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

Title: [Jane Rhoads Morris and Janet Morris near rosebush], Rose Time at 131 W. Wal[nut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and daughter Janet Morris standing next to a rosebush on the lawn at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris wears a checkered blouse, tie, and dark skirt and holds a basket full of roses in her right hand and a bloom in her left. Janet Morris carries a small bag over her shoulder and has ribbons in her hair., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.355]

Title: [Janet Morris and Elliston Perot Morris in garden], Rose Time at 131 W. Wal[nut]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris seated on a wooden bench and daughter Janet Morris standing next to him at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A basket of flowers rests to the right on the bench, which surrounds a tree. A lawn and large house stand behind the tree. Elliston Morris wears a three-piece suit and hat while Janet Morris wears a white dress., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.356]

Title: [Janet Morris and Elliston Perot Morris in garden], Rose Time at 131 W. Wal[nut]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris seated on a wooden bench and holding the hand of Morris' daughter Janet Morris at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Elliston Morris wears a three-piece suit and hat while Janet Morris wears a white dress. A lawn and large house stand behind them., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.357]

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

Title: Group in meadow at Allaire, N.J. 1884. [Father, Mother, Bessie, Sam, Anne & Mary Emlen]
Description: Photograph showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby, siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, and Anne Emlen and Mary Emlen next to a tree in Allaire, N.J. Elliston Morris stands, Mary Emlen and Elizabeth Morris lean against the tree and the others lounge in the grass. Each person looks in a different direction. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a gold border. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Photograph from negative number 343., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9986.3]

Title: 6704 & 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham
Description: Photograph showing the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris' (right) at 6706. The houses have two porches and timber framing. A woman and two children, likely Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their children Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr., stand on a path next to some shrubs on the right side of the house. A lamppost stands between the road and sidewalk., 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: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2102]

Title: Girls passing Mansion House, [Hampton Institute, Va.]
Description: Shows a group of women students, attired in white dresses, marching in lines across a lawn at the Hampton Institute. Walking in front of the women are four African American men, attired in uniforms and caps, two of which carry an American and a "H.I." flag. They march past the Mansion House, with its columned portico. In the left background, several women walk on the grass. The Hampton Institute, originally the Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School, was founded in 1868 by the American Missionary Association to provide education for freed Black citizens after the Civil War. It was built on the grounds of a former plantation, known as Little Scotland. The school was legally chartered in 1870 and accredited as a university in 1984. Notable graduates include Booker T. Washington. The Mansion House was the original residence of the plantation built in 1828., Photograph from negative number 2013.13.465., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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 24, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2121]

Title: M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. pushing J[anet] M[orris] in baby buggy toward J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris], 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris's wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their children Marriott Canby Morris Jr. Janet Morris on a garden path at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Marriott Morris Jr. wears a cap and tattered pants and pushes his siter in a carriage. Janet Morris wears a cap and is wrapped in a knitted blanket. A smiling Jane Morris wears a checkered blouse with a tie and grasps one end of a rope while Janet Morris holds the other end. Houses 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.2014.42.10]

Title: [Janet Morris in playpen]
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. Morris wears a loose, white frock and holds a block in her hand. The railing of the playpen and the garden are visible behind her., 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.2014.42.11]

Title: [Janet Morris in playpen]
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. Walnit Lane. She wears a loose, white frock and holds a block in her hands. The railing of the playpen and the garden are visible behind her., 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.2014.42.12]

Title: [Janet Morris] with Asa. S. Wing in background, [131 W. Walnut Lane, Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby propping herself up next to a wooden bench surrounding a tree at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Morris' uncle-in-law Asa S. Wing stands near the entrance to the house in the background., Same., 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.2014.42.17]

Title: [Janet Morris] with Asa S. Wing in background [131 W. Walnut Lane, Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a baby propping herself up next to a wooden bench surrounding a tree at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Morris' uncle-in-law Asa S. Wing stands near the entrance to the house in the background., Badger Album, Same., 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.2014.42.18]

Title: 1227 + 1229 Market St., [Philadelphia, PA]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of 1227-1235 Market Street. Horse-drawn carriages and carts stand on the cobblestone street. Awnings and large signs hang from the buildings. 1235 Market Street has a sign reading "[Wil]liam B. Drew, [...] and Feathers." 1233 Market Street has signs reading "Established 1831, W.P. Walter's Sons, 1233 Hardware 1233." 1231 Market Street has signs reading "Commonwealth Brewing Co., Real German Lager., Ostendorff's." 1229 Market Street has signs reading "Firmin Michel originator of the hot roast beef sandwich Lunch and Dining Room. D.C. Humphreys Adv. Sign Co., 1227 Market St., 25c Regular Dinners, Light Lunch Cafe." 1227 Market Street has signs reading "E.C. Eisenbrey's Famous Shirts., Tents and Decorations, D.C. Humphrys & Co. 1227 Signs, Headquarters for G.A.R. Decorations.", 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.2013.13.556]

