Avoid the draft Rally! Men! Rally! : Volunteer for one year and receive four hundred dollars bounty! Don't wait to be drafted All veteran officers. Head-quarters, Commonwealth Building, 611 Chestnut St.
Title
Avoid the draft Rally! Men! Rally! Volunteer for one year and receive four hundred dollars bounty! Don't wait to be drafted All veteran officers. Head-quarters, Commonwealth Building, 611 Chestnut St
Description
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1863?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1863 Avoid (3)5777.F (McAllister)
Philadelphia City Guard! 157 157 : 157th Regiment, Pennsylvania Vols. Col. Wm. A. Gray. Fall in! Fall in!! Fall in!!! "Your country calls in the hour of peril." Recruits wanted! This is the last regiment authorized by the War and State departments. $152 b
Title
Philadelphia City Guard! 157 157 157th Regiment, Pennsylvania Vols. Col. Wm. A. Gray. Fall in! Fall in!! Fall in!!! "Your country calls in the hour of peril." Recruits wanted! This is the last regiment authorized by the War and State departments. $152 bounty! $152 Recruits mustered in, uniformed and sent to camp immediately! Each recruit furnished with a gum blanket. Head quarters No. 627 Chestnut Street
Description
The Philadelphia City Guard, the 157th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Oct. 1862; in 1865 it was consolidated with the 191st Regiment. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 833, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 140., Printed in red and blue., The illustration shows a regimental parade, with a sergeant major leading, left arm raised, four drummer boys, and one mounted officer., Library Company copy very fragile; originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 157th (1862-1865)
Date
[1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1862 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.12 (McAllister)
Philadelphia City Guard! 157 157 : 157th Regiment, Pennsylvania Vols. Col. Wm. A. Gray. Fall in! Fall in!! Fall in!!! "Your country calls in the hour of peril." Recruits wanted! This is the last regiment authorized by the War and State departments. $152 b
Title
Philadelphia City Guard! 157 157 157th Regiment, Pennsylvania Vols. Col. Wm. A. Gray. Fall in! Fall in!! Fall in!!! "Your country calls in the hour of peril." Recruits wanted! This is the last regiment authorized by the War and State departments. $152 bounty! $152 Recruits mustered in, uniformed and sent to camp immediately! Each recruit furnished with a gum blanket. Head quarters No. 627 Chestnut Street
Description
The Philadelphia City Guard, the 157th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Oct. 1862; in 1865 it was consolidated with the 191st Regiment. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 833, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 140., Printed in red and blue., The illustration shows a regimental parade, with a sergeant major leading, left arm raised, four drummer boys, and one mounted officer., Library Company copy very fragile; originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 157th (1862-1865)
Date
[1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1862 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.12 (McAllister)
Judge Peter's farm.
Title
Judge Peter's farm
Description
View showing the estate house at the country seat of Judge Richard Peters known as Belmont above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park). The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Title printed and in manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint and publication information from duplicate [(3)1322.F.50d]., Printed on verso: 25 cents each., Yellow mount with square corners., William Peters was a landowner and attorney from Liverpool, England. He held several offices in Philadelphia including Clerk of the Admiralty Court, Notary Public, and Prothonotary of the Superior Court. Belmont Mansion was one of several properties owned by Peters in Philadelphia. He gave the property to his son, Judge Richard Peters, when he returned to England in 1768., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Residences [8424.F.9]
Judge Peter's farm. [graphic].
Title
Judge Peter's farm
Description
View showing the estate house at the country seat of Judge Richard Peters known as Belmont above Philadelphia (West Fairmount Park). The estate, originally purchased by William Peters in 1742 was used as a working model farm by his son Richard until Richard's death in 1828. Subsequently, the estate was utilized by the railroad, an oil refinery, and a country resort before purchased by the city in 1869 for inclusion in Fairmount Park., Title printed and in manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint and publication information from duplicate [(3)1322.F.50d]., Printed on verso: 25 cents each., Yellow mount with square corners., William Peters was a landowner and attorney from Liverpool, England. He held several offices in Philadelphia including Clerk of the Admiralty Court, Notary Public, and Prothonotary of the Superior Court. Belmont Mansion was one of several properties owned by Peters in Philadelphia. He gave the property to his son, Judge Richard Peters, when he returned to England in 1768., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator
W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date
[ca. 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Residences [8424.F.9]
[J.E. Caldwell & Co. trade cards]
Title
[J.E. Caldwell & Co. trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards for the Philadelphia jewelry firm J.E. Caldwell & Co. Illustrations depict scantily-clad boys standing on the heads of various animals, including an alligator, a donkey, and a camel. The boys wear or carry native items or clothing from various parts of the world, including a dark-skinned boy wearing large hoops in his hears, a gold anklet, and shield-like object on his back; a boy wearing a bandana around his head with a two-tined pitchfork over his shoulder; and a boy wearing a long kaffiyeh with a rifle strapped to his back. Another illustration depicts man seated at a table etching designs into a an urn or vase., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include the Engraving Department of Caldwell & Co. and J.B. Lippincott & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1870-1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Caldwell [1975.F.127; 1975.F.130; 1975.F.132; 1975.F.222]
The Camden & Atlantic Railroad. The short and popular route to Atlantic City.
