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Title: Minature Train at Manheim Fete
Description: Film negative showing a view of people riding a miniature train at the Manheim Fete. The Manheim Club, later known as the Germantown Cricket Club, was founded in 1854 and is the second oldest surviving cricket club in the United States. The 1912 Fete was celebrated for the benefit of the Germantown Hospital., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a]., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.497]

Title: Tally Ho at Manheim Fete
Description: Film negative showing a horse-drawn carriage surrounded by onlookers at the Manheim Fete. A man with a tri-corner hat sits on the carriage holding the reins. Three children sit next to him. Another man wearing an apron stands in front of the side of the carriage. Three boys, their faces possibly darkend with makeup and holding brushes and brooms, stand around him. The Manheim Club, later known as the Germantown Cricket Club, was founded in 1854 and is the second oldest surviving cricket club in the United States. The 1912 Fete was celebrated for the benefit of the Germantown Hospital., Inscription on negative: Old Stagecoach, Manheim 6/8/1912], Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.498]

Title: Frank Palmer as Freddy Hickenstein, [Manheim Fete]
Description: Film negative showing Frank Palmer dressed as Freddy Hickenstein in an apron and a round hat standing in a field at the Manheim Fete. The Manheim Club, later known as the Germantown Cricket Club, was founded in 1854 and is the second oldest surviving cricket club in the United States. The 1912 Fete was celebrated for the benefit of the Germantown Hospital., Inscription on negative: Frank Palmer Manheim - 6/18/1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.499]

Title: Elliston & Marriott playing trains [Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as young boys playing in the sand on the beach at Sea Girt. They wear white shirts and ties. Elliston Morris Jr. on the left drags a toy through tracks made in the sand. Marriott Morris Jr. on the right watches., Inscription on negative: Elliston + Marriott Sea Girt 6/23, 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 23, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.503]

Title: Elliston & Marriott & bicycles Villa Park, [NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys wheeling bicycles down a road next to a lake in Villa Park. The boys wear white shirts, hats, and ties. A house is visible across the lake in the background. Spring Lake was a coastal resort area popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Villa Park area was first owned and developed by William Reid and John Rodgers in 1875. Villa Park became a part of Spring Lake after the latter’s incorporation in 1892., Inscription on negative: E + M at Villa Park 6/23, 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 23, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.506]

Title: Group on rear porch, Meadow Farm, [including Jane Rhoads Morris and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. Darlington, MD]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men, women and children posed on a set of porch steps at the Meadow Farm house. The group includes Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. The women wear white blouses and long skirts. The boys wear sailor suits and the young girls wear white dresses. The man weas a suit and tie. Meadow Farm house was built between 1825 and 1830 by Isaac or Aquila Massey. A small dwelling that likely existed on this site during the revolution was incorporated into the main structure. The house went through numerous additions and alterations, including the addition of the summer porch in 1895., Inscription on negative: At Meadow Farm 8/4, 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 4, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.511]

Title: Group on see saw, Meadow Farm, [including Jane Rhoads Morris and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. Darlington, MD]
Description: Film negative showing a group of women and children, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their son Marriott Canby Morris Jr., playing on a see saw at Meadow Farm. A woman, boy, and two girls sit on the left side of the see saw while three boys sit on the right side. Jane Morris stands in the middle with her hands on either side. Meadow Farm house was built between 1825 and 1830 by Isaac or Aquila Massey. A small dwelling that likely existed on this site during the revolution was incorporated into the main structure. The house went through numerous additions and alterations, including the addition of the summer porch in 1895., Inscription on negative: At Meadow Farm 8/4, 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 4, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.512]

Title: Marriott & Janet by tandem bicycle, Cedar Mer [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' children Janet Morris and Marriott C. Morris Jr. as young children standing next to a tadem bicycle propped against a tree at Cedar Mer. Marriott Morris Jr. wears a white shirt, hat, and glasses, and uses a pump on the rear tire. Janet Morris wears a white dress and ribbons in her hair and stands to the right. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer homes Avocado and Cedar Mer. Morris left Cedar Mer to his son Marriott Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1951 after his death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Inscription on negative: Marriott + Janet Sea Girt 9/1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.520]

