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Title: Water St[reet] St. Georges from Cisterion H., [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing Water Street at Saint George island. The buildings cast shadows on the road and a man stands next to the window of a building on the left. Two other men stand in the doorway of a building on the right further down the road. The building on the left has a sign reading "Paints, Oils [...] Cement.", Time: 12:20, 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: March 30, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.923]

Title: On River Road, Schuylkill R[iver] around Flat Rock tunnel, [West Manayunk, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing River Road, a dirt road with a wooden fence on the right and a rocky cliff face on the left. Trees stand behind the fence and a telegraph pole stands at the bend in the road on the left., Time: 9:30, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 22, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.940]

Title: Royal (Mountain Cottage) Palms from road, near pillar box, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road with stone walls on either side. Tall palm trees tower over the road in the distance. A man stands in the foreground and a hores drawn carriage drives down the road in the background., Photographer remarks: Wind blowing. Undertimed., Time: A.M., Light: Sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.884]

Title: On River Road round Flat Rock tunnel, [West Manayunk, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing River Road, a dirt lined with wheel tracks. A wooden fence stands on the left with trees behind it and a rocky cliff face borders the road on the right., Time: 9:40, 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 22, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.941]

Title: In our carriage, road
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a narrow dirt road with thick foliage growing on either side and branches overhanging in the foreground. A group of buildings stands on the right side of the road. Debris piles up next to one of the buildings 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: ca. April 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.87.8]

Title: [Three cows, England]
Description: Film negative likely taken during Marriott C. Morris’ European honeymoon showing a view of three cows walking down a dirt path lined with trees and other foliage in England. A wooden fence stands on the right 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: 1897
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.18]

Title: [Unidentified road lined with trees]
Description: Glass negative showing a road lined with slender trees extending back to a line of hills on the horizon., The emulsion is discolored., 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.9895.62.13]

Title: Road thru Crescent Park, Sea Girt, N.J
Description: Glass negative showing a road curving to the right through a grassy field in Crescent Park. Trees grow to the right of the road and in the background., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.17]

Title: Junction of roads in Crescent Park, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road lined with wheel tracks in Crescent Park meeting another smaller road and curving to the right. Trees and thick foliage grow on either side of the road., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.15]

Title: Glimpse of river and ocean from road up to lighthouse, [Sandy Hook, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the ocean seen from a hilltop at Sandy Hook, N.J. A road extends down the hill with houses on the right and trees on the left., Time: 12:00, 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: August 8, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1166]

Title: [Building, possibly a school]
Description: Glass negative showing a one-story building, possibly a school, from across a dirt road lined with wheel tracks. ATrees grow in the front lawn of the school. A tall, wooden pole stands in the sidewalk next to the drive leading to the building. A two-story building stands in the background to the left., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.15]

Title: Down Pelham Road from Cresheim Road thro Pines, [Pelham]
Description: Glass negative showing a view Pelham Road, a narrow lane running perpendicular to the larger Cresheim Road. The lane is surrounded by trees and a wooden fence runs down the left side., Time: 8:20 AM, 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 5, 1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.13.3]

Title: [Road near lake], Pocono Lake, PA
Description: Film negative showing a dirt road on a causeway over the lake at Pocono Lake. A wooden fence lines the road and the sun peaks through the clouds above. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 30, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.242]

Title: [View of a road], Audubon
Description: Film negative showing a view of a dirt road extending into the distance at Audubon, Pa. A two-story house stands to the left of the road and a grove of trees stands on the right. A bicycle rests among the trees near the side of the road., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 19, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.225]

Title: [View from the road], Audubon
Description: Film negative showing wheel tracks running down a rough dirt road at Audubon, Pa. A line of trees runs perpendicular to the road and a two-story house stands in the distance., 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 19, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.226]

Title: [View of a group of houses], Audubon
Description: Film negative showing a series of two-story houses seen from a rough dirt road at Audubon, Pa. Slender trees line the road, which is lined with wheel tracks, 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 19, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.227]

Title: [View of a group of houses], Audubon
Description: Film negative showing a series of two-story houses seen from a rough dirt road at Audubon, Pa. Trees stand on either side of the road, which is lined with wheel tracks., 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 19, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.228]

Title: [View of a bicycle on a dirt road], Audubon
Description: Film negative showing a view of a bicycle standing next to a dirt road at Audubon, Pa. Thick trees line the roadside and a house is visible in the distance., 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 19, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.229]

