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- Title
- " Pushmobiles lined up for a race, G[erman]t[ow]n
- Description
- Panoramic view showing several boys, attired in hats, coats, and often goggles, in pushmobiles lined on each side of a residential street in preparation for a race. Boys stand behind the vehicles, while men, including a police officer and likely officials, walk and convene at the other end of the street. Many of the pushmobiles are numbered and some are named, including one with the moniker "Otto." The pushmobiles are possibly participating in the first Thanksgiving Pushmobile Derby that occurred in 1911. The race was one of several throughout the city, including also in West Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, and in Center City., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from attire of persons depicted., Attributed to Marriott C. Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1911]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.14]
- Title
- Pennypack Cr[eek], Wood Hid Farm
- Description
- Panoramic view showing a curved stretch of the creek. Barren trees and brush line the bed of the creek in the background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from inferred date of complementary photograph [ P.2016.37.5], Attributed to Marriott C. Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.4]
- Title
- Centennial of the U.S. Constitution. 9 mo. 15, 16 + 17, 1887. The Arch at Broad and Chestnut, [Philadelphia]
- Description
- Photograph 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., Photograph from negative number 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.9844.49]
- Title
- [Children playing in a river, Pocono Lake, PA]
- Description
- Photograph showing a group of boys standing near a river at Pocono Lake. Two boys stand on rocks near the riverbank and two boys sit on a wooden bridge while another boy stands next to them. 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., September 3 + 4, 1909., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.396., 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 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.621]
- Title
- Looking down Pelham Road from Cresheim Road
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of winding Pelham Road lined by slender trees. A neighborhood of large houses is clustered around the road in the distance. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a generous border., Photograph from negative number *13-18., 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 5, 1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.1]
- Title
- My bicycle, side view in front of box bush. (Miss Anne's)
- Description
- Photograph of Marriott C. Morris' bicycle with a large front wheel posed in a garden in front of a leafy bush., Photograph from negative number 1138., 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 9, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2094]
- Title
- My bicycle, side view in front of box bush. (Miss Anne's)
- Description
- Photograph of Marriott C. Morris' bicycle with a large front wheel posed in a garden in front of a leafy bush., Photograph from negative number 1138., 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 9, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2095]
- Title
- [Exterior of unidentified residence, possibly in Germantown]
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of two connected houses seen from across a brick road with trolley tracks running down the center. A metal fence separates the houses from the sidewalk, with trees growing on either side. The house on the right has a porch that wraps around the building and a balcony on the third floor. Both houses have shuttered windows., Photograph from negative number 43-12., 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
- ca. 1880
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2112]
- Title
- Florida Cypress tree in Bartram's Garden
- Description
- Photograph showing a man standing beneath a large, leafless Florida Cypress tree at Bartram's Garden. Fallen leaves cover the ground and other slender trees surround the large center tree. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891., Photograph from negative number 558., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 21, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2074]
- Title
- Veteran Wheelman Asso[ciation] at the Penn Hotel
- Description
- Photograph showing the Veteran Wheelmen’s Association, a group of men posing on a road with their bicycles. Some men stand propping up their bicycles while two men sit in the middle. A sign pointing toward Willow Grove is visible behind the group. Most of the men wear suits and hats. The Veteran Wheelman’s Association was a Philadelphia cycling club formed in 1908., Manuscript note on the envelope: Lockhart, Arth. Vickery, Maurice A. Peuncy, 1437 Walnut, C.H.C. Cunningham, August C. Frank., 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
- Fall 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.638]
- Title
- Veteran Wheelman Asso[ciation] at the Penn Hotel
- Description
- Photograph showing the Veteran Wheelmen’s Association, a group of men posing on a road with their bicycles. Some men stand propping up their bicycles while two men sit in the middle. A sign pointing toward Willow Grove is visible behind the group. Most of the men wear suits and hats. The Veteran Wheelman’s Association was a Philadelphia cycling club formed in 1908., Manuscript note on the envelope reads: Lockhart, Arth. Vickery, Maurice A. Peuncy, 1437 Walnut, C.H.C. Cunningham, August C. Frank., 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
