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Title: Rambles on the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Landscape view shows large boulders or rock formations on the banks of the Wissahickon Creek. A man stands leaning against one of the large rocks., Title and photographer from manuscript note on verso., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Storey, John, photographer
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Storey - Parks [P.9047.52]

Title: In park at Philadelphia
Description: Print containing 4 titled views of landscapes in Fairmount Park. Includes "Near Fountain Green"; "Near Columbia Bridge" (2 views); and "On Wissahickon." All the images include trees and rock formations. Three include one or more park visitors. Fountain Green, built around 1781, was the estate near the Schuylkill River (East Fairmount Park) originally settled by John Mifflin around 1679. It became a tavern and picnic site for Engel and Wolf Brewery around 1849. The mansion was torn down in 1871. "Near Columbia Bridge" views do not contain the Columbia Railroad Bridge, one of the oldest railroad bridges in the United States, completed in 1834., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 373, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 18 K 81, Includes registration mark., Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 18 K 81

Title: [In Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Landscape views showing "Below Girard Bridge, East"; "East of Girard Bridge (1857)"; and "Ravine near Reservoir East." Views contain a horse-drawn wagon and man on horseback crossing the Old Girard Avenue Bridge; park visitors, including children; vessels on the Schuylkill River; rock formations; and trees. The old Girard Avenue Bridge was built in 1855 and razed in 1871., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 372, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 61 K 8346.87, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 61 K 8346.87

Title: Cave near Lewistown
Description: View showing a man standing at the mouth of a large cave below a massive rock formation near Lewistown, Pennsylvania., Title on negative., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Views [P.9568.1]

Title: The shaded nook
Description: View of two women attired in capes and hats sitting on rocks in a shaded nook., Title from photographer's label on verso. Also lists thirty-six other titles in series (No. 362-397)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett, George O., photographer
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett - Views [P.9168.3]

Title: In Wissahickon Valley, Fairmount Park, Philada
Description: Lithograph showing two men standing and sitting on large boulders surrounded by trees in the Wissahickon section of Fairmount Park., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.8]

Title: Near Sweet Briar, West Phila
Description: Etching showing a stream flowing over large rocks near Sweet Briar in West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note in pencil on print., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.21]

Title: Marshall's Falls, near Delaware Water Gap, Pa
Description: Views depict a waterfall flowing from large rock formations into a stream in the Delaware Water Gap., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on labels pasted on versos., Manuscript note on publisher's label of one item [P.8709.2]: Marshall's Falls, near Del. Water Gap, Pa., Imprint of distributor, Johnson & D'Utassy, photographers, pasted over publisher's label on verso of two items in series [8248.F.6 and P.9462.11]: (formerly Johnson, Williams & Co.), 952, 954, 956 Broadway, New York, corner Madison Square, opposite Fifth Avenue Hotel, and Kittatinny House, Delaware Water Gap, Pa., Yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Views [8248.F.6; P.8709.2; and P.9462.11]

Title: Distant view of Natural Bridge. From hill to S., [Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing a landscape view of a forested hillside with the Natural Bridge in the center. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors., Time: 11:40, Light: Good sun., The emulsion is flaking away 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: October 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1053]

Title: Bits of nature and some art products in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet of landscape views showing "Below Girard Bridge, East"; "East of Columbia Bridge"; "Above Columbia Bridge"; "Ravine near Reservoir East"; "At South Laurel Hill"; "Belmont Prospect (1848)"; "East of Girard Bridge (1857)";"West of Wire Bridge (1842)"and "Above Girard Bridge East." Includes a man on horseback approaching the residence, on the plateau, at Belmont, the former estate of Judge Richard Peters; a distant view of the Columbia Bridge (completed 1834) across the Schuylkill River; a horse-drawn wagon and man on horseback crossing the Old Girard Avenue Bridge; a mule driver in front of a hotel, possibly the Upper Ferry Tavern, near the Wire Bridge; park visitors, including children; vessels on the Schuylkill River; cliffs; a cascading brook; rock formations; and trees. Belmont was the country seat of Peters until his death in 1828. The old Girard Avenue Bridge was built in 1855 and razed in 1871. The Wire Bridge at Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 56, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 81 Z 99, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bc 81 Z 99

