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Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. watering rosebush, 6706 Cresheim Rd. Pelham
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a young boy standing in the grass next to a their porch steps at 6706 Cresheim Road. He waters a rose bush with a watering can. He wears a checkered frock and dark shoes., 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: 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2039]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. watering rosebush, 6706 Cresheim Rd. Pelham. [Different scene]
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a young boy standing in the grass next to their porch steps at 6706 Cresheim Avenue. He waters a rose bush with a watering can. He wears a checkered frock and dark shoes and looks up smiling toward the camera., 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: 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2040]

Title: Marriott C. Morris Jr., 6706 Cresheim Rd. Pelham
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a young boy standing in their front lawn at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a straw hat and a sailor suit and has long hair. The corner of their front steps is visible to 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: 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2041]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. & Marriott C. Morris Jr. in field of daisies in Pelham
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as children in a field of daisies. Both boys wear light colored frocks and wide brimmed straw hats. A fence and line of trees 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: 1904
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2043]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. by front steps, 6706 Cresheim Rd, Pelham
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a young boy standing next to their porch steps at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a wide brimmed straw hat and a sailor suit and holds a ball in his right hand., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1904
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2046]

Title: Janet Morris, backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a toddler a long white dress and ribbons in her hair standing in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A stone sundial and a house 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: June 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.74]

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 and ribbons in her hair standing in a garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She holds a flower in her hands. A path extends behind her and a building is visble 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: June 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.75]

Title: Nonya Rhoads, backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelpha]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' niece Nora "Nonya" Rhoads as a young girl in the garden at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a white dress with a ribbon in her hair and holds flowers in her hands. She sits on the step of a small building with walls made of trellises., 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.2014.42.78]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. in coach, 6706 Cresheim Rd., Pelham
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a young child sitting in a wicker carriage outside their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He smiles and wears a wide brimmed hat and white frock. A flowering shrub climbs the wall of the house behind him., 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.9895.2015]

Title: [Sarah Rhoads Potts and Janet Morris], Germantown
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Rhoads Potts as babies sitting on a blanket in a garden. Morris on the right holds a ring in her hand. Potts on the left wears a white dress. A large house 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: April 26, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.220]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. on the lakeshore], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys sitting among the trees on the Pocono Lake lakeshore. Elliston Morris Jr. on the left wears a striped shirt and Marriott Morris Jr. on the right wears a hat and glasses. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., June 30 - July 5, 1909., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.361]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. outside a tent], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as boys carrying baskets outside a tent at Pocono Lake. A table covered with a checkered cloth is visible inside the tent. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., June 30 - July 5, 1909., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.363]

Title: W. Walnut Lane, G[ermant[ow]n. Mr. Lindsay & houses between him & Greene St., March 1923
Description: Panoramic view looking south and showing the 100 block of West Walnut Lane east of the Marriott C. Morris residence (131). Includes the Queen Anne-style residence of Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Lindsay (143) and the Italian villa-style residences of Mr. & Mrs. Louis H. Swind (149) and Alonzo P. Smith (155). Snow covers the front yards of the houses. Trees line the street. In the foreground, the snow-covered and fence-lined front yards of the opposite side of the street are visible. Image also depicts the residence east of Greene Street, a partial view of the Morris house, and distant views of the neighborhood in the background., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped lower right corner: Marriott C. Morris Photo., Manuscript note on verso: neg. L-68., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [March 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.9]

Title: N. Side of W. Walnut Lane, G[ermant[ow]n. West of Greene St. Mar. 1923
Description: Panoramic view looking north and showing the 200 block of West Walnut Lane. Includes (l-r) the Queen Anne-style residence of Mrs. Mary Pardee (239); the residence of Irvin King (215); and the recent residence of the late Charles T. Evans (203). Snow covers the front yards of the houses. Trees line the street. Also shows a sculptural brick fence lining the Pardee property., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped lower right corner: Marriott C. Morris Photo., Manuscript note on verso: L-69., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [March 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.10]

Title: N. Side of W. Walnut Lane. West of Greene St. Mar. 1923
Description: Panoramic view looking north and showing the 200 block of West Walnut Lane. Includes (l-r) the residence of Irvin King (215); the recent residence of the late Charles T. Evans (203); and the residence at the northwest corner of Greene Street and West Walnut Lane, possibly that of John W. Parker (6120 Greene). Two women and a girl walk past the corner property. Snow covers the front yards of the houses. Trees line the street. In the foreground, bushes line the edge of the snow-covered property from which Morris photographs his view., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped lower right corner: Marriott C. Morris Photo., Manuscript note on verso: L-70., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [March 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.11]