Title: 1227 + 1229 Market St., [Philadelphia, PA]
Description: Glass negative a view of 1227-1235 Market Street. Horse-drawn carriages and carts stand on the cobblestone street. Awnings and large signs hang from the buildings. 1235 Market Street has a sign reading "[William] B. Drew [...] Feathers." 1233 Market Street has signs reading "Established 1831, W.P. Walter's Sons, 1233 Hardware 1233." 1231 Market Street has signs reading "Commonwealth Brewing Co., Real German Lager., Ostendorff's." 1229 Market Street has signs reading "Firmin Michel originator of the hot roast beef sandwich Lunch and Dining Room. D.C. Humphreys Adv. Sign Co., 1227 Market St., 25c Regular Dinners, Light Lunch Cafe." 1227 Market Street has signs reading "E.C. Eisenbrey's Famous Shirts., Tents and Decorations, D.C. Humphrys & Co. 1227 Signs, Headquarters for G.A.R. Decorations.", 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.2013.13.557]

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

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris], E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & J[anet] M[orris] backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris with their children Janet Morris and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. on a garden path at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris wears a long dark coat and hat and holds Janet Morris' hand. Elliston Morris Jr. stands on a ladder propped against a lattice on the left. He wears gloves, a long dark coat, and a hat. Their house with a balcony on the second floor stands behind the group., 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: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.63]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] & J[anet] M[orris], backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their daughter Janet Morris as a child standing in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Janet Morris wears a coat trimmed with fur and Jane Morris wears glasses and a topknot in her hair. A small building with lattice walls stands on the right., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 15, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.67]

Title: M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. & J[anet] M[orris] backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Phildadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris's children Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy and Janet Morris as a toddler seated in a wagon in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Marriott Morris Jr. wears breeches and a cap while Janet Morris wears a cap tied with a ribbon under her chin. A house is visible behind 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: May 9, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.68]

Title: M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. & J[anet] M[orris] backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Phildadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' children Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy and Janet Morris as a toddler in a garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Janet Morris wears a white frock and cap and sits in a wooden wagon. Marriott Morris Jr. wears a coat and hat and stands behind the wagon, holding the handle. A wooden fence and a building are visible the background., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 9, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.69]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. picking beans at 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys crouched among rows of leafy plants in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. A basket sits on the ground next to each boy., 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.2014.42.57]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] & J[anet] M[orris], garden path 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their daughter Janet Morris as a baby walking down a path in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris wears a long dress while Janet Morris wears a white frock. Various plants and a stone sundial stand behind them and two buildings 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: October 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.59]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] & J[anet] M[orris], backyard, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], G[erman]t[ow]n, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris carrying their daughter Janet Morris as a baby in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris' back is turned and Janet Morris smiles over her shoulder. The back of a house is 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: 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.61]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. "Parading", 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys carrying American flags in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Elliston Morris Jr. holds another small flag and a teddy bear in his right hand., 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.2014.42.42]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. "Parading", 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys pulling a wagon through a vegetable garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. The wagon holds leafy vegetables and two American flags. A large house and a lawn are visible in the background., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 4, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.43]

Title: Express wagon & box, [Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr.], 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing three boys, inlcuding Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., with a wagon carrying a large wooden box standing on the garden path at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Marriott Morris Jr. on the right smiles at the camera and puts his hand on top of the box. Elliston Morris Jr. and the other boy on the left pull the handle of the wagon., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 4, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.45]

Title: Janet Morris & Sarah R. Potts, Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris and niece Sarah Potts as babies sitting on the porch at Morris family home Avocado. Potts on the left holds a ball in her hands while Morris on the right cries. Both girls wear white frocks. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., 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: August 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.46]

Title: Asa S. Wing in garden, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' uncle-in-law Asa S. Wing standing near a path in the garden at Morris' home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Long stemmed flowers grow in front of him and a large house stands behind him. He wears a three-piece suit, pocketwatch chain, and small round glasses., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Jne 28, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.22]

Title: Janet Morris "on the 4th" 131 W. Wanut 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. She wears a white frock and holds a small American flag in her hands. 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.2014.42.23]

Title: Janet Morris [and Elliston Morris Jr.] "on the 4th" W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' children Janet Morris and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Janet Morris as a baby wears a white frock and sits in a carriage with an American flag in her hand and teddy bear in her lap. Elliston Morris Jr. wears a uniform and pushes the carriage across the grass., 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.2014.42.25]

