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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: [Mary Ann C. Shadd?, Washington, D.C.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of an African American woman, possibly American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Sitter faces right and wears her long hair back and in a chignon and top knot. A head band with an ornament adorns her hair. She is attired in a dark-colored, V-neck garment with a white ruffled collar and dark-colored lace neckerchief. She also wears a cross necklace and drop earrings. Shad Cary, was born free in Delaware to parents active in the Underground Railroad, before relocating to Pennsylvania, then Canada in 1853. In later years, following the Civil War, Shad Cary resided in Washington, D.C. where she died in 1893. During her life, she founded a school for Black children in Pennsylvania and a racially integrated school in Ontario, Canada; was the first Black woman publisher in North America when she founded, in 1853, and edited the anti-slavery and civil rights advocacy newspaper "The Provincial Freeman,"; was the second Black woman to attend law school (Howard University) in the United States; and founded, in 1880, the women's rights advocacy organization the Colored Women's Progressive Franchise. Shad Cary also wrote for multiple newspapers, such as the National Era, served as a Civil War recruiter, and was the first African American woman to vote in a national election., Title from manuscript note on verso: Mariann [sic] C. Shadd, Washington, D.C., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Date inferred from active dates of photographer at address listed in imprint., Henrici & Garns operated from 709 South Second Street between 1874 and 1876.
Creator: Henrici & Garns, photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Cary [P.2023.4]

Title: [Sledding ramp including Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing three children, including Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. playing on a sledding ramp covered in snow at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A brick building decorated with trellises stands on the right. The children wear long coats, hats, and gloves., 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 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.182]

Title: [Three children sledding including Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing three smiling children, including Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., kneeling on sleds at the top of a snow covered ramp at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The children wear long coats, hats, and gloves. Fences, trees, and houses are visible behind the ramp., 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 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.184]

Title: [Children sledding, 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing three children, including Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. sledding on a snow covered ramp at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Two of the children slide down the ramp while one stands at the top. A fence and two houses are visible in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.185]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. sledding, 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing three children, including Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., laying on sleds on a snow covered ramp at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The children wear long coats, gloves, and hats, and are lined up on the ramp. A brick building decorated with trellises stands on the right., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.186]

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]

Title: Janet Morris, backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a toddler, in a long white dress, ribbons in her hair and a hat, standing in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A large house is visible behind her., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.76]

Title: Janet Morris, backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a toddler wearing a long white dress, ribbons in her hair and a hat and standing in the garden at their home 131 W. Walnut Lane. A large house is visible behind her., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.77]

Title: Jane Rhoads Morris, Elliston P. Morris, Jr. Taken at 6706 Cresheim Rd
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child in an interior of their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Jane Morris kneels down and holds her son's hands. She wears a high-necked dress while Elliston Morris wears a white frock. The wall behind them is decorated with floral wallpaper and framed pictures., The print is damaged in the upper corners 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: ca. 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2016]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. rolling large snowball]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. rolling a large snowball across a snowy field, likely at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The boys wear coats and hats. A sled rests on the ground to the right. Houses are visible in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.331]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. pulling Janet Morris on a sled, 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy pulling Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby sitting on a sled across a snowy field, likely at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Janet Morris wears a pointed, fur lined hood and mittens. A wooden sledding ramp stands 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: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.333]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. in the snow]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy sitting in a snowy field, likely at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A large 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., 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.2013.13.334]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. in front of large house in the snow]
Description: Film negative 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., 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.2013.13.335]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. sledding, 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative 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., 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.2013.13.337]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. in a field]
Description: Film negative 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. Various houses stand 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: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.338]

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris trimming a rose bush] Rose Time at 131 W. Wal[nut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris trimming a rose bush with a pair of shears at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A second rose bush grows behind her. A short wire fence borders the lawn. She wears a patterened blouse and a dark skirt., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.353]

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris and Janet Morris near rosebush], rose Time at 131 W. Wal[nut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and daughter Janet Morris standing in front of a rosebush at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris wears a checkered blouse, tie, and dark skirt and holds a basket filled with roses in one hand and shears in the other. Janet Morris as a young girl carries a small bag over her shoulder and looks at the flowers. A fence runs behind them., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.354]

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris and Janet Morris near rosebush], Rose Time at 131 W. Wal[nut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and daughter Janet Morris standing next to a rosebush on the lawn at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris wears a checkered blouse, tie, and dark skirt and holds a basket full of roses in her right hand and a bloom in her left. Janet Morris carries a small bag over her shoulder and has ribbons in her 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: June 8, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.355]