Title: Bits of nature and some art products
Description: Landscape views showing "At South Laurel Hill"; "East of Columbia Bridge"; and "West of Wire Bridge (1842)" in Fairmount Park. Includes a mule driver in front of a hotel, possibly the Upper Ferry Tavern, near the bridge; park visitors; vessels on the Schuylkill River; rock formations; trees; and a cascading brook. The Wire Bridge at Fairmount, the first suspension bridge in the United States, was built from 1841-1842 after the designs of engineer Charles Ellet, Jr. It was removed in 1874., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 56a, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 61 K 8346.85, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 61 K 8346.85

Title: Natural Bridge from below, down bed of Cedar Creek, [VA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Natural Bridge extending over Cedar Creek. Trees and other foliage line either side of the creek, which has a rocky streambed. The Natural Bridge extends up the right side of the frame. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 10:10, 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 13, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1037]

Title: Glacial scratches on rocks under Kittatinny House, [Delaware Water Gap]
Description: Glass negative showing a jagged cliff face with glacial scratches. Rail road tracks run parallel to the cliff. A man and woman stand at the base of the cliff., Photographer remarks: Very dark. In neg. preserver. Intens., Time: 6:30 P.M., Light: Not very strong., Bottom edge of the plate is rough and unfinished., 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 30, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.275]

Title: Natural Bridge, from path down [from seat on path leading down under it, Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Narual Bridge, a natural stone archway with Cedar Creek running underneath. Either bank is covered in trees and other foliage, and a high cliff face rises from the left side of the river. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 19:55, Same position as No. 1038., 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 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1050]

Title: Natural Bridge [from seat on path leading down under it, Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Natural Bridge, a natural stone archway with Cedar Creek running underneath. Either bank is covered in trees and other foliage, and a high cliff face rises from the left side of the river. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors., From same place as last., Photographer remarks: Good neg., Time: 10, The negative is dark and the emulsion has begun to flake along the upper edge 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: October 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1051]

Title: Natural bridge from bed of stream, [Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Natural Bridge, a natural stone archway with Cedar Creek running underneath. Either bank is covered in trees and other foliage, and a high cliff face rises from the left side of the river. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 10:10, Just below where last was taken., 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 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1052]

Title: Distant view of Natural Bridge, [Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing a landscape view of a forested hillside with the Natural Bridge in the center. Cedar Creek is visible in the foreground. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors., Photographer remarks: Upright on plate. Undertimed., Time: 11:50, From a point further W. than last., 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 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1054]

Title: Balanced Rock, Mt. Desert [Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing a man and a woman sitting on a jagged rock outcropping looking over a valley at Mount Desert Island. The man wears a suit and hat and the woman wears a dark dress and hat. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., 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 18, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.11]

Title: Nat[ural] Bridge from hillside up-stream, [VA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Natural Bridge, a natural stone archway with Cedar Creek running underneath. A small wooden walkway crosses the river, leading to the lower right corner of the archway. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors., Photographer remarks: Developed at Natural Bridge., Time: 5:10, Light: Sun almost down., 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 13, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1042]

Title: Point of Rocky Island, Spanish Point, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a rocky cliff with a natural archway. A rowboat leans against some boards on the shore in the foreground with the ocean in the distance., Time: 11:00, 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: March 25, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1459]

Title: Looking through Natural Arch, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing an arch shaped rock formation spanning a beach. A woman is seen through the arch standing among the rocks on the shore, while another sits nearby., Time: 11:50, 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: March 23, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1446]

Title: Looking through Natural Arch, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing an arch shaped rock formation spanning a beach into a body of water. Two women are seen through the arch standing on the rocky shore., No. 2., Time: 12:00, 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 23, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1447]