Title: Wakefield Church from Main St. in front of Mrs. Adamsons, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Wakefield Church on the left side of Germantown Avenue, a cobblestone road with trolley tracks. A cemetery is next to the church, surrounded by a metal fence. Tall trees line the road and the churchyard. The Wakefield Presbyterian Church was built in 1873 with a bequest of land from church member William Adamson. The church originally started as a Sunday School in 1856. When the congregation grew, a new stone church building was built in 1882., Time: 4:20, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: October 4, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1371]

Title: Sam Morris at fork of roads in [Crescent] park, Sea Girt, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris with his hands in his pockets standing at the fork of a dirt road lined with wheel tracks in Crescent Park. Trees and grass grow on either side of the road., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.6]

Title: Hill on road near Heron Bay, Southampton, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a road lined with stone walls on either side at Heron Bay. A man sits on the wall on the right, gnarled trees standing behind him. A carriage drawn by a donkey carries two people down the road toward the man on the wall., Photographer remarks: Intens[ified] 5/26 '86, 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: March 28, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.908]

Title: [Cart on a dirt road, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a rear view of a horse-drawn carriage traveling down a dirt road lined with trees at Sea Girt. A man and a woman sit in the buggy., 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.2013.13.89]

Title: [Carrying a canoe, Atsion River, New Jersey]
Description: Film negative showing two men walking down a dirt path near Atison River, i.e. Mullica River. The man on the left wears a hat and holds two satchels. The man on the right carries a canoe over his head. Mullica River, also previously known as Little Egg Harbor River and Atison River, is named after Finnish settler Eric Palsson Mullica (1636-approximately 1704). The river starts in central Camden County and empties into the Great Bay north of Atlantic City., 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 18 & 19, 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.49]

Title: On road near old Squan meeting house
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road lined with foliage in Manasquan, N.J. A cart travels down the road and an open field is visible in the distance., Photographer remarks: Failure, prob. fogged., Time: 10:45, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.386]

Title: Main road in park & road to our back gate, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the intersection of two roads, the large road on the left and the smaller road on the right, behind the Morris family home Avocado. Foliage lines the edges of each road., Time: 4:50, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 27, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.380]

Title: Road by Pacolet River, back of Mcaboy's, [NC]
Description: Glass negative showing a horse-drawn cart traveling down a dirt path next to the Pacolet River. A hill rises sharply to the right of the path and trees line the left. A boy sits backwards in the rear of the cart., Time: 3:20 P.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: March 27, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1610]

Title: E[lizabeth] C[anby] M[orris] in road somewhere near Sea Girt
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris standing on a dirt road surrounded by trees, tall grass, and other foliage. She wears a long dress and a hat., 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.9895.53.5]

Title: South Valley Hill slate in the Gulf, where the Gulf Road cuts through it. From S[outh] side. [Arthur Jones standing in the road]. [Chester County, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing the steep rocky hillside of South Valley Hill on the right with a winding dirt road on the left. Trees grow along the left side of the road. A telephone pole juts out from the large rock and Arthur Jones (Haverford College class of 1885) stands on the left side of the road., Photographer remarks: Arthur Jones standing in the road., Time: 2:50, 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 30, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.581]

Title: [South Valley Hill slate in the Gulf, where the Gulf road cuts through it.] Nearer view & from N[orth], [Chester County, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing the steep rocky hillside of the South Valley Hill on the left with a winding dirt road with trees on the right., Same subject as last., Time: 3:00, Light: Good sun., The same scene as depicted in plate 581 but facing the opposite direction., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 30, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.582]

Title: View down Hamilton Harbor from entrance to Ms. Gosling's place, Pages, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Hamilton Harbor in the distance past a dirt road. The roof of a house sits on a hill below the road. The road is lined with trees and another tree grows next to the house., Photographer remarks: Wind., Time: 12:40, 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: March 6, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1396]

Title: View from Parlor window down Church Lane, [Deshler-Morris House, Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Church Lane seen from the parlor of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The brick road has trolley tracks running down the center and its sidewalk is lined with trees. A lamppost stands at the corner next to a metal fence. The window pane of the Deshler-Morris House is visible in the upper portion of the photo., Photographer remarks: A good picture but negative spoiled some by varnish., Time: 10 o'clock AM, 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 19, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.64.15]

Title: [Dogwood trees in bloom], looking down road toward Yarnall's, father standing under trees, [Haverford, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing a road lined with dogwood trees in bloom at Haverford. The road winds through a field. Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris stands under the nearest tree on the right, his hand against the trunk of the tree., Photographer remarks: Same subject as 609., Time: 4:30, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 26, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.610]