Title: Our Chrysanthemum beds & garden, [probably Jane Rhoads Morris at 131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing a woman, probably Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris, working in a garden at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Stone buildings stand behind the wall on the far side of the garden., Inscription on negative: 10/1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.541]

Title: Gus mowing grass. Janet near, [131 W. Walnut Lane]
Description: Film negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a young girl stands holding a rake nearby a man mowing a lawn at their home at 131 W. Walnut Lane. Another man works in a garden in the background., Inscription on negative: 10/1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.542]

Title: Mending canoe near Malaga, Nelson & Anne West & Carrie Shipley
Description: Film negative showing Nelson West, Anne West, and Carrie Shipley working on an overturned canoe near Malaga Lake in Franklin, Gloucester County, N.J. The women wear white blouses and hats., Inscribed on negative: West Shipley & Carrie S./ Morris River at Cranbery bog(?)/ 5-1912., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a]., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 25, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.485]

Title: Fete at Manheim for G[erman]t[ow]n Hospital
Description: Film negative showing a group of people, some in colonial-era costume, gathered under a canopy of trees for the Fete at Manheim. In the foreground, a woman in costume sits side saddle on a horse in the left across from an empty baby carriage in the right. The Manheim Club, later known as the Germantown Cricket Club, was founded in 1854 and is the second oldest surviving cricket club in the United States. The 1912 Fete was celebrated for the benefit of the Germantown Hospital., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a]., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 8, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.490]

Title: [Phoebe Wright's house under construction between Avocado and Oglesby's Cottage at Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Phoebe Wright's house under construction seen from a high vantage point in front of Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's house. The ocean can be seen on the right in the distance. A woman stands to the right in front of the partially-constructed house. Phoebe Wright was a prominent Quaker philanthropist. Her house was built in 1890 and was the only vacation home in Sea Girt from this time period to survive into the 21st century., Date inferred from the house under construction not being visible in photographs with similar perspectives by Morris before 1889., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.106.4]

Title: [Residence interior including a secretary and window with drapes, possibly Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of an interior, possibly at the Morris family's house, Avocado, Sea Girt, N.J. The room is furnished with various chairs, a table piled with books, and a large secretary. A man sits at the secretary facing away from the camera. A tall window with long drapes occupies the far wall. 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., See P.9895.2083., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.110.10]

Title: M[arriott] C[anby, Jr.], Libby & Ruth on tandem bicycle, Madison, Wisconsin
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' son Marriott Canby Jr., his wife Elizabeth, and daughter Ruth, riding a tandem bicycle down a path in Madison, Wisconsin. Ruth Morris sits in the front basket. All three riders wear white outfits and smile at the camera. There are tall brick buildings and foliage on the left side of the path., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1942
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.109.3]

Title: [Elliston Morris'] Store [715-719 Arch Street] from H. Heller's 2nd story window
Description: Glass negative showing a large, multi-story building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The top of the building is decorated with a pediment, half-circle window and finnials. A fire escape runs down the left facade above the neighboring building, which is under construction. The building to the right has two signs, one on the side reading "St Cloud Hotel," and one over the entrance reading, "This property for sale. 91 feet front. ...", Time: 12:10, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 8, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1094]

Title: Father's building, 715-19 Arch St. [from H. Heller's 2nd story window, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a large, multi-story building owned by Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The top of the building is decorated with a pediment, half-circle window and finnials. A fire escape runs down the left facade above the neighboring building, which is under construction. The building to the right has two signs, one on the side reading "St Cloud Hotel," and one over the entrance reading, "This property for sale. 91 feet front. ...", Same as last., Time: 2, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 8, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1095]