Title: Cor. Greene St. & W. Walnut Lane G[erman]t[ow]n & N. side of Walnut Ln. W. of Greene. 3/1923
Description: Duplicate panoramic views looking north and showing the northwest corner of Greene Street and West Walnut Lane. Includes (l-r) the recent residence of the late Charles T. Evans (203 West Walnut); the residence at the northwest corner of Greene Street and West Walnut Lane, possibly that of John W. Parker (6120 Greene); and the residence of Alonzo P. Smith (155 West Walnut). Snow covers the front yards of the houses. Trees line the street. Cars travel down Greene Street and a couple walks on the sidewalk in the right of the image., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped lower right corner: Marriott C. Morris Photo., Manuscript note on verso: L-72., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [March 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.12 & 13]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. backyard 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a dark sweater sitting on a low wall at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A metal fence extends alongside a house behind him., 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: March 15, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.7]

Title: M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. backyard 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy sitting on a wooden box next to their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The house has shuttered windows and boxes lined against the wall. Morris holds a stick in his hand and wears a cap and tattered pants., 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: March 15, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.8]

Title: M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. backyard 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a cap and tattered pants piling bricks on a wooden beam at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Trees, a fence, and a large house 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: March 15, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.9]

Title: [Janet Morris]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby in a playpen in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a loose, white frock. The playpen sits on a blanket in the grass. A house is visible behind the garden., Title supplied by cataloger., 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 23, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.13]

Title: [Janet Morris]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a loose, white frock and smiles at the camera. She crawls through the grass next to a tree surrounded by a wooden bench., Title supplied by cataloger., 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 23, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.14]

Title: Janet Morris at seat around Ash Tree, 131 [W. Walnut Lane, Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby standing next to a wooden bench in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a white frock and plays with a toy on the bench. Trees and the side of the house are 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 28, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.16]

Title: 7th + Filbert Sts., [Philadelphia, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. A three-story building stands on the corner in the center with a sign reading "D.M. Shirk Dry Goods" (701 Filbert Street). To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (707-709 Filbert Street). A sign on the front of the building reads "709 Ladies' Undergarments Quindlen & Co. [...] Dresses, 707." The buildings to the left have signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Phila. Tag Co. Label & Paper Cutting" (44 N. 7th Street), "Central Trunk Factory," and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). People walk on the sidewalk while a carriage drive down the street., 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: 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.552]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] room, 6706 Cresheim Rd., [Germantown, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris seated at a desk in her room at their home at 6796 Cresheim Road. A painting of a woman and child hangs over her head. The desk, dressing table and mantle are decorated with photographs and drawings., 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.2013.13.559]

Title: 7th + Filbert Sts., [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets in Philadelphia. A three-story building stands on the corner in the center with a sign reading "D.M. Shirk Dry Goods" (701 Filbert Street). To the left stands a six-story building with a sign painted on the side that reads "Philada. Photo Electrotype Co. Designers & Engravers" (707-709 Filbert Street). A sign on the front of the building reads "709 Ladies' Undergarments Quindlen & Co. [...] Dresses, 707." The buildings to the left have signs reading, "Gold Leaf," "Phila. Tag Co. Label & Paper Cutting" (44 N. 7th Street), and "Oliver T. Terry [...] Woolens" (46 N. 7th Street). Various people walk on the sidewalk while a carriage drives down the street., 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: 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.550]

Title: Janet Morris, backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film engative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a toddler standing in the grass near a garden path at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a long white frock, cap tied with a ribbon and holds a small basket in her hands., 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.2014.42.70]

Title: Janet Morris, backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a toddler crouching in the grass in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a long white frock, a cap tied with a ribbon and holds a small basket in her hands., 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.2014.42.71]

Title: Janet walking at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby wearing a long, white frock toddling through the grass in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.52]

Title: Janet walking at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby wearing a long, white frock toddling through the grass in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.53]

Title: Janet walking at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby wearing a long, white frock toddling through the grass in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.54]

Title: Janet in baby buggy at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby wearing a knitted sweater and a cap sitting in a buggy on a garden path at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Trees and other plants grow behind the path and a house is visible in the distance., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.56]

Title: Children lined up at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing a group of boys and girls standing in a line along a garden path at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The smallest children stand on the left while the taller ones stand on the right. The girls wear white dresses with ribbons in their hair. One boy wears a sailor suit while another wears a suit and tie., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.47]