Title
The Camden & Atlantic Railroad. The short and popular route to Atlantic City Pocket time card-season of 1882. Depots in Philadelphia foot of Vine-Street and Shackamaxon Street
Description
Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of a well-dressed family on the beach, including the father wearing a top hat and cane and the mother holding a yellow parasol. Two girls play near the waves while their parents look on. Vignette inset into a larger scene depicing a sailboat in the ocean, a lighthouse, and seashells lining the shore in the foreground. The Camden & Atlantic Railroad began regular service between Camden and Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1855. The railroad was taken over by the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad in 1883., Contains a condensed timetable ("summer arrangement") for trains traveling between Atlantic City and Philadelphia printed on verso. Includes times for the South Atlantic City Branch and the locations of ticket offices in Philadelphia, Germantown, and Camden, New Jersey., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
1882
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Camden [1975.F.25]
Philadelphia fashions, spring & summer 1844, by S.A. & A.F. Ward, No. 62 Walnut St.
Title
Philadelphia fashions, spring & summer 1844, by S.A. & A.F. Ward, No. 62 Walnut St
Description
Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 17 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor, hunting setting. Upper panel shows four men, two women and three boys in a furnished parlor. All of the men are attired in long jackets, vests, cravats and patterned pants. Two hold or wear hats, and two hold canes. To the left, two men stand and converse with two women. The seated lady holds a fan and wears an evening dress, with a low, straight neckline. Her hair is styled in ringlets, and a flower rests behind her ear. The other woman adorns outerwear styled with a high-necked, tight-waisted dress, shawl and plumed bonnet. To the right, two men stand with three boys, who all wear flat caps. The boy on the left is dressed in an Eton suit, while the other two younger boys wear longer tunic suits. The parlor is furnished with carpet and ornate furniture, vases and landscape paintings. The bottom panel shows an outdoor, hunting scene centered around a man and woman mounted on horses. The scene includes five men and one woman, with three people on each side of the couple. The men wear long jackets, patterned pants, waistcoats, cravats and hats, and the women are attired in riding habits. The lady riding the horse wears a top hat adorned with a veil. A dog runs beside the trotting horses in the foreground and sailing vessels are visible on the sea in the background (right). Key numbered 1-9 and 10-17 printed above and below the image., Not in Wainwright., Signed "Weaver" in lower left-hand corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 178, Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Weaver, Matthias S., 1815 or 16-1847, artist
Date
[1844]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.2002.61.1]
Franklin's experiment, June 1752.
Title
Franklin's experiment, June 1752 Demonstrating the identity of lightning and electricty, from which he invented the lightning rod
Description
Depicts Benjamin Franklin during his kite experiment in a meadow near a dwelling in Philadelphia in 1752. Shows Franklin holding the string of the kite on which a key is tied. His twenty-one year old son, William, anachronistically shown as a boy, assists him. A lightening bolt crosses the sky., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 278, Library of Congress: PGA - Currier & Ives--Franklin's experiment ... (A size) [P&P]. LOC holds two copies, one tinted.
Date
c1876
Location
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Currier & Ives--Franklin's experiment ... (A size) [P&P], Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Currier & Ives--Franklin's experiment ... (A size) [P&P] Tinted
The $1,000 baby house.
