated and wear dark blouses over long patterned skirts with hats. The men stand behind them wearing hats. The entire group is surrounded by foliage., Photographer remarks: Taken in shade., Time: 4:10, Light: Good., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 22, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.291]

Title: [Tennis group. Miss Baker, F[red] Baker, Bessie & myself], [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris with Miss and Fred Baker holding tennis racquets. The women are seated and wear dark blouses over long patterned skirts with hats. The men stand behind them wearing hats. The entire group is surrounded by foliage., Same group as last., Time: 11:12, Light: S----, This is the same group depicted in plate 291., 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 22, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.292]

Title: Group on tennis court. Bessie, Miss S. Evans, Is, Will & Dick Morris & self. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris, his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and his third cousins Israel Morris, Richard Jones Morris, and William Morris, with Miss S. Evans. The group all hold tennis racquets. The women wear long dreses and hats. The men besides Marriott Morris wear three-piece suits, and all the men wear hats. The tennis net is visible behind the group to the right and an empty chair sits in the foreground., Photographer remarks: Exp. by mother. Developed by mother by mistake., Time: 6:30 PM, Light: Not very strong., 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 30, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.310]

Title: [Group on tennis court. Bessie, Miss. S. Evans, Is , Will & Dick Morris & self], [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris, his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and his third cousins Israel Morris, Richard Jones Morris, and William Morris, with Miss S. Evans. The group all hold tennis racquets. The women wear long dreses and hats. The men besides Marriott Morris wear three-piece suits, and all the men wear hats. The tennis net is visible behind the group to the right and an empty chair sits in the foreground., Same as last picture., Photographer remarks: Exp. by mother., Time: 6:30 PM, Light: Same as last. [Not very strong]., 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 30, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.311]

Title: Marriott at front gate Avocado, Sea Girt, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris standing next to the gate in a metal fence at the Morris family home Avocado. Morris wears a hat, plaid pants, and a checkered tie. A flagpole flying an American flag and 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: Negative spoiled by a scratch. About 1884?, 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 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.16.5]

Title: Bicycle party. Herbert Morris, H[orace] E[ugene] Smith, J[edidiah] H. Adams & myself. Taken before starting on ride to Doylestown, Norristown & W. Chester
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris and his third cousin Herbert Morris (Haverford College class of 1889), along with Horace Eugene Smith (class of 1886) and Jedidiah H. Adams (class of 1887) posing next to their bicycles. The group stands on a stone patio in front of a house and wear cycling outfits., Photographer remarks: Weak neg. Intens., Time: 8:40, Light: Fair 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 22, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.248]

Title: [Bicycle party. Herbert Morris, Horace Eugene Smith, Jedediah H. Adams & myself]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris and his third cousin Herbert Morris (Haverford College class of 1889), along with Horace Eugene Smith (class of 1886) and Jedidiah H. Adams (class of 1887) sat on a porch with their bicycles next to them leaning on the porch pillars. The men wear cycling outfits., Same as last, but machines stacked on porch & fellows sitting down., Photographer remarks: Quite weak neg., Time: 8:45, Light: Same as 248. [Fair, 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 22, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.249]

Title: [Bathing group on beach. Anne & Mary Emlen, Father & self, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, Marriott Canby Morris and his father Elliston P. Morris sitting on the beach at Sea Girt in bathing attire. The women wear scarves on their heads., Same as last., Photographer remarks: No good, too fast., Time: 3:30, The negative is light and slightly discolored., 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 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.714]

Title: Picture of myself standing in porch, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris wearing breaches and a hat with a round brim. He stands with one hand at his hip in the corner of the porch at the Morris family home Avocado. 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: Bessie took off cap. Camera shook with wind, picture blurred., Time: 1, Light: No sun out., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 2, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.735]

Title: Group at German lesson at Emlen's. Sallie Emlen, Bess, Walter P. Shipley, Jennie Jones, little John Emlen & myself
Description: Glass negative showing John Emlen, Sarah Emlen, Jennie Jones, Walter P. Shipley, Marriott Canby Morris, and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris posed against a draped sheet. The men and one of the women stand while the other two women sit. John Emlen as a young boy stands to the right of the group. The women wear high-necked dresses and the men wear three-piece suits. Both men have mustaches., Photographer remarks: Intensified 4/1 '88., Time: 8:30 P.M., 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: February 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1256]

Title: Marriott on bench reading
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris sitting on a wooden bench reading a paper that he holds in his hands. Morris has a mustache and wears a suit with his hat in his lap. A small black dog, likely family pet Jet, sits next to him on the bench. Leafy foliage grows in the garden behind him., No. 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: ca. 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.87.1]

Title: [Portrait of Marriott C. Morris at the Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris with a thick mustache seated on the porch of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. He wears a suit and sits facing the camera in a three quarter length pose. A long wooden bench and a shuttered window are visible behind him. 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: February 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.99.7]

Title: [View from Sea Girt, NJ. Marriott C. Morris, Shober Kimbar, Anne Emlen, and Elizabeth Canby Morris with badminton rackets in clearing in forest]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Shober Kimbar, and Anne Emlen posed in the grass in front of thick foliage and trees. The women and Kimber sit on the ground each holding a badminton racquet. Marriott Morris stands behind the group with his hands on his hips. The women wear black blouses with patterend skirts. The men wear long sleeves and short ties., 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 6, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.14.2]