Title: [Janet Morris and Elliston Perot Morris in garden], Rose Time at 131 W. Wal[nut]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris seated on a wooden bench and daughter Janet Morris standing next to him at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A basket of flowers rests to the right on the bench, which surrounds a tree. A lawn and large house stand behind the tree. Elliston Morris wears a three-piece suit and hat while Janet Morris wears a white 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: June 8, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.356]

Title: [Janet Morris with a basket of roses], Rose Time at 131 W. Wal[nut]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a young girl holding a basket of flowers in front of a rosebush at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A low metal fence borders the lawn behind her., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.358]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] Room, 6706 Cresheim Rd., [Germantown, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of an interior with a desk, dressing table, and mantle in Marriott C. Morris' home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Drawings and paintings hang on the walls and photographs decorate the furniture., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: January 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.560]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] & J[anet] M[orris], backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their daughter Janet Morris as a child standing in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Janet Morris wears a coat trimmed with fur and Jane Morris wears glasses and a topknot in her hair. A small building with lattice walls stands on the right., 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: April 15, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.67]

Title: M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. & J[anet] M[orris] backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Phildadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' children Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy and Janet Morris as a toddler in a garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Janet Morris wears a white frock and cap and sits in a wooden wagon. Marriott Morris Jr. wears a coat and hat and stands behind the wagon, holding the handle. A wooden fence and a building are visible the background., 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: May 9, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.69]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. "Parading", 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys pulling a wagon through a vegetable garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The wagon holds leafy vegetables and two American flags. A large house and a lawn are visible in the background., 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: July 4, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.43]

Title: Express wagon & box, [Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr.], 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing three boys, inlcuding Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., with a wagon carrying a large wooden box standing on the garden path at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Marriott Morris Jr. on the right smiles at the camera and puts his hand on top of the box. Elliston Morris Jr. and the other boy on the left pull the handle of the wagon., 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: July 4, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.45]

Title: Asa S. Wing in garden, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' uncle-in-law Asa S. Wing standing near a path in the garden at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Long stemmed flowers grow in front of him and a large house stands behind him. He wears a three-piece suit, pocketwatch chain, and small round glasses., 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: Jne 28, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.22]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. by sundial, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing next to a stone sundial in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Neat hedges and a building covered in ivy stand behind the boys., 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: July 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.27]

Title: M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. by sundial, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy standing next to a stone sundial in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Flowers grow in the foreground and their house stands in the background. A clothesline strung with linens extends from the side of the house., 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: July 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.30]

Title: Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U. S. Sanitary Commission Logan Square, Philadelphia, June 1864
Description: Bird's-eye view of the exhibition grounds at Logan Square that was printed and for sale daily by P.S. Duval's establishment at the fair. Shows the square and surrounding cityscape from the northwest, including the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Trees are visible beside the buildings and line the outside of the square where throngs of people walk the sidewalk and crowd the fair entrances. Horse-drawn vehicles, including carriages and omnibuses travel the streets and park along the grounds. Also shows deer and a peacock grazing in a pasture near the tented rotunda of the Horticultural Department. American flags labeled "U.S.S.C." adorn all of the buildings. Wrigley designed the majority of the fair buildings except for the central thoroughfare, which was designed by Strickland Kneass. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 66, Accompanied by souvenir card (2)5781.F.53c., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook about the Sanitary Commission., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc8 D983., Free Library of Philadelphia - Oversize Philadelphiana - Fairs, festivals (4 copies)
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W35 [5781.F.1]

Title: Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U. S. Sanitary Commission Logan Square, Philadelphia, June 1864
Description: Bird's-eye view of the exhibition grounds at Logan Square that was printed and for sale daily by P.S. Duval's establishment at the fair. Shows the square and surrounding cityscape from the northwest, including the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Trees are visible beside the buildings and line the outside of the square where throngs of people walk the sidewalk and crowd the fair entrances. Horse-drawn vehicles, including carriages and omnibuses travel the streets and park along the grounds. Also shows deer and a peacock grazing in a pasture near the tented rotunda of the Horticultural Department. American flags labeled "U.S.S.C." adorn all of the buildings. Wrigley designed the majority of the fair buildings except for the central thoroughfare, which was designed by Strickland Kneass. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 66, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook about the Sanitary Commission., Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc8 D983.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W35 [5781.F.2]