- Fall 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.639]
- Title
- Veteran Wheelman Asso[ciation] at the Penn Hotel
- Description
- Photograph showing the Veteran Wheelmen’s Association, a group of men posing on a road with their bicycles. Some men stand propping up their bicycles while two men sit in the middle. A sign pointing toward Willow Grove is visible behind the group. Most of the men wear suits and hats. The Veteran Wheelman’s Association was a Philadelphia cycling club formed in 1908., Manuscript note on the envelope: Lockhart, Arth. Vickery, Maurice A. Peuncy, 1437 Walnut, C.H.C. Cunningham, August C. Frank., 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
- Fall 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.640]
- Title
- Veteran Wheelman Asso[ciation] at the Penn Hotel
- Description
- Photograph showing the Veteran Wheelmen’s Association, a group of men posing on a road with their bicycles. Some men stand propping up their bicycles while two men sit in the middle. A sign pointing toward Willow Grove is visible behind the group. Most of the men wear suits and hats. The Veteran Wheelman’s Association was a Philadelphia cycling club formed in 1908., Manuscript note on the envelope: Lockhart, Arth. Vickery, Maurice A. Peuncy, 1437 Walnut, C.H.C. Cunningham, August C. Frank., 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
- Fall 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.641]
- Title
- Veteran Wheelman Asso[ciation] at the Penn Hotel
- Description
- Photograph showing the Veteran Wheelmen’s Association, a group of men posing on a road with their bicycles. Some men stand propping up their bicycles while two men sit in the middle. A sign pointing toward Willow Grove is visible behind the group. Most of the men wear suits and hats. The Veteran Wheelman’s Association was a Philadelphia cycling club formed in 1908., Manuscript note on the envelope: Lockhart, Arth. Vickery, Maurice A. Peuncy, 1437 Walnut, C.H.C. Cunningham, August C. Frank., 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
- Fall 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.642]
- Title
- Veteran Wheelman Asso[ciation] at the Penn Hotel
- Description
- Photograph showing the Veteran Wheelmen’s Association, a group of men posing on a road with their bicycles. Some men stand propping up their bicycles while two men sit in the middle. A sign pointing toward Willow Grove is visible behind the group. Most of the men wear suits and hats. The Veteran Wheelman’s Association was a Philadelphia cycling club formed in 1908., Manuscript note on the envelope: Lockhart, Arth. Vickery, Maurice A. Peuncy, 1437 Walnut, C.H.C. Cunningham, August C. Frank., 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
- Fall 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.643]
- Title
- Veteran Wheelman Asso[ciation] at the Penn Hotel
- Description
- Photograph showing the Veteran Wheelmen’s Association, a group of men posing on a road with their bicycles. Some men stand propping up their bicycles while two men sit in the middle. A sign pointing toward Willow Grove is visible behind the group. Most of the men wear suits and hats. The Veteran Wheelman’s Association was a Philadelphia cycling club formed in 1908., Manuscript note on the envelope: Lockhart, Arth. Vickery, Maurice A. Peuncy, 1437 Walnut, C.H.C. Cunningham, August C. Frank., 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
- Fall 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.644]
- Title
- Veteran Wheelman Asso[ciation] at the Penn Hotel
- Description
- Photograph showing the Veteran Wheelmen’s Association, a group of men posing on a road with their bicycles. Some men stand propping up their bicycles while two men sit in the middle. A sign pointing toward Willow Grove is visible behind the group. Most of the men wear suits and hats. The Veteran Wheelman’s Association was a Philadelphia cycling club formed in 1908., Manuscript note on the envelope: Lockhart, Arth. Vickery, Maurice A. Peuncy, 1437 Walnut, C.H.C. Cunningham, August C. Frank., 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
- Fall 1921
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.645]
- Title
- Bartram's House, Bartram's Garden
- Description
- Photograph showing Bartram's House, a two-story stone house with three engaged stone columns decorating the front facade. The house has three dormer windows on the roof and is surrounded by trees. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Photograph from negative number 554., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 21, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2072]
- Title
- 6704 & 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris' (right) at 6706. The house has two porches and timber framing covered in snow. A man walks along a path in front of the house between snow drifts., 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. 1900-ca. 1930
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2101]
- Title
- Bartram's House, Bartram's Garden
- Description
- Photograph showing Bartam's House, a two-story stone house with three engaged stone columns decorating the front facade. The house has three dormer windows on the roof and is surrounded by trees. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Photograph from negative number 554., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 21, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2073]
- Title
- Bartram House from down in the Garden
- Description