Title
The $1,000 baby house
Description
Unmounted stereograph showing the interior of an architectural model of a house designed by premier tradesmen of the city. Displayed on Union Avenue. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair held June 7-28, 1864 on Logan Circle was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization., Title from printed paper label below image., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Watson, A., photographer
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.155h]
[Brownings trade cards]
Title
[Brownings trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards for Brownings fine clothing and gent's furnishing store in the Girard House at Ninth and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict ornate, gilt cards with decorative text and borders; flowers; birds; a horse-drawn carriage; a butterfly; an eagle; a hunting scene; a cabin; and a buffet of sweets, including fruit and cakes., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include the New York firm Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co. and the Boston firm L. Prang & Co., One print [P.9306.3] copyrighted 1878 by L. Prang & Co., Boston, U.S.A., Advertising text printed on rectos and versos. One print [1975.F.62] contains "Directions for Self-Measurement" on verso with front and back views of a man attired in a coat. Another print [1975.F.49] contains printed text on verso that attests to the quality of Brownings clothing., Two prints [1975.F.113 and 116] die cut and shaped into ovals., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., One print [P.9306.3] gift of Gordon Marshall., Digitized.
Date
[c1878-[ca. 1881]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Brownings [1975.F.49; 1975.F.62; 1975.F.113; 1975.F.116; P.9306.3]
Aromatic Pino-Palmine Mattress. 915 Arch St., 113 N. Front Street, Phila. and 115 Water St., Boston, Mass.
Title
Aromatic Pino-Palmine Mattress. 915 Arch St., 113 N. Front Street, Phila. and 115 Water St., Boston, Mass Elastic and durable
Description
Illustrated trade card includes a central scene of a tropical location with palm trees bordering a body of water. Inset image surrounded by a decorative border in lower right corner shows a baby sitting upright on a mattress holding a doll and a rattle., Advertising text printed on recto and verso for products sold by the Aromatic Pino-Palmine Mattress Co,. including mattresses, pillows, pallets, comfortables, and cushions, to cure a variety of ailments. Also includes a notice of the company's removal from 116 South Twelfth Street to 915 Arch Street in Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Aromatic [1975.F.18]
G. & H. Barnett, Black Diamond File Works, 39, 41 & 43 Richmond Street, Philadelphia.
Title
G. & H. Barnett, Black Diamond File Works, 39, 41 & 43 Richmond Street, Philadelphia
Description
Illustrated trade card for G. & H. Barnett's Black Diamond File Works depicting a vignette of the Main Exhibition building, designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson, at the Centennial Fair in Philadelphia. A decorative border with the date "1876" surrounds the vignette and is surmounted by patriotic symbols, including an eagle flanked by four American flags. Within the illustration, men and women promenade near trees and bushes on the landscaped grounds surrounding the building. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized., Gift of David Doret.
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Barnett [P.2006.3]
[American Sewing Machine Company trade cards]
Title
[American Sewing Machine Company trade cards]
Description
Series of illustrated trade cards for the American Sewing Machine Company. Illustrations depict a Style B, No. 7 sewing machine; a little girl bundled in winter clothing picking berries in the snow; a profile portrait superimposed over white flowers of a girl wearing a hat; and juxtaposed domestic scenes. Domestic scene images include a central view showing a mother seated at her American sewing machine, surrounded by her three children. A smaller inset view, labeled "Ye Olden Time," shows a mother hand sewing or stitching with her children gathered around her. The American Sewing Machine Company operated a factory at the southwest corner of Twentieth and Washington Streets (erected 1865) and a sales office at 1318 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers include J.H. Bufford & Co., Item P.9728.14 compliments of C.H. Randall, Warner's Block, - Newton., All three of the prints contain advertising text printed on the recto and/or verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - American Sewing [1975.F.10; 1975.F.16; P.9728.14]
Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia. 1876.