Title: Janet Morris "on the 4th" 131 W. Wanut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
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 white frock and sits in the grass next to a teddy bear and an American flag. A carriage and various shrubs are visible in the background 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.2014.42.26]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. by sundial, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing next to a stone sundial in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Neat hedges and a building covered in ivy stand behind the boys., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.27]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. by sundial, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing next to a stone sundial in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Flowers grow in the foreground and their house stands in the background. A clothesline strung with linens extends from the side of the house., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.28]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr. & M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. by sundial, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing next to a stone sundial in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Flowers grow in the foreground and their house stands in the background. A clothesline strung with linens extends from the side of the house., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.29]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] with J[anet] M[orris] 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Phildelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris wearing a checkered shirt holding their daughter Janet Morris as a baby dressed in a long white frock 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: March 15, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.3]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] with J[anet] M[orris] 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris with their daughter Janet Morris at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris wears a checkered shirt and sits on a wooden box. She holds Janet Morris's hands as the baby stands unsteadily, wearing a long white frock., 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.2014.42.4]

Title: J[ane] R[hoads] M[orris] with J[anet] M[orris] 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris standing next to their daughter Janet Morris as a baby in a carriage on a path at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Jane Morris wears a checkerd blouse and holds a rope in her hand. Janet Morris wears a cap and is wrapped in a knitted blanket. Two large houses and a tree are visible beyond the path., 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.2014.42.5]

Title: M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. by sundial, 131 W. Walnut La[ne], [Philadelphia]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy standing next to a stone sundial in the garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Flowers grow in the foreground and their house stands in the background. A clothesline strung with linens extends from the side of the house., Badger Album, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 6, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.30]

Title: Cousin Geo[rge] S. Morris & Nancy [Morris] at Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' cousin George S. Morris and his daughter Nancy Morris seated on the porch at the Morris family home Avocado. George Morris wears a high, white collar and a checkered tie while Nancy Morris wears a white dress and a large bow in her hair. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., 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 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.42.32]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] Jr., Janet, M[arriott] C[anby] M[orris] Jr. on Victoria Glacier, Lake Louise, [Alberta, Canada]
Description: Photograph taken during a family trip to Canada and Washington state showing Marriott C. Morris' children Elliston Perot Morris Jr., Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris joined by a rope around their waists and standing on the Victoria Glacier in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Elliston Morris Jr. on the left and Janet Morris each hold walking sticks and Marriott Morris Jr. on the right wears a cap and glasses. Lake Louise is a glacial lake in Alberta, Canada, named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. The Victoria Glacier, located partially over Mount Victoria, was first recorded in photographs in 1897 by William Hittel Sherzer. It was subsequently photographed by Morris family friends George Jr., William, and Mary Vaux on and off from 1898 to 1912., See Janet Morris, Summer 1921, Trip West Diary, v. 1, p. 38 [P.2014.69.1]., 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 21, 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.9]

Title: [East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church Marching Band, Brown & Stevens Bank, 427 South Broad Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Full-length group portrait depicting the eighteen African American men members of the band, including the Marching Captain, standing as a group, in front of the African American owned bank, possibly during the Fifty-Third Annual Session of the Delaware Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church held at the East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church in March 1916. The men wear uniforms, including caps with insignias and jackets with braiding details. Most are posed with their instruments in hand. The band drums, one marked "East Calvary Phila, Pa.," rest at the feet of the men in the center of the group. The Captain, in the left, wears white shoes and holds a marching baton to the ground. The Brown & Stevens bank building adorned with awnings is visible in the background. Brown & Stevens, founded by partners E.C. Brown and Andrew Stevens, Jr. was the leading Black bank in Philadelphia in the the early 1900s before ceasing operations in 1925.The Delaware Annual conference was established in 1864 for African Amerian Methodists in Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic Region. East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church was under the pastorship of Charles Albert Tindley in 1916., Title supplied by cataloger., Attributed to William T. Robbins. Robbins was a Black Philadelphia photographer who photographed the members and events of the East Cavalry Methodist Church between at least circa 1916 and circa 1928. Robbins also worked as a shipping clerk between about 1920 and about 1950 as cited in U.S. Census records and city directories., Date inferred from attributed photographer and content., RVCDC
Creator: Robbins, William T., approximately 1898-, photographer
Date: [1916?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Robbins [P.2025.14.5]