- Photograph showing Bartram's House, a two-story stone house with engaged stone pillars and dormer windows seen from a garden. The garden is dotted with trees and shrubs and bordered by low, prickly plants. Fallen leaves cover the ground. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891. Bartram’s stone house was originally built 1728-1731., Photograph from negative number 557., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 21, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2076]
- Title
- Window & Inscription. John Bartram 1770
- Description
- Photograph showing a window decorated with a carved volute border at the Bartram House. A stone plaque sits in the wall above the window surrounded by carved decorations. The plaque is inscribed: Tis God alone Almyty Lord, the Holy One by me adord. John Bartram 1770. A leafless vine climbs the wall to the left of the window., Photograph from negative number 1279., 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 28, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2077]
- Title
- Garden at 131 W. Walnut Lane with John Gagen, 1928
- Description
- Panoramic view showing the expansive backyard garden at Marriott C. Morris's Germantown residence. Garden includes tilled plots of land, patches and rows of flowers and bushes, and wire fencing extending from a building in the back, left of the image. Gardener John Gagen stands near a patch of daffodils in the right side of the garden. The residential and out buildings, including the garage (far right) of the Morris estate are visible in the background. Trees and lawns also adorn the property. The house was renovated 1905-1907 with the Morris Family taking residence about 1907., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Marriott C. Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- [1928]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.3]
- Title
- [TCP (Thomas C. Potts), ERP (Ethel Rhoads Potts), and a boy and a woman at Pennypack Creek, Wood Hid Farm]
- Description
- Panoramic view showing a curved stretch of the creek. Barren trees and brush line the bed of the creek in the background. In the right foreground, a boy, a man and two women, in colder weather attire, sit and stand on the creek bank. The man and one of the women are probably Thomas C. Potts and Ethel Rhoads Potts., Title supplied by cataloger from manuscript note on verso: ?, TCP, ?, ERP. Wood Hid Farm., Manuscript note on verso: neg. L-64., Date inferred from attire of persons depicted., Attributed to Marriott C. Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.5]
- Title
- [Sledding ramp]
- Description
- Photograph showing a wooden ramp standing in the snow covered yard at Morris’ home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A boy rides a sled down the ramp., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.328., 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 7, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.619]
- Title
- [Two boys on a dock, Pocono Lake, PA]
- Description
- Photograph showing two boys, likely Marriott C. Morris’ sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., standing on a dock at Pocono Lake. A line of boats is docked on the right side of the dock and a building stands on the left. The boys wear short pants and hats. 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., September 3 + 4, 1909., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.388., 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 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.622]
- Title
- J. Wistar Evans, Stuart Wurts. Hospital Fete for Germantown at Manheim
- Description
- Photograph showing J. Wistar Evans and Stuart Wurts dressed in suits and top hats standing in a park for the Manheim Fete. The man on the right smokes a pipe. 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., Same image as number 2013-13-495., 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
- 1912
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2065]
- Title
- Marriott C. Morris Jr. and Elliston P. Morris Jr. with flowering shrubs, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as children in a garden standing next to a flowering shrub. Both boys wear light colored frocks and dark stockings. Marriott Morris Jr. on the left has long hair tied back with a ribbon. Large, leafy shrubs border the garden in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1904
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2044]
- Title
- Interior of Joseph Walton Cottage, Buck Hills Falls
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of an interior at the Joseph Walton Cottage constructed from rustic wood beams. Three women, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris, sit in chairs near the hearth reading or doing handiwork. Three small American flags adorn the mantle and lanterns hang from the ceiling., Photograph from negative number *9-9., 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
- [1905?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2134]
- Title
- [De la Plaine House], Corner of Germantown Avenue & School Lane
- Description
- Photograph showing the De la Plaine House at 5521-5523 Germantown Avenue, a three-story stone building previously owned by the Morris family. The first floor houses a shop with some of its wares displayed outside. A horse-drawn cart stands on the street in front of the building. James De la Plaine settled in Germantown in 1691. Before his death in 1750, he built a house. It was afterward owned by E.B. Paramore and used as a corner store before the Germantown Mutual Fire Insurance Company bought the property in 1885. The Rev. B. Wistar Morris also lived here before he became a bishop in Oregon., Photograph from negative number 170., 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 30, 1883