Title: Rocks on West coast of Ireland Island near Moondynce wharf, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a a rocky cliff on the coast of Ireland Island with a boulder balancing at the edge of the outcropping. The shoreline continues on the left as the ocean extends into the distance., Photographer remarks: A little overtimed., Time: 1:30, 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: March 13, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1417]

Title: The scenery of the Northern Central Railway. Watkins Glen
Description: Part of a series of views showing the ravines, waterfalls, rock caverns and formations at Watkins Glen, a popular New York tourist site at the southern end of Seneca Lake along the Northern Central Railway. The railroad, consolidiated and named the Northern Central Railway in 1855, was purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1863 and provided service from Baltimore to central New York. Watkins Glen, a gorge formed from glaciers, served as a privately operated tourist attraction from circa 1864 -1906 when the site was converted into a state park., Views depict: the Entrance Gorge; Entrance Cascade; Entrance Amphitheatre; the waterfalls and ravine of Glen Alpha; the waterfalls, ravine, and creek near Glen Cathedral; the waterfalls at Minnehaha; Mammoth Gorge; Rainbow Falls; an erosion-sculpted pool at Frowning Cliff; Shadow Gorge; the Artists's Dream Gorge; the Giant's Gorge; and the chalet-style hotel, the Swiss Cottage. Many of the views include the wooden stairways and bridges used to traverse the gorge. Several of the views also include tourists visiting the site., Series title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Series numbered. Collection contains: 1200; 1202; 1203; 1205-8; 1215; 1218-20; 1222; 1250; 1258; 1261; 1263-64; and 1279., View #1279 contains distributor's label on verso: From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 19 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Family groups taken for the stereoscope, and photographs in all its branches., Gift of Anna S., James H., Anthony M., Cynthia C. Maier and Marianna M. Thomas., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator: Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.9844.1-17; P.9734.5]

Title: Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet containing 2 views of landscapes in Fairmount Park titled "In Robert's Hollow oppst. Laurel Hill" and "Ravine below Laurel Hill, Philada." Views include waterfalls, brooks, rocky cliffs, spectators, trees, and animal life. Spectators include young men and a boy., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 234, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 81 L 372, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Roberts Hollow, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Ravine

Title: Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Uncut sheet containing 2 views of landscapes in Fairmount Park titled "In Robert's Hollow oppst. Laurel Hill" and "Ravine below Laurel Hill, Philada." Views include waterfalls, brooks, rocky cliffs, spectators, trees, and animal life. Spectators include young men and a boy., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 234, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 81 L 372, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Roberts Hollow, Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 81 L 372 Ravine

Title: Schuylkill River below the falls, Fairmount Pk. Phila
Description: Lithograph showing a man with a book sitting on a large rock near a towering rock formation on the edge of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Includes a dog curled up on the ground nearby, people in rowboats on the river, and a dwelling on the edge of the river in the right background., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Kollner advertised four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." in 1878. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Kollner [*Am 1878 Kol, 2086.F.6]

Title: The scenery of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road
Description: Scenic views showing the Horse Shoe Curve and Pack Saddle along the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Views also show locomotives, men posed on rock ledges, including one labeled "Sit Box," railroad tracks, and townscape., Series title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Three of the series numbered. Collection contains: 341; 517; 703., Two of stereographs inscribed on verso: T.N. Haskill., Gift of Jessy Randall., Created postfreeze., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867.
Creator: Purviance, William T.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Views [P.2005.19.1-4]

Title: Balanced rock near Hungry Bay, South Shore, [Paget, Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a large rock balanced precariously on the stone-filled shoreline at Hungry Bay. Low grass grows among the stones in the foreground and the ocean extends into the background., Time: cir. 12, 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.9895.889]