Title: Snow-scene. Up garden from porch door, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing the Deshler-Morris House garden at 5442 Germantown Avenue covered in snow. A large tree stands in the center of the lawn, which is surrounded by tall shrubs and other trees. A shoveled path runs next to the wall of the house on the right. 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., Same as 1076., Time: 8:45, Light: Bright sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 21, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1081]

Title: Bess & dog, Nemo, on back porch, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]. Dog is about 6 weeks old
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on the Deshler-Morris House's porch with Nemo, a small black puppy, resting on a blanket next to her. She wears a dark dress and reaches out her hand to touch the puppy's head. 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., Time: 11:30, Light: Good sunlight., The emulsion is flaking along the edges of the plate., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 24, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1083]

Title: Bess, Fannie Garrett & Helen Morris, Sea Girt, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Fannie Garrett, and Helen Morris sitting on a hammock holding hands. The women wear white, high-necked dresses. The hammock is strung up on a porch which has a large shuttered window on the left wall. Helen Morris is possibly Helen Campbell, who married Marriott Morris' third cousin James Cheston Morris in 1896., 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.9895.104.6]

Title: 715-19 Arch St[reet], Phila[delphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a five-story building owned by Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris at 715-719 Arch Street. The building has a storefront on the first level, awnings over the second story window, and the roof is decorated with a niche surmounted by a pediment and finials. A sign on the third floor reads, "Upper floors to let, 65x130, elevators & power." A horse-drawn cart rests on the road outside the building and a vacant lot surrounded by a fence stands on the right., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.13]

Title: [View of tennis court, Sea Girt, NJ. Sallie Emlen, John Cope, Pattie & Gertrude Mellor on court]
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Emlen, John Cope, and Pattie and Gertrude Mellor standing on a tennis court at Sea Girt, N.J. and holding racquets in position for a doubles game. Two of the women stand on the near side of the net wearing hats and white dresses. Cope and the other woman stand on the far side. Cope wears a light-colored shirt, trousers, vest, and hat. The other woman wears a white skirt and dark blouse and hat. The grassy court is surrounded by trees., Time: about 5:20, Same as no. 1148., 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 14, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.3]

Title: Old dam on French Creek, [Elverson, Pa.]. Geo[rge] Vaux, Anna Sharpless, Lena Goodwin with cameras
Description: Glass neagtive showing a dam made of piled stoned on French Creek in Everson, Pa. A large tree stands on the riverbank to the right. George Vaux Jr., Anna Sharpless, and Lena Goodwin stand on the dam working with two cameras on tripods. The women wear dark dresses and hats and Vaux wears a suit., Time: 12, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 20, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1069]

Title: Snow scene, looking up garden from porch door, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Ave]
Description: Glass negative showing the Deshler-Morris House garden at 5442 Germantown Avenue covered in snow. A large tree stands in the center of the lawn, which is surrounded by tall shrubs and other trees. A shoveled path runs next to the wall of the house on the right. 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., Time: 10, 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: January 6, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1076]

Title: Snow scene. Box tree & part of [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Ave, Germantown] from middle of yard
Description: Glass negative showing the Deshler-Morris House garden at 5442 Germantown Avenue covered in snow. There is a large, leafy shrub in the foreground, and the corner of the house is visible across the lawn to the left. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: First plate exposed in new 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 bicycle camera., Time: 3:20, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: January 10, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1077]

Title: [Man by fence near dirt road surrounded by trees. Probably Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road curving slightly to the left and lined with trees, probably in the yard at the Morris family home, Avocado. A man stands in the road near the wooden fence that runs along the left side., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.16.13]

Title: Avocado from road in park at rear, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the upper portion of the Morris family home Avocado, featuring a tower with a balcony and gables decorated with tracery. The lower portion of the house is obscured by trees and other foliage. A man, possibly Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, stands at a second-story balcony. 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: June 2, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.16.2]