Title: Children lined up at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing a group of boys and girls standing in three lines on a garden path at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The children carry flags, the boy and girl in the front holding small American flags. The girls wear white dresses. Two of the boys wear sailor suits., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.48]

Title: Children lined up at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing a group of children sitting on a bench in a garden at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Two of the children carry American flags while a boy standing behind the bench carries a larger flag. The girls wear white dresses. Two of the boys wear sailor suits., 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.49]

Title: Janet Morris in yard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby sitting in the grass in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a loose, white frock and looks down at her feet., 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 28, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.19]

Title: Janet Morris in yard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby sitting in a carriage in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A hand dangles a set of keys in front of her as she reaches out her fist toward them., 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 28, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.20]

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 in the garden at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. He wears a 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: June 28, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.21]

Title: Janet Morris "on the 4th" 131 W. Walnut La[ne]m [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby sitting in a carriage in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a white frock and smiles. A 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: July 4, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.24]

Title: Janet Morris, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby sitting in a stroller in the yard at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane She wears a pleated dress and is wrapped in a knitted blanket and cap. A large house and pine tree are visible in the distance 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: March 15, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.1]

Title: Janet Morris, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby sitting in a stroller in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. She wears a white frock wrapped in a knitted blanket and cap. A large house and a bare tree surrounded by a wooden bench are visible in the distance 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: March 15, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.2]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. backyard 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a dark sweater piling bricks on a wooden beam at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Trees, a fence, and a large house are visible in the distance., 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: March 15, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.6]

Title: Gately & Britton, (limited,) largest installment house in Reading, no. 940 Penn Street
Description: Racist trade card promoting Gately & Britton's home furnishing store in Reading, Pa. and depicting a caricature of an African American boy sitting against a fence post eating a large slice of watermelon. Shows the boy squatting on his toes and smiling at the viewer as he holds a piece of watermelon in both hands. He has taken the melon out of a field of watermelon plants surrounded by a barbed wire fence. He is attired in a torn straw hat, blue shorts with a patch, and only the partial sleeves of a red and white striped shirt. The rest of the shirt has ripped and hangs from the barbed wire in the left. On the ground in the left is the watermelon with a slice cut from it with the handle of a knife protuding out of it. In the right is a small, white and brown dog. Edward Gately and G.M. Britton established a home furnishings store called Gately & Britton at 940 Penn Street, Reading, Pa. in 1887. The business continued operating into the 20th century., Title from item., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of advertised business., Publication information and date from copyright statement: Copyrighted 1887 by Chas. Brown., Series number on recto: C-762., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Gately [P.2017.95.68]

Title: Laird, Schober & Mitchell's shoes. Too fine to blacken!
Description: Racist trade card depicting a white boy kicking an African American shoe shine boy from behind. The white boy wears a white clown outfit with blue details, jumps rope, and kicks his left foot in the air. The shoe shiner, his back to the viewer, is propelled into the air. His top hat, shoe shining stool, and open can of shoe polish flies away from him. Laird, Schober & Mitchell's Shoes began operating in 1870. The partners included Samuel S. Laird, George P. Schober and George A. Mitchell., Title from item., Advertising text on verso: A Request, [Before] purchasing Shoes Examine Ours. Prices are now reduced and goods finest manufactured. Laird, Schober & Mitchell, 1133 Arch [Street], Philad., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Laird [P.2017.95.101]

Title: The light-running New Home sewing machine, D.S. Ewing, general agent, 1127 Chestnut St. Phila, PA
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American family riding a donkey and leaving their small cabin, which is likely located on or near a plantation. The family consists of a father, son, mother, and baby. Surrounding the family are two small dogs, two children waving goodbye on a wooden fence, a child who tugs the donkey's tail, a woman bidding the group farewell with her arms outstrethced, and a man who sits on the steps of the cabin in the background. A second cabin is visible in the background of the image behind the wooden fence. The father is attired in a yellow coat, a white and black top hat, and shoes. The son is attired in a white dotted shirt, a hat, plaid yellow pants, and shoes. The mother is attired in a yellow shirt, a white bonnet, a blue dotted shirt and shoes. She holds the baby in a wrapped blanket and gestures toward the onlookers behind her. A sign shaped like an arm with a hand pointing its index finger is situated beside the wood fence and reads "New home." In the upper right corner is a circular image of a New Home sewing machine. Daniel S. Ewing was a Philadelphia merchant who sold sewing machines at his eponymous store. The store was located in Philadelphia on Chestnut Street., Title from item., Text on recto: We's gwine to get a new home we is!, Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - New Home [P.2017.95.140]