Title: Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U. S. Sanitary Commission Logan Square, Philadelphia, June 1864
Description: Bird's-eye view of the exhibition grounds at Logan Square that was printed and for sale daily by P.S. Duval's establishment at the fair. Shows the square and surrounding cityscape from the northwest, including the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Trees are visible beside the buildings and line the outside of the square where throngs of people walk the sidewalk and crowd the fair entrances. Horse-drawn vehicles, including carriages and omnibuses travel the streets and park along the grounds. Also shows deer and a peacock grazing in a pasture near the tented rotunda of the Horticultural Department. American flags labeled "U.S.S.C." adorn all of the buildings. Wrigley designed the majority of the fair buildings except for the central thoroughfare, which was designed by Strickland Kneass. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 66, Gift of E. Perot Walker., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc8 D983.
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: 1864
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W35 [P.8695]

Title: Thomas FitzSimons Papers, 1784-1811 (inclusive)
Description: The Thomas FitzSimons Papers spans the period from 1784 to 1811, covering the years when he was closely involved in the bankruptcy proceedings of Robert Morris (1734-1806). The collection mainly holds documents relating to Morris's assets, particularly his land holdings, and their management., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., Thomas FitzSimons, a merchant and a prominent member of Philadelphia's Irish-Catholic community, was born in Ireland in 1741, and immigrated to the United States with his family in the 1750s. FitzSimons entered politics after the American Revolution, representing Pennsylvania in the Continental Congresses of 1782 and 1783, and as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. After serving three terms in the Pennsylvania legislature, he was elected to the United States Congress in 1789 and remained there through 1795.
Creator: FitzSimons, Thomas, 1741-1811
Date: 1793
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 020, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64544#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Lapsley Family Business Records. 1805-1817 (inclusive)
Description: The Lapsley Family Business Records span the period from 1805 to 1817, and contain correspondence, shipping, and financial documents relating to the textile manufacturers and dry goods firms in England and America with whom the family was involved in commerce., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., David Lapsley and his four sons were carpet and dry goods merchants in Philadelphia from the 1780s through the mid-nineteenth century, and importers of textiles from England to the United States.
Date: 1805
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 008, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64584#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Diorama - Washington at Yorktown
Description: View of the diorama with mannequin figures and a painted backdrop exhibited during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 recreating a scene from the Battle at Yorktown in October 1781. Shows troops marching and parading before officers, including Washington, on horseback. An African American man stands beside a horse, who is possibly a portrayal of Washington's enslaved valet William Lee. The diorama by Colonel F. Lienard was displayed within a skating rink at Twenty-Third and Chestnut Streets. Figures of Generals Lafayette and Rochambeau were also portrayed., Title from item., Publisher's imprint printed on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., See "Washington at Yorktown," Philadelphia inquirer, December 13, 1875., See related print [Philadelphia roller skating rink, Twenty-third and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia] (trade card - Philadelphia [P.9839])., Purchase 2001.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: Centennial Photographic Company
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Company [P.9982.2]

Title: "Nick Biddle" Of Pottsville, Pa., the first man wounded in the Great American Rebellion, "Baltimore, April 18, 1861."
Description: Half-length portrait of the older African American volunteer Union soldier, attired in uniform. Biddle, a freedom seeker, sustained his wound - a gash to the head - as his troop, the Washington Artillerists, en route to defend the Capitol, was violently harassed by secessionists., Title from item., Forms part of: McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Portraits. [(1)5775.F]. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - McAllister Civil War scrapbook of portraits [(1)5775.F.8]