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2096]
- Title
- 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' two-story brick house at 6706 Cresheim Road, with a porch and timber framing covered in snow. A slender, leafless tree stands in the lawn and a sidewalk runs in front of the house., 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
- Winter 1897
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2100]
- Title
- From rear windows, 6706 Cresheim Road Germantown
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of two lines of trees spanning the garden at Morris' home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Behind the straight lines of a trees there is a large house set back from the road on the left. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a generous border., Photograph from negative number *8-6., 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 5, 1899
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.28.5]
- Title
- Old Lehman House, [5524 Germantown Avenue], Main nearly opp. Armat St[reet], [Germantown]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the large stone home of Christian Lehman at 5524 Germantown Avenue. To the left of the house is a wooden fence and a road lined with trees. Christian Lehman was born in Germany in 1714 and immigrated to the United States in 1731. He worked as a land surveyor and flower merchant. By 1809, the house had passed to his son, Benjamin., Time: 4:10, Light: Good strong sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- April 18, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.548]
- Title
- [Men working on the roadside, Pocono Lake, PA]
- Description
- Photograph 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., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.370., 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.2013.13.620]
- Title
- [Man with a horse-drawn carriage, Pocono Lake, PA]
- Description
- Photograph 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., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.411., 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.2013.13.626]
- Title
- Marriott C. Morris Jr. picking daisies, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a young boy standing in a field of flowers. He wears a wide brimmed straw hat and white sailor suit. He looks down at the cluster of flowers he holds in his hands., The image in this print is the same as the image in cyanotype P.9895.2045a., 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
- 1904
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2045]
- Title
- [Marriott C. Morris Jr. picking daisies, Pelham]
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a young boy standing in a field of flowers. He wears a wide brimmed straw hat and white sailor suit. He looks down at the cluster of flowers he holds in his hands., The image in this cyanotype is the same as the image in print P.9895.2045., 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
- 1904
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2045a]
- Title
- Copy of [David] Hinkle's picture of our [Deshler-Morris] house 4782 Main Street [To have been sent with Perot reunion invitations]
- Description
- Photograph showing the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue with two chimneys, and ivy climbing the walls. The house is surrounded by trees and a boy rides a bicycle on the sidewalk. The road in front of the house has trolley tracks running down the center. 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., David Hinkle (1836-1916) was a popular studio photographer in Germantown around the 1860s., Photograph from negative number 1388., 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
- January 10, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2135]
- Title
- Photo of the Old Buttonwood tree at Market Square, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442] Germantown [Avenue], Phila[delphia]
- Description
- Photograph showing a large Buttonwood tree growing in Market Square. Two buildings, including the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, stand across a brick road from the square. A man stands beneath the tree looking to the left toward two other people standing near the road. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Prominent buildings situated around the Square include the Deshler-Morris House, the German Reformed Church, and the Fromberger-Harkness House. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photograph from negative number *7-3., 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 13, 1901
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2136]
- Title
- [Friends Free] Library. 4700 Block Germantown Avenue
- Description
- Photograph showing the Friends Free Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a stone building covered in ivy. A low brick wall and metal fence surround the library and a sidewalk lined with trees separates it from the cobblestone road. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Photograph from negative number 1137., 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 9, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2097]
- Title
- Friends Free Library from McNichol's harness store, 4700 Block Germantown Avenue
- Description