Title: The "Gem" freezer
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American woman maid serving two bowls of freshly churned ice cream on a tray to two white children sitting at a table with a white tablecloth. The girl is attired in a yellow dress with a white and purple ruffled collar and a white ribbon in her hair. She sits with her hands folded. The boy is attired in a long sleeved purple shirt and a white bib. He holds a spoon in his right hand and reaches his left hand out toward the maid. The maid is attired in a red headwrap, gold hoop earrings, a white collared shirt with a bowtie, a blue long sleeved dress, and a white apron. On the verso of the trade card is a black and white illustration depicting a "Gem" freezer. The "Gem" freezer was manufactured by the North Brothers Manufacturing Company, which was based in Philadelphia and owned by Selden Gladwin North, Ralph H. North, and Frank H. North. The company was founded in 1878 and became a major manufacturer of various kitchen appliances., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business., Note written in manuscript on verso., Advertising text printed on verso: The "Gem" freezer. The best in practical use, because convenient, compact in size, use for smallest amount of ice and salt, run easily, freeze quickly, produce smoothly frozen creams or desserts with little bother and less work. The Pails have electric-welded wire hoops, guaranteed not to break or fall off; the cans are made of heavy tinplate with drawn steel bottoms that are guaranteed not to fall out or break and do not leak, the strongest and most durable freezer can made; the automatic twin scrapers by their positive action insure perfect scraping of frozen particles from side of can as rapidly as formed without injury to can or scrapers. All inside parts are heavily coated with pure block tin, and outside parts all thoroughly galvanized. A recipe book with complete directions for making over 100 ice creams, water ices, sherbets and other desserts packed in each freezer. W.E. Sturges, Phoenixville, PA., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - North Bros. [P.2017.95.141]

Title: J.C. Hand & Co. Fine furniture, no. 1205 Market Street, Philadelphia
Description: Racist trade card promoting the J.C. Hand & Co. and depicting a caricature of an older African American man reading a notice on a country grocery store. Shows the man with a white beard and attired in a yellow brimmed hat, a long-sleeved red shirt, red and yellow pants with patches and held up by suspenders, and black shoes. He bends forward to read the sign on the boarded up, dilapidated store. It states in the vernacular that the Johnsing & Skinner Grocery is out of business and that, “Dem as owes de firm, will settle wid me--dey de firm owes will settle wid Skinner. G.W. Johnsing." The African American man is labeled as a creditor who says in the vernacular, “I’ll hab a hundred and fifty cents on de dollar, or I’ll lick de hul firm.” In the right, the man’s donkey is tied to an orange post behind him. In the background, fenced in fields and trees are visible. J. C. Hand & Co. operated circa 1882-circa 1884 and the failure of the business., Title from item., Place of publication deduced from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from the dates of operation of the advertised business., Text printed on recto: Johnsing & Skinner Grocery. Notis—De firm of Johnsing & Skinner am resolved. Dem as owes de firm, will settle wid me—dey de firm owes will settle wid Skinner. G.W. Johnsing. Creditor of Johnsing & Skinner—“I’ll hab a hundred and fifty cents on de dollar, or I’ll lick de hul firm.”, Text and illustrations printed on verso. Illustrations depict a closed sofa bed that looks like a chair with the caption "closed," and the open sofa bed resembling a cot, captioned, "open." Text reads: J.C. Hand & Co. 1205 Market Street. Manufacturers of Patent Sofa Beds. These beds can be made up as low as $25. In Raw Silk. We have a large stock of well made Furniture at moderate Low Prices. Size of Bed, 4ft. 6x6 ft. 2. Can be made any length or width. Estimates Given. J. C. Hand & Co., 1205 Market Street., Gift of Dr. Milton and Joan Wohl., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1883]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade cards - Hand [P.2011.64.34]

