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Title: [Three] colored boys with banjos back of Swannanoa Hotel, Asheville, [NC]
Description: Glass negative showing three young African American men posing in front of a wooden fence behind the Swannanoa Hotel. In the left, the man, attired in a cap, a scarf, a waistcoat, a jacket, pants with the bottoms rolled up, shoes, and a wedding ring, smiles and looks at the viewer as he holds a banjo. In the center, the shorter, young man, attired in a brimmed hat, a white shirt, a checked jacket, a coat, pants, and shoes, smiles and looks at the viewer with his hands in his coat pockets. The man in the right, attired in a cap, a collared shirt, a tie, a scarf, a waistcoat, a jacket, striped pants, and shoes, looks at the viewer and holds a banjo., Time: 10 A.M., Light: Fair sun., 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: March 28, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1611]

Title: [Half-length portrait of James Rodgers]
Description: Glass negative showing a half-length portrait of James Rodgers. Rodgers, attired in a cap, a white collared shirt, a patterned tie with a pin, a waistcoat, and a jacket, sits on a wooden bench in a garden facing slightly left. Trees and the rear of a house are visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.87.9]

Title: Old darkey & donkey cart, on road at head of Hamilton Harbor, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a older black man driving a cart drawn by a donkey down a dirt road near Hamilton Harbor. The road winds back over a bridge and is lined with trees., Photographer remarks: Undertimed badly., Time: A.M., Light: Sun., The emulsion has started to flake off on the right 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: March 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.886]

Title: [Emma Louisa Gutekunst as the "Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe"]
Description: Full-length portrait of Emma Louisa Gutekunst depicted as the Mother Goose character, the old woman who lived in a shoe. She wears her hair in bangs and is attired in a long-sleeved dress with a white collar and cuffs. She stands inside an oversized shoe and holds a doll in her right hand. A variety of different sized dolls are all over the shoe and also on the floor, including two African American dolls., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from active dates of the photographer at the address and depicted age of the sitter., Photographer's imprint on verso: F. Gutekunst, 712 Arch St., Philadelphia., Manuscript note written on verso: F. Gutekunst's daughter as the "Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe" (photo he gave me, together with childhood picture of Adelina Patti)., Gift of David Doret, 2017.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection – Photos [P.2017.120.140]

Title: Quarries near Pitt's Bay. Men with tools. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing three Black men working in a quarry with high cliffs and piles of rocks on the ground near Pitt's Bay. In the foreground, the Black man, wearing a beard and attired in a brimmed hat, a white collared shirt with the cuffs unbuttoned, dark-colored pants, and shoes, stands holding a large saw in both hands pointed at a stone on the ground, which he props his right foot on. On the ground in front of him is another saw. In the background, two Black men, attired in brimmed hats, white collared shirts, aprons, pants, and shoes, stand and hold a large metal pole, which they chisel into the cliff., Time: 11:45, Light: Good sun., 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: March 27, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.896]

Title: Pitt's Bay from road, near quarries, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing Pitt's Bay with a small sailboat and buildings lining the right side. A road runs above the harbor with a low stone wall. A Black man, attired in a cap, a white shirt, a jacket, pants, and shoes, sits on the wall and carries a stick in his right hand. On the ground beside him is a dog and a picnic basket., Time: 12:10, Light: Good sunlight., 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: March 27, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.898]

Title: Calabash tree near Church Caves. [Two] colored boys under it. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing two Black boys standing under a large calabash tree with gnarled branches. In the center, the boy, attired in a brimmed hat, a jacket, and pants, puts his right hand in his pocket and smiles at the viewer. In the right, the boy, attired in a cap, a white buttoned shirt, a jacket, and pants, holds a stick in his hands and looks at the viewer., Time: 9:00, Light: No sun, good light., 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: March 24, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1451]

Title: Group of colored boys near the Church Cave,. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of five Black boys in front of thick foliage. Four boys stand while another boy sits in the grass. The boys are attired in caps or hats, shirts and jackets, and pants. Three are visibly barefooted. The boy in the right holds a large stick, and the boy in the left holds a twig with leaves on it., Time: 3:15, Light: Fair sun., 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: March 23, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1450]

Title: David Murray, our waiter at Haverford [College] & his wife at door of Gym
Description: Glass negative showing African American waiter David Murray and his wife posing in a doorway at Haverford College (founded 1833). In the left, Murray, attired in a white collared shirt, a tie, a waistcoat, a jacket, pants, and black shoes, stands placing his left hand on the back of the chair his wife sits in to the right and slightly in front of him. Mrs. Murray, wearing her curly hair tied behind her head and attired in hoop earrings, a long-sleeved checkered blouse with a white lace collar and decorative buttons running down the middle, a dark-colored skirt with ruching at the bottom, and dark-colored shoes, sits with her hands on her lap. David looks at the viewer while Mrs. Murray faces slightly left., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 11:10, Light: Faint 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., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 29, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.611]

Title: Midway Plaisance-Dahomans
Description: Lantern slide showing a group of barefooted Black men Dahomans carrying a man in a fabric litter during the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The four men rest the wooden beams on top of their heads on head pads and hold their hands above their heads to support the beams. In the front left, the barechested man is attired in a necklace and a floral patterned sarong. In the front right, the man is attired in a sleeveless shirt with an American flag print, a belt with a pouch, and knee-length white shorts. In the right rear, the man is attired in a sleeveless white shirt, knee-length shorts, and an arm bracelet. In the background, white men and women spectators look on. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people, a Gbe ethnic group., Contains MCM stamp. Title printed on label., 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: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2169]

Title: Aunt Phebe at Mcaboy's, Polk Co. North Carolina
Description: Glass negative showing Phebe Mills, an older African American woman, sitting on the porch steps of the McAboy House. She is attired in a striped bonnet, a long-sleeved shirt with buttons down the front and a tie across the waist and a long skirt with ruffles at the bottom. She sits with her hands folded in her lap and looks slightly to the right. Beside her on the step lies a package wrapped in cloth. A white man, wearing a white beard and attired in a suit, sits in a rocking chair on the porch and looks towards her. Also visible is a shuttered window and an open doorway. Phebe Mills, born circa 1806, was married to Pauldo Mills, a farmer on the Columbus Mills Plantation. Originally owned by John Mills, this plantation was bought by Dr. Leland Reid McAboy in 1872 and became an inn known as the McAboy House., Time: 12:30 P.M., Light: Fair sun., 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: March 27, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1604]

Title: Aunt Phebe, Mcaboy's, N.C
Description: Glass negative showing Phebe Mills, an older African American woman, sitting on the porch steps of the McAboy House. She is attired in a long-sleeved shirt with buttons down the front and a tie across the waist and a long skirt with ruffles at the bottom. She sits with her hands balls and folded in her lap and looks slightly to the right. Beside her on the step lies her striped bonnet. A white man, wearing a white beard and attired in a suit, sits in a rocking chair on the porch and looks towards her. Also visible is a shuttered window and an open doorway. Phebe Mills, born circa 1806, was married to Pauldo Mills, a farmer on the Columbus Mills Plantation. Originally owned by John Mills, this plantation was bought by Dr. Leland Reid McAboy in 1872 and became an inn known as the McAboy House., Same as last., Time: 12:30 P.M., Light: Fair sun., 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: March 27, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1605]

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