Title: View of Chestnut Street between 8 & 9 sts. (south side,) Philadelphia
Description: Busy street view showing businesses on the 800 block (802-824) of Chestnut Street. Majority of the storefronts show merchandise displays in the windows. Includes a storefront to let (800); Lewis Ladomus & Co., watches, jewelry & silver ware (802); Theodore H. McCalla, hats and caps (lower floor) and A. F. Lupus, morocco cases "upstairs" (804); Anthony Mustin, trimmings (806); Charles Dummin, importer, musical instruments, fancy goods & toys (812); J.W. Scott, gentleman's furnishing store and shirt manufactory (814); James S. Earle & Son, looking glasses & picture frames (816); Root Photographic Gallery operated by Dr. Bushnell and Ladd Webster & Co., sewing machines (818); Caldwell & Co., jewelers (822); and the Continental Hotel tenanted by Charles Stokes, "First Class Clothing One Price" and "Made to Order Short Notice," Charles Oakford & Sons, "hatters, furriers, hats, caps, cans [sic] & umbrellas, gentleman's furnishing goods" (near the ladies entrance of the hotel) and Frederick Brown Jr., druggist (824-838). Hotel also includes window shades for an unidentified store advertising watches and jewelry. In the foreground, heavy street and pedestrian traffic is visible in front and across from the storefronts. Several horse-drawn vehicles travel in the street past the sidewalks congested with pedestrians. Pedestrians include a newspaper boy, couples on promenade, a gentleman escorting two ladies greeting another gentleman, and patrons looking at store windows and entering the businesses., Vehicles include a "Chestnut & Walnut Sts." omnibus, horse-drawn carriages, a partially unloaded dray, and a Farrel & Herring (safe manufactory) delivery wagon drawn by three horses. Also shows men waiting at the main entrance of the hotel, mannequins attired in suits displayed outside of Stokes, and a model eagle holding a watch adorning the roof of the store of Ladomus., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 786, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 87 C 525a, Print torn in two.
Creator: Boell, William
Date: 1860
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Print Department | HSP at LCP HSP Bc 87 C 525a

Title: The Delaware County Society, for the Promotion of Agriculture, Horticulture, Manufactures, and the Mechanic and Household Arts
Description: Fair certificate containing vignettes and scenes related to farming, industry, and domestic work. Predominately contains farm images that show farmers reaping, plowing, and threshing fields, transporting a truck of hay near the coastline, scraping feathers from a goose on a table as a locomotive travels past in the distant background, and a woman milking a cow in the field. Industrial images include women working at sewing machines and operating mechanical looms; a printer at a press; a mill; and a hull of a ship under construction. Vignettes also show farm animals and produce; bakeware, cookware, and other implements to prepare food; and the figure of William Penn., Not in Wainwright., Issued September 1857 to J[ohn?] Davidson for H[orse?] General Scott 2 years old. James Andrews, President. Abram P. Morgan, Secretary., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 49, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 65 D 343, Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Societies - Certificates
Date: [ca. 1857]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 65 D 343

Title: Centennial Exhibition Souvenir Fan
Description: Souvenir fan commemorating the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. Folding fan with thirty blades including guards. Shows the Main Building at Fairmount Park, designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Numerous men and women visitors walk the grounds in front of the building. A Japanese woman, wearing her hair up with Kanzashi hair decorations, and attired in a pink, blue, and red kimono, stands holding a fan. Red roses grow at her feet. In the right, a Japanese woman, wearing her hair up and attired in a blue, red, and pink kimono, holds a red fan in her left hand, and in her right hand she holds the hand of a young Japanese boy, attired in a yellow and red kimono. The verso depicts a bird perched on a branch with pink and red flowers, and the silhouette of two birds against a blue background. Text printed across the top lists the names and addresses of Philadelphia hotels: “Irving House. 817 Walnut St.; Guy’s. Cor. 7th St. and Chestnut; Colonnade. Cor. 15th St. and Chestnut; St. Cloud. 709 Arch St.; La Pierre. Broad St. Below Chestnut; Girard. Corner Ninth and Chestnut; Continental. Corner Ninth & Chestnut; Bingham. Corner 11th St. and Market St.; American. 517 Chestnut St.; Merchant’s. 42 North 4th St.; Washington. 711 Chestnut St.; Markoe. 919 Chestnut St.” Additional text includes, “Main Building, International Exhibition. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 1876. Length 1880 feet. Width 464.”, Gift of Linda Kimiko August, 2023.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: OBJ 924

Title: W.F. Potteiger, druggist, N.W. corner Fourth and Spruce Streets, Reading, PA
Description: Trade card promoting pharmacist William F. Potteiger and depicting a white woman attired in a kimono, probably an actress in character from the opera The Mikado or, The town of Titipu, by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Shows the woman wearing her hair up and decorated with fans and attired in a blue kimono with gold cranes, peach-colored obi, and purple skirt. She holds a peach-colored fan in her right hand and turns her head to the right with her left hand up. She stands on a fur rug., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the advertised business., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1886]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Potteiger [P.9828.6624]