Title: William Trent Papers, 1763-1789 (inclusive)
Description: The William Trent Papers describe some of Trent's land holdings and business dealings in Pennsylvania, upstate New York, Maryland, and the Ohio Valley, with several investors including John Swift, Joseph Morris, George Campbell, George Croghan, Joseph Simon, David Franks, and Thomas Smallman, among others. Among the documents is an undated “List of Books, Papers, &c being the contents of a Black Trunk, belonging to the estate of William Trent deceased” describing fifteen items and bundles of papers (none of which are contained in the McAllister Collection). Another undated document is Trent's copy of a list of twenty-eight parcels sold to Campbell, Mitchell, and Davis, which includes six tracts along Jennings Run in Maryland., 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., William Trent (1715-1787), soldier, Indian trader, and land speculator, was a prominent figure in the development of Western Pennsylvania during the second half of the eighteenth century.
Creator: Trent, William, 1715-1787?
Date: 1763
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 016, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64400#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Watson & Paul Business Records, 1792-1807
Description: The Watson & Paul Business Records contains correspondence and financial documents relating to the firm's trade arrangements with a variety of local and national vendors and merchants, as well as those in Europe and the West and East Indies. The material describes business agreements, details of the goods and specifics of their transportation and value, and occasional news of the growing and harvesting conditions, states of the market, local politics, and weather., 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., Watson & Paul was a Philadelphia firm formed by two merchants and brothers-in-law, James Paul (1770-1839) and John Watson (died 1811). They were in business from 1797 to 1811.
Creator: Watson & Paul
Date: 1792
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 004, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64760#page/1/mode/1up

Title: Independence Hall. Philadelphia 1876
Description: Busy street view showing Independence Hall during the year of the Centennial Exhibition, a celebration through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art for the centennial of the United States. Independence Hall was built 1732-1748 after the designs of Andrew Hamilton and Edmund Woolley at 520 Chestnut Street. Also shows the old City Hall built 1790-1791 after the designs of David Evans (500 Chestnut); Congress Hall built 1787-1789 (540-558 Chestnut); and the Public Ledger Building built 1866-1867 (600-606 Chestnut). Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles, including carriages, coaches, and street cars, congest the sidewalks and roadway. Couples and families promenade, a man and women travel on horseback, and a man carries a sack over his shoulder. American flags adorn most of the buildings. Also shows, in the foreground, the building at the northwest corner of Fifth and Chestnut streets (501 Chestnut) tenanted by J. E. Johnson & Co., hatter; Russell & Russell, law & collection office; Baird & Russell; and Miley's Bowling Saloon. in front of the building, a man buys a paper from one of two newsboys as another runs toward him. Another man stands in the doorway next to a display window. Building adorned with an awning advertising underwear and fine shirts. A vignette showing the Liberty Bell is printed above the image., Not in Wainwright, Philadelphia on Stone, POS 379, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 47 P 765, Thomas Hunter published several variant views, including folio-size prints commissioned in 1874 by the Centennial Board of Finance, of the Centennial Buildings after the official plans of the structures.
Creator: Poleni, T. (Theodore), 1834-1889?, artist
Date: c1876
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 47 P 765

Title: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment. Augs. Kollner designer, engraver & lithographer. Henry Camp copperplate & lithographic printer. Phoenix Block corner of Second & Dock streets Philadelphia The Public is respectfully informed this establishment offers inducements for the execution of the finest down to the coarsest work in the different branches of this business, which no other similar establishment can offer. Any order will be thankfully received and promptly executed with neatness, dispatch, and at as moderate a price as will give entire satisfaction._ Original designs, as well as copies of any description, in any manner on paper, steel, copper & stone (lithographed), also printing and transferring from steel, copper, etc. executed in a superior style
Description: Advertisement containing an ornamental border, vignette examples of Kollner's work, and several lines of advertising text for the collaboration between Camp and Kollner at the Phonenix Block circa 1849-1851. Vignettes, marked with variant Kollner imprints, include General Washington, accompanied by two of his officers, and dismounted from a horse that is managed by a black handler (Servant William Lee?); a line drawing of the Phoenix Block building; the back of an old man, possibly Franklin, dressed in colonial attire, and seated at his secretary; and a view showing a grand building, probably a Capitol, along a river on which vessels sail. Border also includes vignettes. Vignettes depict a military scene with an officer on horseback accompanied by another soldier on the shore of an ocean on which a ship sails; and a trade scene between a gentleman and a Native American reviewing a stack of goods of commerce at a pier. Advertisement also contains depictions of female allegorical figures representing probably Spring and Fall flanking two ornamented poles entwined with banners. The banners are marked with the subject matter and types of prints issued by the partners, including "Portraits, Landscapes, Animals, taken from life. Vignettes from books, drafts, music titles etc." and "Showbills, labels, architectures, machine d. maps, plans, business & visiting cards.", Not in Wainwright., pdck00001, Printed on recto: To Publishers, Manufactures, etc. A.K. has taken from nature and is in possession of upwards of 500 views of picturesque scenery from the states of Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware & Ohio., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 59, Free Library of Philadelphia: Augustus Kollner Collection - Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs Box - Lithographs-Tradesmen's Cards
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia. | Print and Photograph Collection. FLP Augustus Kollner Collection - Drawings, Etchings, Lithographs Box - Lithographs-Tradesmen's Cards

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