Title: Looking down Sea Girt, creek below the mill, showing the boat, Thalatta, Sallie Emlen, Phoebe Howell & Bess in it. [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a creek at Sea Girt surrounded by branches lined with foliage. A small rowboat carrying Sarah Emlen, Phoebe Howell, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris floats on the water as branches extend over the creek and are reflected in the surface., Time: 12, Light: Good sun out., The emulsion is flaking along the left side of the plate., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 16, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1547]

Title: C[harles] B. Wright's new house at Sea Girt, [NJ] from N.E
Description: Glass negative showing Charles Wright's multi-story brick home with a manicured lawn. The three-story house has a porch, central tower, and crenellated ridgeline. The roof of another building is visible behind the houes, partially obscured by trees. A dirt road runs to the right of the house. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 7:45, 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: August 7, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1554]

Title: Group on tennis court. Ellen, Helen & Bess Morris & Fred Baker. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, third cousin Ellen Morris, and possibly his third cousin Helen Campbell Morris posed with Fred Baker in the grass in front of thick foliage. Elizabeth Morris sits on the ground while the other women sit in chairs behind her. The woman on the right reads a newspaper and holds a tennis racquet in her lap. Baker, holding another tennis racquet, stands behind the woman on the left. The women wear long patterned dresses. Baker wears a shirt with rolled sleeves and a hat., Time: 12:30, Light: no 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: August 9, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1563]

Title: [Charles & Phoebe] Wright's house from the back by the stable. Men putting on shutters. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the rear of Charles and Phoebe Wright's large four-story house. A drive lined with trees leads to the house as two men install shutters on the fourth-floor windows. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 3:15 PM, Light: good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 22, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1587]

Title: Group at head of L[ake] Hopatcong, N.J
Description: Glass negative showing Hetty Garrett, Miriam Elfreth, Lillie Allen, Alfred Maris, and Rachel Alsop posed in front of dense foliage at Lake Hopatcong. Maris and a woman holding a parasol stand while the three other women sit in the grass. The women wear long dresses with hats and Maris wears suspenders, an ascot, and a hat. Lake Hopatcong, the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, became a popular resort destination after rail service came to the area in 1882. By the 1940s and 1950s, it had become mostly residential., Photographer remarks: Hetty Garrett, Miriam Elfreth, Lillie Allen, A. Maris & Rachel Alsop., Time: 12 A.M., 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: August 15, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1574]

Title: Houses at south end of Sea Girt, [NJ], from Bluff North of Oglesby House
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a group of large houses, including Morris family home Avocado, set on a sand dune overlooking the ocean. The houses are seen from a distance across the dune with a wooden platform path in the foreground. 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: Poor neg., Time: 7:50 A.M., Light: good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 20, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1578]

Title: [Phoebe & Charles] Wright's stable from Mother's room porch, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the roof of Charles and Phoebe Wright's house with a spire on the right side taken from an upper-level porch at Avocado. The top of the roof is visible through a thick forest surrounding the building. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 8:30 A.M., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 20, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1579]

Title: [Charles & Phoebe] Wright's new house from road in Park at Sea Girt near tennis court
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road lined with wheel tracks leading to a house owned by Charles and Phoebe Wright. Only the rooftop of the house is visible through the trees that line the road. The house is made of brick and has a crenellated ridgeline. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Photographer remarks: Day of arrival at Sea Girt., Time: 5, Light: Strong sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 20, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1542]

Title: Catholic T[otal] A[bstinence] Fountain. West [Fairmount] Park
Description: Glass negative showing the fountain designed in honor of prominent Irish or Catholic Revolutionary heroes that was erected 1875-1877 by the national temperance society at Fountain Avenue and Avenue of the Republic on the Centennial grounds. The monument designed in the shape of a maltese cross by Herman Kirn contains statues of Father Theobold Matthew (Irish temperance reformer), Charles Carroll (only Catholic signer of the Declaration), Commodore Barry (Irish-born naval commander known as the Father of the American Navy), and Archbishop Caroll (first Catholic Bishop of the U.S.) mounted on fountain pedestals. The statues surround the central sculpted figure of Moses who holds the Ten Commandments. The Moses sculpture rests upon a rock-mound within a marble basin. Water flows over the rocks into a pool. The Fountain, commissioned by the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, was created as an attraction for the 1876 Centennial Exposition., Photographer remarks: Dull day. Detail not sharp. Developed at G.V.s. [George Vaux's]. Poor picture. V[arnished]., Time: 5PM, Light: Not very strong., 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 31, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.60]