Title: [View from Sea Girt. Front fence of Avocado. Marriott C. Morris, Shober Kimber, and a woman, possibly Anne Emlen, by iron fence on beach. American flag flying in background]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris, Shober Kimber, and a woman, possibly Anne Emlen, standing near a metal fence at the Morris family home Avocado. Kimber and Emlen, stand behind the gate while Morris leans against the other side of the fence. A flagpole flying an American flag stands behind the group with the ocean visible in the distance. Both men wear jackets and short ties. Emlen wears a high-necked dress., 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 6, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.14.1]

Title: Party at West End Sta[tion]. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, mother, Bess, and I. [Lakewood, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mr. Baker, Fred Baker, Miss B., Mr. J.B. Samuel, Miss Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, and Marriott Canby Morris and his parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered on a platform outside a building labeled "Ticket Office" at Lakewood, N.J. Some stand while others sit. Mr. Samuel on the left holds an open umbrella. The women wear long dresses with hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Originally settled by mill operators in 1750, Lakewood became a winter resort area in 1880. It housed the prominent hotels Laurel House (1880-1932), Lakewood Hotel (1891-1925), and Laurel-in-the-Pines (1891-1967). By the 1960s, the area had become more residential., Time: 12:25, Light: 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: August 19, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.708]

Title: [Party] ("Baker's Dozen") at W. End [Station. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, Mother, Bess & I. Lakewood, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mr. Baker, Fred Baker, Miss B., Mr. J.B. Samuel, Miss Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, and Marriott Canby Morris and his parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered on a platform outside a building labeled "Ticket Office" at Lakewood, N.J. Some stand while others sit. A man in the office doorway is blurred by motion. An umbrella sits on the platform next to Elliston Morris in the foreground and Mr. Samuel behind him holds another umbrella. The women wear long dresses with hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Originally settled by mill operators in 1750, Lakewood became a winter resort area in 1880. It housed the prominent hotels Laurel House (1880-1932), Lakewood Hotel (1891-1925), and Laurel-in-the-Pines (1891-1967). By the 1960s, the area had become more residential., Same party., Time: 12:30, Light: 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: August 19, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.709]

Title: Bathing group on beach. Anne & Mary Emlen, Father & self. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, Marriott Canby Morris and his father Elliston P. Morris sitting on the beach at Sea Girt in bathing attire. The women wear scarves on their heads., Photographer remarks: Bess took off cap., Time: 3:30, 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 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.713]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris, Elliston Perot Morris Jr., and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. push a log, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott Canby Morris and his sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. pushing a log up a sand dune at Sea Girt. Morris wears black pants and a white shirt while his sons wear sailor suits and hats. ., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.131]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris, Elliston Perot Morris Jr., and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. pulling wagon with barrel, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott Canby Morris standing behind his sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as the boys pulls a wagon with a barrel over a tennis court. Marriott Morris Sr. holds a broom near the border of the court and wears dark pants and a white shirt. Marriott Morris Jr. wears a sailor suit while Elliston Morris Jr. wears a long jacket and pants., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.141]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris and Janet Morris among dune grass], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris and his daughter Janet Morris as a baby sitting on a sand dune covered in dune grass at Sea Girt. Marriott Morris wears a suit and leans in towards Janet Morris. She wears a white dress with a wide-brimmed hat. An American flag on a flagpole and a series of buildings are visible in the background., August & September, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.264]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris reclining among foliage], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott Canby Morris reclining in the grass in front of a flowering bush at Pocono Lake. Morris wears a suit and tie. Slender trees grow behind the shrub. 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 10 & 11, 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: July 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.366]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris on the boardwalk]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott Canby Morris wearing a bowler hat and long jacket sitting on a bench on a boardwalk. The sea and a building near the shore 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: April 11, 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.572]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris] backporch [Deshler-Morris House], 5442 Germantown Ave
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris with a large mustache looking into the distance while sitting on the porch of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. He wears a suit with a vest and a high collar. 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 99-7., 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.9895.2057]

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: M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] skating, Fairmount Park [Philadelphia, PA]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott Canby Morris wearing a three-piece suit, cap, and gloves and skating on a lake at Fairmount Park. Trees grow on the far side of the lake., 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: 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.89]

Title: [Thomas C. Potts and Marriott C. Morris holding Sarah Rhoads Potts and Janet Morris] Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris and his brother-in-law Thomas C. Potts each holding their baby sitting among dune grass and other foliage. Morris' niece Sarah Rhoads Potts on the left is wrapped in a knitted blanket and Morris' daughter Janet Morris on the right holds a flower. The men wear suits., August & September, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.292]

Title: [Marriott C. Morris holding Janet Morris], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott Canby Morris holding his daughter Janet Morris as a baby on a path next to a manicured lawn. Marriott Morris wears a suit with bowtie while Janet Morris wears a white frock. A sand dune and the ocean are visible in the distance., August & September, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.309]

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