Title: General Grant's voyage around the world
Description: Trade card promoting clothier Perry & Co. and depicting Ulysses S. Grant's world tour with the nationalities he visited. After Grant’s presidency ended, he and his wife Julia embarked on a world tour of nineteen countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia departing from Philadelphia in May 1877 and returning to San Francisco in September 1879. In the left, shows Grant with his wife and son Jesse, crossing a bridge and greeting a clergyman. Sailors stand in the left. Labeled groups of people stand in their native dress from left to right in a circle: Ireland; Great Britain; France (with Notre Dame); Germany; Spain; Italy (with Rome and Vesuvius); Turkey (with Constantinople); Egypt (showing the pyramids and camels); India (with Calcutta); Birma (sic) (showing elephants); Siam; China (showing palanquins and a pagoda); and Japan. In the right, a ship sails on the Pacific Ocean returning to San Francisco. A group of Americans celebrate the Grants' return and set off a cannon. An American flag flies on a flagpole., Title from item., Date inferred from date of event., Copyright statement printed on recto: Copyright by F. Moras., Text printed on verso: Reception of General Grant, Tuesday, December 16th, 1879. Route of parade. The line will move at 10:30 A.M. from a point on Broad Street, near the Junction Station, down Broad to Market, down Market to Fourth, down Fourth to Chestnut, out Chestnut (passing under the Arch erected by the city in front of Independence Hall) to Thirteenth, down Thirteenth to Pine, out Pine to Broad, down Broad to Passyunk Avenue. The General with Governor Hoyt and Mayor Stokley, will dismount on the way up at the Union League. The line will be reviewed as it countermarches on Broad Street. The line will then proceed west of the new Public Buildings to Market Street and there dismiss. Presented by Perry & Co. Fine tailors and clothiers, 609 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Purchased 2015., RVCDC
Creator: Moras, Ferdinand, 1821-1908
Date: [ca. 1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - Perry & Co. [P.2015.56.672]

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

Title: Group on porch at [Deshler-Morris House], 4782 Main St., [Germantown]. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris, cousins William Marriott Canby, George Spencer Morris and Lydia Ellicott, third cousin George Vaux, Jr., and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on Deshler-Morris House porch step at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The men sit in the center, one holding a small black dog, while the women sit on the outside of the group. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Ellicott wears a decorated hat. Various potted plants sit on the porch beneath a window in the background. 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: Group in shade., Time: 3:20, 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 6, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1283]

Title: [Group on porch at Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main St., Germantown. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris, cousins William Marriott Canby, George Spencer Morris and Lydia Ellicott, third cousin George Vaux, Jr., and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on Deshler-Morris House porch step at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The men sit in the center while the women sit on the outside of the group. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Ellicott wears a decorated hat. Various potted plants sit on the porch beneath a window in the background. Elizabeth Morris has a small black dog in her lap. 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 & the preceding made on Carbutt Eclipse 27 plates trial box., Time: 3:22, 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 6, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1284]

Title: Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, [NJ]. Father, Helen Morris, Mr. Samuel, Bess, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, Mary Taylor & Mother
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, and possibly third cousin Helen Morris, with Joseph Bunford Samuel, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, and Mary Taylor gathered for a picnic in the woods. The group sits in a semi-circle around a blanket filled with food and a picnic basket. Samuel holds a bottle and a box in his hands and Taylor holds a fan up to her face. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses and hats., Time: 2:30, 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: July 7, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1304]

Title: [Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, NJ. Father, Helen Morris, Mr. Samuel, Bess, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, Mary Taylor, & Mother]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, and possibly third cousin Helen Morris, with Joseph Bunford Samuel, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, and Mary Taylor gathered for a picnic in the woods. The group sits in a semi-circle around a blanket filled with food and a picnic basket. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses and hats., Same group as last., Time: 2:35, 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: July 7, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1305]

Title: Group in front of our cottage [Avocado, Sea Girt]. Bess, Helen Morris, Fannie Garrett & Fred Strawbridge
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, and Helen Morris, possibly Marriott Morris' third cousin, posed in front of the carved railing of the Morris family home Avocado's porch. Helen Morris and Garrett sit in the center while Strawbridge stands behind them. Elizabeth Morris sits on the grass in front of the group with a parasol on the ground next to her. Strawbridge wears a suit jacket and hat. The women wear long white dresses and Elizabeth Morris wears a hat. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Photographer remarks: Intens. 1 mo. 1889, Time: 3:15, Light: Sun out., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 8, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1307]

Title: Some's Sound looking out to sea. From half way up Robinsons Mt. [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing in the foreground Morris Leeds (Haverford College class of 1888), Sallie Carter, George Williams, Alice Calley, Abram Francis Huston (class of 1872), and Marriott Morris' second cousin once removed Anna Tatnall resting on a high cliff looking out over Somes Sound at Mount Desert Island. Other hills rise along the shoreline, forming an inlet in the distance. Alice Calley married Huston in 1889. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88, Time: 12:30, Light: Very 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: July 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1323]

Title: [Group in automobile, Sea Girt. Marrott C. Morris in front seat, Marriott Jr. kneeling in back seat, Elliston Perot and Elliston Jr. on porch]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men, women, and children, including Marriott Canby Morris and his son Marriott Canby Morris Jr., in an automobile parked in the driveway of the Morris family home Avocado. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris and son Elliston P. Morris Jr. as a boy stand on the porch. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.81]

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