Title: [700 block of Arch Street with fire ruins of Morris building]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the 700 block of Arch Street with Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris' building in ruins on the right. Horse-drawn carts travel down the brick street lined with trolley tracks and people walk down the 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: 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.59.2]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris in road, possibly somewhere near Sea Girt]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on a pile of rocks to the right of a dirt road. Trees and tall grasses grow on either side of the path. Elliston Morris wears a long jacket and holds a small book and pencil in his hands. Elizabeth Morris wears a long dark dress and a hat and holds flowers in her lap., 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 30, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.6]

Title: Our house, from magnolia tree (mag. grandiflora), Mother & Anna Rhoads in porch, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing the rear of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, a two-story home with shuttered windows, a balcony on the second floor, and porch on the first floor. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris and Morris' Aunt Beulah's neice Anna Rhoads sit on a bench on the porch. 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., Time: 11:45, Light: Good 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: April 17, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.543]

Title: Main building at Westtown, from girl's end
Description: Glass negative showing a large five-story building at Westtown Boarding School with stairs leading up to a porch on the second floor. Jonathan Willams and his wife Susanna sit on the porch near the stairs. In front of the building is a lawn with a path and trees. Westtown Boarding School, a coeducational Quaker boarding school, opened in 1799. The first building on the campus was designed by David Evans, a Quaker architect. Later buildings included Industrial Hall, built in 1869, and the new main building, built in 1888 after designs by Quaker Addison Hutton (1834-1916). The first diploma was awarded in 1862., Photographer remarks: Jonathan Williams & wife sitting on porch., Time: 12:00, Light: Very good., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 27, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.578]

Title: [Smith's house and Beach House, Sea Girt]
Description: Glass negative showing Smith's house and the Beach House seen from a distance standing on a dune. Grass grows in front of the buildings and trees grow behind. A smaller building stands to the left with empty flagpoles both in front and behind. Robert Stockton bought the land of what would become Sea Girt in 1853. After his death in 1866, developers bought the land and in 1875 the Sea Girt Land and Improvement Company took over Stockton’s old mansion, added wings to either side, and renamed it the Beach House. The Beach House was a popular hotel for many years, reopening in 1920 as Stockton Hotel. It burned down in 1965., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.13]

Title: [Smith's house and Beach House, Sea Girt]
Description: Glass negative showing Smith's house and the Beach House seen from a distance standing on a dune. Grass grows in front of the buildings and trees grow behind. A smaller building stands to the left with empty flagpoles both in front and behind. Robert Stockton bought the land of what would become Sea Girt in 1853. After his death in 1866, developers bought the land and in 1875 the Sea Girt Land and Improvement Company took over Stockton’s old mansion, added wings to either side, and renamed it the Beach House. The Beach House was a popular hotel for many years, reopening in 1920 as Stockton Hotel. It burned down in 1965., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.14]

Title: [Elliston P. Morris near road, possibly, behind Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris wearing a suit and hat standing to the left of a path among a grove of trees, possibly behind the Morris family home Avocado. Slender trees and grass grow on either side of the path., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.15]