Title
Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia. 1876
Description
Sample album containing half stereographic prints by the commissioned photographic company of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Contains images of the exhibition that celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Photographs depict the installation of exhibits; exhibition grounds including bird's eye views, scenes in Lansdowne Valley and along exhibition avenues, rail lines, fountains, statuary, and outdoor horticultural displays; interiors and exteriors of exhibition buildings, including Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, Main Exhibition Building, Memorial Hall, the United States Government Building, states' buildings, the Women's Pavilion and the portico of the building of the Centennial Photographic Co.; views of special exhibits and dioramas, including Hunter's Camp, the first locomotive, and "The Dying Elk"; displays showing the wares, products, or cultural artifacts of specific companies and countries, including Peruvian mummies; and displays of art particularly of Italian statuary. Many of the exterior views and some of the interior include fair visitors and personnel., Exhibitors depicted include American Book Association; American Steamship Co.; American Watch Co.; Clinton Wire Cloth Company; Farmers Friend Manufacturing Co.; J. F. Tyrell & Co.; J. & P. Coats; Kingsford Starch Co.; Mason's Blacking; Midnight Yarn Co.; Mrs. Maxwell (taxidermy); Pacific Guano Co.; Shomacker Piano Mftg. Co.; and Singer Sewing Machine., Architects of the main buildings include Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, Joseph M. Wilson, and James H. Windrim. Architects of the states buildings include George A. Frederick, Carl Pfeiffer, E. L. Rice, Jr., Croff & Camp, and Heard & Sons., Brown leather and maroon cloth binding with gilt., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Album disbound and reformatted for conservation., Over 200 duplicate images held in the Raymond Holstein Stereograph Collection. See Holstein stereo - Centennial Photographic Company., Catalogue of the Centennial Photographic Company's Views of the International Exhibition, 1876. LCP Rare Books Am1876Cen (51856.D.10)., Ongoing series of articles about photographing the exhibition by John L. Gihon, a photographer employed by the Company, appeared in Philadelphia Photographer throughout 1877 under the title "Rambling Remarks Resumed.", Original photographs by the Centennial Photographic Company appeared as the frontispieces for Philadelphia Photographer in March, April, July and November 1877. P.8965.70f showing the statue "Cupid" illustrated the November 1877 issue., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1983 p.42-43., The Centennial Photographic Company was granted exclusive rights to photograph the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Company officers included President William Notman, a prominent Canadian photographer; Vice President and Proprietor Washington Irving Adams, representative of the Scovill Manufacturing Company which supplied equipment for large-scale production to the company; Superintendent & Treasurer and Proprietor Edward L. Wilson, publisher of Philadelphia Photographer; and Art Superintendent John Arthur Fraser, Notman's partner in the Toronto photographic firm of Notman & Fraser. Employing over 400 men and women, the Company produced over 3,000 views of the exhibition, and portraits of officials and exhibitors.
Creator
Centennial Photographic Co.
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) [P.8965]
Camp Rice, Philadelphia, 1876.
Title
Camp Rice, Philadelphia, 1876
Description
View of the Eighth Regiment Infantry of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia's military camp near George's Hill in West Fairmount Park during the Centennial Exhibition. Shows an American flag flying over rows of tents in the background. Camp named after Boston mayor and Commander-in-Chief Alexander Hamilton Rice. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Phillips & Warren
Date
1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Phillips & Warren - Military [P.9234.2]
This diploma
Title
This diploma was awarded by the Luzerne County Agricultural Society at their [blank] annual fair held at Wyoming [blank] 18[blank]
Description
Diploma containing two vignettes and and a dominant scene symbolizing agriculture separated by borders comprised of sheaves of wheat, a shovel, farm produce, and vinery. In the upper right, vignettes depict a farmer reaping his field with a horse-drawn reaper and an industrial view of a train passing a coal breaker factory across from a coal mine in which horse-drawn coal cars arrive and depart. The dominant scene shows a farm with livestock, including a pig, turkeys, chickens, and ducks milling the grounds near a woman milking a cow while farmhands corral cows out of a yard, transport a wagon of hay from a barn, and plow a field. View also shows horses before a pasture of grazing sheep and other homesteads, the Wyoming Monument (erected in 1833 in memory of victims of the Wyoming Massacre 1778), and treescaped hills in the distance. The Luzerne County Agricultural Society was founded in 1858 by persons interested in farming and gardening with the mission "to foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts." The first annual fair was held in 1859 and stopped after circa 1879 and before 1891., Not in Wainwright., Dilpoma completed in manuscript: This diploma was awarded by the Luzerne County Agricultural Society at their [Thirteenth] Annual Fair held at Wyoming [Sept. 25, 26 & 27] 18[72] To [William H. Shoemaker Esq. of Wyoming] for [best bottle of grape wine]. [Steuben Jenkins], Prest. and [W. H. Jenkins], Secy., Glued onto a modern mat by previous owner., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 287, Steuben Jenkins was a respected lawyer, farmer, historian, and antiquarian of Wyoming County.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia certificates - Agriculture - Luzerne [P.2014.11]
Garden from above elm tree, looking toward house, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] [graphic].
Title
Garden from above elm tree, looking toward house, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description
Glass negative showing a garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A large, leafy tree grows in the center. A woman sits on a bench beneath the tree and a man stands next to a flower bed further into the garden. The lawn is surrounded by trees and other foliage. 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., Photographer remarks: This plate flogged also., Time: 4:15, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
June 30, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.948]
[6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence] [graphic].