Title: Famous Japanese Prima Donna arrives in Philadelphia to make her American debut
Description: Portrait photograph showing Philadelphia Grand Opera Company manager Kathryn O'Gorman Hammer greeting Takane Nambu arriving by train. In the left, Nambu, attired in a kimono, a fur coat, and dress shoes, steps down the stairs of a train and looks at the viewer. She shakes hands with Hammer, attired in a hat, a dress, a fur coat, and heeled shoes, who stands on the tracks. Takane Nambu performed as Cio-cio-san in Madame Butterfly for the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company at the Academy of Music on January 12, 1928. She also performed for the Company as Ah-Joe in L'Oracolo at the Academy of Music on November 15, 1928., Title and date from label on verso., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso partially covered by label: [illegible] photo is supplied by [Ac]me News Pictures, 461 Eighth Ave, New York City, not to be used for syndication or advertising purposes without written permission., Typewritten label pasted on verso: P82244. Famous Japanese Prima Donna arrives in Philadelphia to make her American debut. Philadelphia. Takane Nambu, Japanese Prima Donna of the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo arrived here for her American debut, which will be on January 12th, at the Academy of Music, with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. She will appear in "Madame Butterfly." She is shown being greeted upon her arrival by Mrs. William C. Hammer, assistant manager of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. Your credit line must read [illegible]., Stamped on verso: Refered-E. Dept. Jan 18 28 CAM. N.E.A., Manuscript note written on verso: A20389., Typewritten note on verso: Same subject used N.Y.
Date: January 18, 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs – organizations - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company [P.2024.17.3]

Title: F.P. Louderbough, graduate in pharmacy, cor. Tenth & Jefferson Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting pharmacist F.P. Louderbough and depicting racist caricatures of Japanese acrobats. Shows four barefooted, Japanese men, attired in red patterned kimonos, balancing, swinging, and flipping on two bamboo beams., Title from item., Dare inferred from content., Series no. on recto: 1700., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Louderbough [P.9828.6374]

Title: F.P. Louderbough, graduate in pharmacy, cor. Tenth & Jefferson Sts. Philadelphia
Description: Trade card promoting pharmacist F.P. Louderbough and depicting racist caricatures of two Chinese men and a crane. In the left, shows the Chinese man, attired in a yellow robe with a red sash around the waist, standing and holding a pot by the handle in his right hand. To the right, the Chinese man, wearing a mustache and goatee and attired in a black hat, yellow robe, and a pink shirt with long sleeves, holds a bowl towards a crane. Decorative border surrounds the scene., Title from item., Dare inferred from content., Series no. on recto: 1700., Gift of William H. Helfand., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Louderbough [P.9828.6373]

Title: The charter, laws, and catalogue of books, of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Description: The Library Company printed catalog of 1764., Pagination statement has been simplified by cataloger., Owned by Samuel Allen. Because of the stiffness in the binding, only the bookplate and covers have been digitized. See MSS00270v012 for the full text., These materials are part of the Library Company Papers Project: Archiving and Preserving Early American History. For additional information on this project, visit librarycompany.org/lcppapersproject. Papers Project processing and digitization has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information on NEH, visit www.neh.gov., All use must credit The Library Company of Philadelphia. For additional information on Rights & Reproductions, visit https://librarycompany.org/using-the-library/rightsrepro/#/.
Creator: Library Company of Philadelphia
Date: [MDCCLXIV [1764]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia. | Books & Other Texts | Rare MSS00270v014

Title: [Street decorations in front of City Hall during Victory Loan, World War]
Description: Photograph depicting buildings decorated and the Statue of Victory in front of City Hall, Philadelphia to promote the Victory Liberty loan. In front of City Hall is the Statue of Victory, which was unveiled on April 21, 1919 at the start of the Victory Loan drive. Drapes of fabric decorate City Hall. On the street in front of the Victory Statue is a design of a large V and smaller v's flanking the sides. American flags and several flags from allies, including Great Britain and Japan, decorate the buildings on Broad Street, including the Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank built in 1905 to 1907 after the designs of Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead and White. Pedestrians crowd the sidewalks. The United States Treasury in conjunction with the Federal Reserve issued Liberty Loans, also known as Liberty Bonds, to finance the cost of America’s participation in the war. Four Liberty Loans were issued on April 24, 1917, October 1, 1917, April 5, 1918, and September 28, 1918 raising a total of 17 billion dollars. A fifth bond called the Victory Liberty Loan was issued on April 21, 1919., Title from manuscript note written on verso., Date inferred from content., See related: photos - unidentified - events - World War I - [P.7066.Q.28]
Date: [ca. 1919]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.29]

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