- Photograph showing the Friends Free Library at 5418 Germantown Avenue, a one-story stone building covered in ivy. A low brick wall and metal fence surround the library and a sidewalk lined with trees separates it from the cobblestone road. A lamppost and hitching post stand on the sidewalk in front of the library. The Friends Free Library was originally housed in the Germantown Friends School, starting in 1845. In 1874, a separate library building was built, endowed by Alfred Cope. The Friends Free Library was an independent organization until 1977 when it was taken over by the school., Photograph from negative number 1134., 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 9, 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2098]
- Title
- [Construction of the Germantown Boys' Club near 10 W. Penn, Germantown]
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of the construction of the Germantown Boys' Club addition located between two brick buildings at 10 West Penn Street. A wooden fence separates the building on the right from construction debris piled on the sidewalk. Two men walk down the road that runs in front of the buildings to the right. Founded in 1887, the Boys’ Parlors Association of Germantown served as a safe space for neighborhood children whose parents worked longer hours in an industrializing city. The name changed in 1907 to the Germantown Boys’ Club after joining ranks with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Marriott Canby Morris served as the president of the club in the first decade of the 1900s. The Club originally rented a building on Rittenhouse Street starting in 1890. The main club building was constructed 1898-1899, with an addition built in 1909., Photograph from negative number 105-2., 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
- March 11, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2099]
- Title
- Friends' Meeting House 4th & Arch Sts., Phila
- Description
- Photograph showing the Arch Street Meeting House at 320 Arch Street, a large, two-story brick building with shuttered windows. A brick sidewalk runs along the front of the meeting house next to a grassy lawn, and a wooden wall is on the left. A Quaker burial ground as early as 1683, the site was officially deeded as a burial ground in 1701. The Meeting House was built by carpenter Owen Biddle Jr. (1774-1806) in 1803-1804, with a second room added in 1811. The Meeting House has continued to host Quaker religious services through the 21st century, with the most recent building renovations adding second-floor conference rooms in 1969. Cemetery burials officially ended in 1880., Photograph from negative number 563., 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, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9768.5]
- Title
- [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. in front of large house in the snow]
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris’ son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy standing in a snowy field, likely at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A three-story house with a porch on the first floor and a balcony on the second stands in the background. Tall trees stand in the field behind the house., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.335., 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.2013.13.623]
- Title
- [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. sledding, 131 W. Walnut Lane]
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris’ son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy sledding down a snowy ramp on his stomach at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.337., 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.2013.13.624]
- Title
- "Life on the Rail" Minnie Lysan Shoemaker & Minnie Kinter on fence at Bartram's Gardens
- Description
- Photograph showing Minnie Tyson Shoemaker and Minnie Kimber seated on a wooden fence at the edge of a wooded path at Bartram's Gardens. The woman on the right holds a parasol and faces the woman on the left. Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris are in the background. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891., Photograph from negative number 1282., 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 28, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2068]
- Title
- Elliston P. Morris Jr. on front steps, 6706 Cresheim Rd., Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a young boy seated on the porch steps of their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Morris looks up at a flowering shrub to his left. He wears a light colored frock and dark shoes with laces., 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.9895.2010]
- Title
- Elliston P. Morris Jr. and roses, 6706 Cresheim Rd., Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child standing next to their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He looks up at a flowering shrub to his right. He wears a long, light colored frock with a ribbon around the waist and has long hair., 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.9895.2014]
- Title
- Marriott C. Morris Jr. posing with lawnmower, 6706 Cresheim Rd, Pelham
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a young boy pushing a lawnmower in their yard at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a wide brimmed straw hat and a sailor suit and smiles at the camera. Other houses are visible across the road 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
- 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2049]
- Title
- Marriott C. Morris Jr. at Pelham opp. 6706 Cresheim Rd
- Description
- Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a young boy posing with a wheelbarrow in their front lawn at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a wide brimmed straw hat and a sailor suit. Other houses are visible across the road 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
- 1905
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2050]