Title
[6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence]
Description
Film negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' two-story house seen from across a road at 6706 Cresheim Road. The house has timber framing, a porch, ivy climbing up the front facade, and another house connected to the left. Two children play in the grass in front of the house and a woman stands on the porch., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
Spring 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.65]
[6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence] [graphic].
Title
[6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence]
Description
Film negative showing the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris’ (right) at 6706. The house has two porches, timber framing and ivy climbing up the front facade. A woman and two children stand in the grass in front of Morris' 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
Spring 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.66]
[6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence] [graphic].
Title
[6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence]
Description
Film negative showing a view of the twin two-story house at 6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road, , including Marriott C. Morris’ (right) at 6706, seen from across the road through a group of trees. The house has timber framing, two porches, and ivy climbing up the front facade. 6704 Cresheim Road is obscured by the trees., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
Spring 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.67]
[C.L.] Eberle's [drug] store from our parlor window, (cor[ner] Church La[ne] & Main St[reet]) seen from 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House] [graphic].
Title
[C.L.] Eberle's [drug] store from our parlor window, (cor[ner] Church La[ne] & Main St[reet]) seen from 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description
Glass negative showing a view of a three-story storefront owned by Charles L. Eberle at 4779 Main Street as seen from the Deshler-Morris House porch. The building is located on the corner of Main Street and Church Lane and has two floors above the shop on the first floor. Signage is visible on the side and partially on the front of the building and reads "C.L. Eberle." A canvas sign hangs across the sidewalk and reads "Miss Kate Cotton Millinery." A man stands on the sidewalk in front of the store next to a tall tree growing in a planter on the sidewalk. Eberle purchased this drug store from Abraham Rex in 1859. He retired in 1899., No. 13., Photographer remarks: good., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.100.1]
Old house back of Roxborough. Co[u]s[in] Catherine Brown's place. Anne Wistar standing near home. [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Title
Old house back of Roxborough. Co[u]s[in] Catherine Brown's place. Anne Wistar standing near home. [Philadelphia]
Description
Glass negative showing Catherine Brown's two-story stone house with tall trees to the right and a fence to the left. Anne Wistar stands next to the fence at the corner of the house, looking across a grassy field toward the camera. She wears a black hat and a lighter-colored dress., Time: 4:10, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
October 7, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1030]
Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, [PA]. G[eorge] V[aux] in doorway [graphic].
Title
Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, [PA]. G[eorge] V[aux] in doorway
Description
Glass negative showing the Isaac Potts House, a stone two-story house with shuttered windows and two chimneys at Valley Forge. Marriott Morris' third cousin George Vaux stands in the covered doorway at the front of the house. A wooden fence runs along the left side of the building. From December 1777 to June 1778, the Continental Army camped at Valley Forge. The area became Pennsylvania’s first state park in 1893. George Washington’s headquarters was in the Isaac Potts House, built circa 1773., Time: 4:10, 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 30, 1887
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1114]
131 W. Walnut Lane [graphic].
Title
131 W. Walnut Lane
Description
Glass negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' three-story house at 131 West Walnut Lane. The house has a porch and a front lawn dotted with trees and surrounded by a metal fence. A driveway runs along the right side of the house with a telephone pole standing at the entryway., 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 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.9.11]
5442 from Market Sq[uare], [Deshler-Morris House, Germantown] [graphic].
Title
5442 from Market Sq[uare], [Deshler-Morris House, Germantown]
Description
Glass negative showing a view the Deshler-Morris House with shuttered windows, multiple chimneys, and two gabled windows on the roof at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The house is seen from across Market Square with a large tree growing on the right side. A child stands in the park on the left while a woman stands in the doorway of the neighboring 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., 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-ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.2]
Front view of 4774 Main St. [Bruner & George Livery] from Wilson Woods & Co, pavement opposite [graphic].
Title
Front view of 4774 Main St. [Bruner & George Livery] from Wilson Woods & Co, pavement opposite
Description
Glass negative showing a two-story stone building located on the corner of a brick road and an alleyway. The building has two chimneys, shuttered windows, a wooden fence extending from the left side, and a sign reading, Burner and George Livery. A police officer stands on the sidewalk in front of the building. Bruner and George were a livery and boarding stables in Germantown, Philadelphia owned by Henry B. Bruner and Riter W. George. The business existed from circa 1858 to circa 1918. This property was owned by William Ashmead, a wagon manufacturer, after the American Revolution. Elliston Perot Morris bought the building in 1907., Time: 7:30, Light: good 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 13, 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1618]
4774 Main St. [Bruner & George Livery] showing that side of street up to School Lane. From P[ost] O[ffice] [Germantown] [graphic].