Title: Market Square Street from library window. Old Church & Harkness House
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Market Square separating the Market Square Presbyterian Church and Fromberger-Harkness House from a brick road. Trees grow in planters on the sidewalk while grass and small shrubs grow in the square. A lamppost stands on the street corner while a horse-drawn cart waits in front of the house on the opposite side of the square. The view is seen from the second-story window of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. First called The Green, Market Square was established from land originally owned by James De la Plaine as early as 1703. As a center of community activity, Market Square contained not only market stalls but also the prison and stocks. Samuel B. Morris planted many of the Square’s original trees. Named for John Fromberger and Mary Warden Harkness, the Fromberger-Harkness House was built as late as 1795. It was occupied variously by St. Luke’s Protestant Episcopal Church (1813-1837), the Young Women’s Christian Association of Germantown (1873-1915), Mary Warden Harkness Boarding Home for Girls (1917-1941), the Germantown Fire Insurance Company (1954-1964), and the Germantown Insurance Co. (1964). Originally built as a Dutch Reformed Church circa 1710, the Market Square Presbyterian Church became a German Reformed Church by 1732. The building was razed and rebuilt in 1838-1839, and then enlarged in 1857. The congregation, led by pastor Jacob Helffenstein, withdrew from the Reformed Church in 1855, become Presbyterian in 1858. In 1888, the church was rebuilt after the designs of architect George T. Pearson. By the early 21st-century, it housed the Impacting Your World Christian Center., No. 5., Photographer remarks: Very weak., Time: 10:30, 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 12, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.99.1]

Title: [Portrait of Marriott C. Morris at the Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris with a thick mustache seated on the porch of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. He wears a suit and sits facing the camera in a three quarter length pose. A long wooden bench and a shuttered window are visible behind him. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: February 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.99.7]

Title: [Copy of Hinkle's picture of Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main Street. To send with Perot Reunion invitations]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Deshler-Morris House (later 5442 Germantown Avenue), a two-story stone house, seen from across a brick road. The house has shuttered windows and ivy climbing the walls. A boy rides a bicycle in front of the wooden fence that extends from the left side of the building. 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., Title supplied by cataloger., David Hinkle (1836-1916) was a popular studio photographer in Germantown around the 1860s., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.10.1]

Title: Front view of 6706 Cresheim Rd., Our house from meadow across Cresheim Road. Bess by tree
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' three-story house at 6706 Chresheim Road seen from across the road and a hilly field. The house has timber framing, a small porch and is surrounded by trees. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris stands next to a tree on the hillside in the foreground., Photographer remarks: Taken 5/14, 1899. Overtimed., Time: 4:30, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 14, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.12.4]

Title: [View of Victorian decorated parlor at Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a richly decorated parlor at the Morris family house, Avocado, at Sea Girt, N.J. A fireplace with a circular screen covering the hearth stands on the far wall. Various ceramics, photographs, and a large mirror decorate the mantle. A table covered with a cloth, piles of books, and a lamp sits in the center of the room next to a rocking chair. Two other chairs flank a small end table against the wall adjacent to the fireplace. 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.11.17]

Title: 7th & Filbert streets, [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the corner of Seventh and Filbert Streets. Signs are also visible for Tom Keene Cigar on an adjacent building and on the relocated Philada Photo Electrotype Co. Designer & Engravers (705-707 Filbert Street). Includes the storefronts, adorned with signs, for Rider Erickson Engine Company; H.W.B. Conrad Publishers (705-707 Filbert Street); Quindlen Company Ladies Undergarments (707-709 Filbert Street); and Lit Brothers Jobbers in Cotton & Woolen Dress Goods (714-738 Filbert Street). For Sale and For Rent signs hang from the Quindlen Company building in the left. Telephone poles and wires line the brick road. A fire escape winds down the side of the four-story building (705-707 Filbert Street) in the center of the image. Philadelphia Photo Electroype Company relocated from the Filbert Street address in January 1894., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.11.7]

Title: [Side-view of Cedar Mer with Elliston P. Morris in foreground, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Cedar Mer, the Morris famliy's multi-story house with a wide porch and multiple balconies. The house is decorated with patterned shingles on the roof, delicate tracery, and a crosshatch pattern in the railing on the porch. Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris stands in the grass in front of the house. Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall built the summer home Cedar Mer around 1875. After his death in 1882, Elliston Perot Morris bought the property. Morris left Cedar Mer to his son Marriott Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1951 after his 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.11.9]

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