Title: Par-la-ville from Reid St. Hamilton. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a low stone wall and metal fence with the facade of Par-la-Ville barely visible through the tree branches. A tree-lined street with a horse-drawn carriage waiting is visible in the foreground. A building to the right holds a sign reading: "Jas H. Masters." Par-la-Ville was built for William B. Perot, Bermuda’s first postmaster, in 1814. The grounds became a national park, renamed Queen Elizabeth Park, while the house became the home of the Bermuda National Library and Bermuda Historical Society Museum., Photographer remarks: wind, Time: 11:00, 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: March 6, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1395]

Title: [Dirt path in woods with Elliston Perot Morris and possibly Samuel Buckley Morris]
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road lined with wheel tracks running through the forest. Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris stands on the left facing the road while Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris sits in the grass on the opposite side of the road., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: not after 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.1]

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: Barracks & street in front of them, West P[oin]t, [NY]
Description: Glass negative showing the barracks at West Point to the left of a wide road lined with trees. The four-story stone barracks has a crenellated roof and tower. The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, was originally a fort first occupied by American forces in 1778. The school was established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1802., Time: 10:50, Light: 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: September 5, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.401]

Title: [Group in a wagon], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a group of men, women, and children in a wagon on a dirt road at Egg Harbor. A donkey pulls the wagon., The negative is split and has been repaired., 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 12-14, 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.169]

Title: Sam Morris in carriage in Crescent Park, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris driving a horse-drawn carriage down a dirt road in Crescent Park. Grass and trees grow on either side of the road., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.5]

Title: [View ] thro pine trees at Allaire, [NJ], looking toward workman's houses
Description: Glass negative showing a path curving toward a small wooden workman's house at the former Howell Iron Works at Allaire, N.J. Trees line either side of the path and a fence runs along the forest on the right. A woman sits under one of the trees on the right side of the road. 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., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 8:30, Light: Fair sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 2, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1160]

Title: [Inlet from previous view, several canoes near covered pier, large Victorian edifice near roads near shore, Spring Lake, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Spring Lake with a sailboat floating in the center and various canoes docked near a boathouse. A triangular park stands between two roads to the right of the lake. Beyond the park is a large building, possibly a church, featuring a tower with a spire and stained glass windows., 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.9895.9.5]

Title: Our cottage [Avocado] from S. from road in Park, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado in the distance past a dirt road lined with trees. Above the trees the roof and tower of Avocado are visible. 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., Time: 4, 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 8, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1204]

Title: Gate & entrance road, Allaire, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a road with an open gate at the former Howell Iron Works at Allaire, N.J. The road winds into the distance and is lined with trees on either side. A man stands to the right of the road and a horse-drawn cart comes down the road in the distance. 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., Time: 12:25, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.342]

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: [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: Looking toward mill & pond from N. from road to Spring Lake, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road surrounded by foliage. A horse-drawn carriage and three men stand on the road in front of a small bridge. Part of a mill is visible between the foliage at the end of the road., Time: 4:30, 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 11, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.686]

Title: [Cart carrying canoes and people], canoeing, Egg Harbor River, NJ
Description: Film negative showing a horse-drawn cart carrying four men and two canoes traveling down a dirt road at Egg Harbor. Trees and other foliage grow on either side of the road., October 9 & 10, 1908., 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.2013.13.323]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. on a path], Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as boys standing at the edge of a dirt road at Sea Girt. They wear wide-brimmed hats and ribbons around their necks. Trees and thick foliage line the road., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.301]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. on a path] Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Marriott Canby Morris Jr. and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as boys walking with their backs turned on a dirt road at Sea Girt. They wear short pants and hats. Trees and thick foliage grow along the sides of the road., August & September, 1908., 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: 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.302]

Title: Street in St. Georges, Elwell on wall, Public garden on left, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a narrow street lined with stone walls on Saint George Island. Godet Elwell sits on the wall in front of a house. A Black woman, attired in a brimmed hat with a ribbon and a plaid shawl, stands behind the wall and looks at the viewer. A young Black child sits on the wall between them. A Black girl, attired in a brimmed hat, a white dress, a shawl, and shoes, stands behind Elwell. Behind the family, a sheet and clothes, hang on a clothesline and on a bush. More buildings line the road in the right., Time: P.M., Light: Faint 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 12, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.853]

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