Title
4774 Main St. [Bruner & George Livery] showing that side of street up to School Lane. From P[ost] O[ffice] [Germantown]
Description
Glass negative showing Bruner and George Livery, a two-story stone building at 5434 Germantown Avenue. An alleyway runs down the left side of the building. The building has two chimneys, shuttered windows, a wooden fence extending from the right side, and a sign reading, "Bruner and George Livery 4774, Branch of Stables [4934?] Office Door Back." Other similar buildings continue to line the street in the distance. Bruner and George were a livery and boarding stables in Germantown, Philadelphia owned by Henry B. Bruner and Riter W. George. The business existed from circa 1858 to circa 1918. This property at 5434 Germantown Avenue was owned by William Ashmead, a wagon manufacturer, after the American Revolution. Elliston Perot Morris bought the building in 1907., Time: 8:40, Light: good sun, The emulsion is flaking along the top edge of the plate., 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 14, 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1620]
Back view of 4774 Main Street [Bruner & George Livery] from door of new stable. [Germantown] [graphic].
Title
Back view of 4774 Main Street [Bruner & George Livery] from door of new stable. [Germantown]
Description
Glass negative showing a view of the rear of Bruner and George Livery at 5434 Germantown Avenue, a two-story stone building. A wooden fence separates the building from the neighboring buildings. A wooden shed stands in the lawn behind the building next to a pile of stones and other debris. Bruner and George were a livery and boarding stables in Germantown, Philadelphia owned by Henry B. Bruner and Riter W. George. The business existed from circa 1858 to circa 1918. This property was owned by William Ashmead, a wagon manufacturer, after the American Revolution. Elliston Perot Morris bought the building in 1907., Photographer remarks: Before alteration of old house., Time: 10:30, Light: faint sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
April 15, 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1622]
Rear 131 W. Walnut Lane [graphic].
Title
Rear 131 W. Walnut Lane
Description
Glass negative showing a rear view of Marriott C. Morris' house at 131 West Walnut Lane. The three-story house features a sunroom with large, shuttered windows and a small shed in the backyard. A driveway runs along the left side of the house and a circular planter made of piled stones stands in the lawn next to the sunroom., 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.9895.7.4]
Rear 131 W. Walnut Lane [graphic].
Title
Rear 131 W. Walnut Lane
Description
Glass negative showing a rear view of Marriott C. Morris' house at 131 West Walnut Lane. The three-story house feaatures a sunroom with large, shuttered windows and a small shed in the backyard. A tree surrounded by a circular wooden bench stands in the lawn behind the house next to a path leading to the sunroom., 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.9895.7.5]
[700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Title
[700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia]
Description
Glass negative showing the buildings on Arch Street, including Fairbanks Co. (701 Arch Street), Strouse & Co. building for sale (711 Arch Street), Rubin & Kaufman Novelty Underwear (715 Arch Street), I.S. Custer & Son & Co. (721 Arch Street), and the Baxter Building (733 Arch Street). 715 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Novelty Underwear Co., Kaufman & Rubin, Manufacturers of Ladies' Undergarments, Children's and Infants' Dresses." The lot next to the building is under construction. On the far left, 733 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Baxter Building." Horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, and a trolley travel on the brick road below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1899
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.1]
[700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia] [graphic].
Title
[700 block of Arch Street, north side, looking west, Philadelphia]
Description
Glass negative showing the buildings on Arch Street, including Fairbanks Co. (701 Arch Street), Strouse & Co. building for sale (711 Arch Street), Rubin & Kaufman Novelty Underwear (715 Arch Street), I.S. Custer & Son & Co. (721 Arch Street), and the Baxter Building (733 Arch Street). 715 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Novelty Underwear Co., Kaufman & Rubin, Manufacturers of Ladies' Undergarments, Children's and Infants' Dresses." The one-story building next door has a sign that reads "George L. Sipps Carpenter Builder and Contractor [...] S. Seventh St." The lot next to the building is under construction. On the far left, 733 Arch Street has a sign that reads "Baxter Building." Pedestrians stand on the brick road below., Title supplied by cataloger., 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. 1899
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.2]
[Avenue of trees back of our house, 6706 Cresheim Road] [graphic].
Title
[Avenue of trees back of our house, 6706 Cresheim Road]
Description
Glass negative showing a view of two lines of trees spanning a field behind Marriott C. Morris' house at 6706 Cresheim Road. Behind the straight lines of a trees there is a large house set back from the road on the left., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
May 14, 1899
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.8.6]
Fred. Tausley's house at Uncle Sam[ue]l's cor. of 2nd St. pike, [Olney, PA] [graphic].
Title
Fred. Tausley's house at Uncle Sam[ue]l's cor. of 2nd St. pike, [Olney, PA]
Description
Glass negative showing a Fred Tausley's two-story home located at the corner of Second Street. A wooden fence surrounds the house and two tall trees stand behind it. A woman leans against the fence to the left of the house., Time: 2:10, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
February 23, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1259]
Bed and Kilmarnock Willow in our garden, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] [graphic].
Title
Bed and Kilmarnock Willow in our garden, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description
Glass negative showing a garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Various trees, shrubs, and other foliage surround the lawn. Jet, a small black dog, sits in the grass in the foreground. The roofs of other houses are visible behind the foliage in the distance. 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., Photographer remarks: First plate exposed in new Scovill camera., Time: 12, Light: Good 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
September 3, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.392]
Old [Wachsmuth]-Henry house, Main St. opp. Fisher's Lane, [Germantown] [graphic].
Title
Old [Wachsmuth]-Henry house, Main St. opp. Fisher's Lane, [Germantown]
Description
Glass negative showing the Wachsmuth-Henry House at 4908 Germantown Avenue, a two-story home with shuttered windows, multiple chimneys and a covered entryway. A fence separates the house from the cobblestone road with trolley tracks running down the center. The Wachsmuth-Henry House was originally erected circa 1760. John Gottfried Wachsmuth (1748-1828), an importer who bought the property in 1819 made considerable additions. After his death, John Snowden Henry, a merchant and father of Philadelphia mayor Alexander Henry purchased the residence. The house stayed in the Henry family until it was sold in 1899 to Elizabeth B. Ambler. It remained with the Ambler family until sold in 1980 to the Henry House LLC., Photographer remarks: Another sample plate., Light: Good 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
February, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.825]
Spry on back roof over out-kitchen, [5442 Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House] [graphic].
Title
Spry on back roof over out-kitchen, [5442 Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description
Glass negative showing Spry, a small black dog, asleep on the flat plane of a roof of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Spry lays on his side with his legs stretched out. Shadows from tree branches cover the roof. 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., Photographer remarks: Intensify., Light: Good 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
February, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.827]
Spry on roof over back kitchen, [5442 Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House] [graphic].
Title
Spry on roof over back kitchen, [5442 Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description
Glass negative showing Spry, a small black dog, asleep on the flat plane of a roof of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Spry lays on his side with his head resting on his paws. Shadows from tree branches cover the roof. 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., Photographer remarks: Intensify., Light: Good 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
February, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.828]
Carnival at G[erman]t[ow]n Boys Club playground [graphic].
Title
Carnival at G[erman]t[ow]n Boys Club playground
Description
Film negative showing a group of men, women, and children gathered around tables and chairs set up in a field at the Germantown Boys' Club. American flags hand grom the tables and the fence in the background. Three girls sit or stand in the foreground. 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., Inscription on negative: G.B.C. Carnival 6/22/1912 Playground, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
June 22 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.501]
Home lawn from gate [Deshler-Morris House], 5442 G[erman]t[ow]n Ave [graphic].
Title
Home lawn from gate [Deshler-Morris House], 5442 G[erman]t[ow]n Ave
Description
Glass negative showing a garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue with a manicured lawn dotted with large trees, leafy shrubs, and flowerbeds. A brick patio and the corner of a porch are visible in the foreground on the right. A path extends from the patio to the left. 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., Photographer remarks: Makes a good [white?] print., Time: 10:30 AM, No. 7., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
April 18, 1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.106.7]
Back view of 4774 Main St. before alteration of house for Dr. Gummey, [Germantown] [graphic].
Title
Back view of 4774 Main St. before alteration of house for Dr. Gummey, [Germantown]
Description
Glass negative showing the rear of Bruner & George Livery at 5434 Germantown Avenue, a two-story stone house . A wooden fence lined with shurbs borders the right side of the lawn while a large shed occupies the left side. Allen Beal the stableman stands on a plank pathway in the center while a woman stands in the doorway of the house. Bruner and George were a livery and boarding stables in Germantown, Philadelphia owned by Henry B. Bruner and Riter W. George. The business existed from circa 1858 to circa 1918. This property was owned by William Ashmead, a wagon manufacturer, after the American Revolution. Elliston Perot Morris bought the building in 1907., Photographer remarks: Allen Beal, the stableman in foreground., Time: 12:30 P.M., Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
March 19, 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1616]
A.J. Cassatt's house. "Scip" in foreground. [Cheswold, Cheswold Lane above Haverford Train Station] [graphic].
Title
A.J. Cassatt's house. "Scip" in foreground. [Cheswold, Cheswold Lane above Haverford Train Station]
Description
Glass negative showing A.J. Cassatt's large multi-story home with a wide lawn in front. Scip, a medium-sized piebald dog, sits on the lawn in the foreground. Cassatt was the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and brother to the painter Mary Cassatt., Photographer remarks: Over-developed I think. V [varnished] Prints pretty well on albumen paper., Time: 1:30 PM, Light: Bright, Dog in foreground is partially obscured by abrasion to the emulsion., 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
November 15, 1882
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.55]
Schuylkill front of Bartram House from N., Sam in foreground, [Philadelphia] [graphic].
Title
Schuylkill front of Bartram House from N., Sam in foreground, [Philadelphia]
Description
Glass negative showing the Bartram House, a two-story stone home with tall columns and a porch on the front facade. Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris sits in the grass, leaning against a tree in the foreground., Time: 11:20, Light: Fairly good 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 21, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.556]
[Copy of Hinkle's picture of Deshler-Morris house 4782 Main St. To send with Perot Reunion invitations] [graphic].
Title
[Copy of Hinkle's picture of Deshler-Morris house 4782 Main St. To send with Perot Reunion invitations]
Description
Glass negative showing a view of a picture taken by David Hinkle of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The house has shuttered windows and ivy covering the walls. A wooden fence extends from the left side of the house with trees growing behind it in the yard. A child rides a bicycle on the sidewalk in front of the fence next to a brick road. 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., 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. 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.12.3]
6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham [graphic].
Title
6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham
Description
Glass negative showing a view of Marriott Morris' two-story house with timber framing at 6706 Cresheim Road. A woman sits on the front porch stairs. A lawn extends to the right of the house separated from the road by a sidewalk and path leading to the entrance of the house. Trees grow in the lawn and 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
ca. 1899
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.13.1]
[View of house in Pelham neighborhood. Two boys stand in the foreground] [graphic].
Title
[View of house in Pelham neighborhood. Two boys stand in the foreground]
Description
Glass negative showing a view of two multi-story houses seen from a distance across Pelham Road. The house on the left is made of stone with a porch and the house on the right has timber framing. Tall pine trees stand near the houses and two boys stand on the sidewalk next to the road., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
ca. 1899
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.13.10]
131 W. Walnut Lane [graphic].
Title
131 W. Walnut Lane
Description
Glass negative showing a view of a three-story house, featuring a porch with plants growing up trellises, owned by Marriott Morris at 131 West Walnut Lane. A lawn extends in front of the house surrounded by a metal fence. A driveway runs along the left side 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
1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.11.6]
Old [Wachsmuth]-Henry House, 4436 Main St. opposite Fisher's Lane, [Germantown] [graphic].
Title
Old [Wachsmuth]-Henry House, 4436 Main St. opposite Fisher's Lane, [Germantown]
Description
Glass negative showing the Wachsmuth-Henry House, a two-story house with two chimneys and shuttered windows at 4908 Germantown Avenue. A metal fence runs in front of the lawn. Trolley tracks run through the center of the brick road front of the house and trees grow in the lawn. The Wachsmuth-Henry House was originally erected circa 1760. John Gottfried Wachsmuth (1748-1828), an importer who bought the property in 1819 made considerable additions. After his death, John Snowden Henry, a merchant and father of Philadelphia mayor Alexander Henry purchased the residence. The house stayed in the Henry family until it was sold in 1899 to Elizabeth B. Ambler. It remained with the Ambler family until sold in 1980 to the Henry House LLC., Time: 9, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
May 2, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1529]
George S. Morris "sanctum" from door, Geo. at table [graphic].
Title
George S. Morris "sanctum" from door, Geo. at table
Description
Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' cousin George S. Morris seated at a desk in a small room with a slanted ceiling. The walls are covered with pictures and a dresser stands against the far wall. An easel stands next to the desk with a tennis racquet leaning against it. A stuffed bird stands on the floor behind Morris. Morris wears a three-piece suit., Photographer remarks: Intensified 6/1 '90, Time: 6:30 P.M., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
October 25, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1377]

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