Title: Natural Bridge, [VA], from seat on path leading down under it. G[rand] A[rmy of the] R[epublic] sign on hill
Description: Glass negative showing the Natural Bridge extending up the left side and over the center of Cedar Creek with a rocky streambed with trees and other foliage lining either bank. A sign reading "Welcome GAR Post 15" is visible under the bridge in the distance. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors. The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization founded in 1866 for veterans of the Union forces in the Civil War. The politically influential group contributed to the elections of five presidents and began the tradition of Memorial Day in 1868. The group dissolved in 1956 after the death of its last member Albert Woolson. It was succeeded by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War in 1881., Photographer remarks: Undertimed. Devel. at Nat. Bridge., Time: 10:35, There is a hole in the emulsion near the center 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: October 13, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1038]

Title: Turtle Rock, Overlook Mt. [Catskills]
Description: Glass negative showing Turtle Rock, a rocky outcropping surrounded by trees on Overlook Mountain., Photographer remarks: Pretty good print. Not focussed[sic] in corners very well. Varnished., Time: 5:00 PM, 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: July 24, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.21]

Title: Great Glacial Scratch, near Table Rock. Kittatinny Mt., [Delaware] Water gap
Description: Glass negative showing a lanscape scene featuring glacial rock formations surrounded in foliage and trees at Kittatinny Mountain., Time: 9:20, 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: June 30, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.273]

Title: Pulpit Rock, near [Delaware] Water Gap, Prof. [H. Carvill] Lewis standing near rock
Description: Glass negative showing Pulpit Rock, a large rock formation surrounded by trees. A man wearing a hat sits on top of the rock and H. Carvill Lewis stands below it. Lewis was a geologist and mineralogist who taught at Haverford College beginning in 1833., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 10:30, Light: No sun on rock., 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 3, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.282]

Title: Iron Duke, Overlook Mt. From E. [Catskills, NY]
Description: Glass negative showing a jagged cliff face on Overlook Mountain with rolling hills in the distance., Photographer remarks: One corner of plate flogged. V, Time: 12:20, 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., The upper left corner of the negative has been discolored., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.420]

Title: Iron Duke [Overlook Mt. From E. Catskills, NY]
Description: Glass negative showing a jagged cliff face on Overlook Mountain with rolling hills in the distance., Photographer remarks: Intens. 1,10,'85. Retouched 1, '85., Time: 9:30, Light: Sun out faintly., Same as No. 420., The negative is very light with scattered red flecks covering 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: September 13, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.424]

Title: Natural Bridge & hotels from [hill to south and west] of bridge. [Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Natural Bridge on a forested hillside with a series of hotels occupying the ridge on the right side of the photograph. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors., From same hill., Time: 12, 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 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1055]

Title: Rock cut on road near Ogdensburg, N.J
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road leading through rocky hills. Emily Borton and Robert Mickle lean against a steep cliff face on the right side of the road. Rolling hills are visible in the distance., Photographer remarks: Emily Borton & Rob. Mickle in road, Time: 9:20, Light: Good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 12, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1567]

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: Balanced rock at Hungry Bay, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a rocky cliff with a boulder balancing at the edge of the outcropping at Hungry Bay. The ocean waves are visible behind the boulder., Different view looking up coast., Time: 11:40, 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: March 16, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1420]

Title: Balanced rock at Hungry Bay, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a rocky cliff with a boulder balancing at the edge of the outcropping at Hungry Bay. The ocean waves are visible behind the boulder., Time: 11:00, 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: March 16, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1418]

Title: Balanced rock (nearer), [at Hungry Bay, Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a rocky cliff with a boulder balancing at the edge of the outcropping at Hungry Bay. The ocean waves are visible behind the boulder., Photographer remarks: Under developed., Time: 11:10, 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: March 16, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1419]

Title: In Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Landscape views showing "Belmont Prospect (1848)"; "Above Girard Bridge East"; and "Above Columbia Bridge." Includes a man on horseback approaching the residence, on the plateau, at Belmont, the former estate of Judge Richard Peters; a distant view of the Columbia Bridge (completed 1834) across the Schuylkill River; park visitors; cliffs; rock formations; and trees. Belmont was the country seat of Peters until his death in 1828., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 372a, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 61 K 8346.86, Kollner advertised in 1878 four volumes of small folio pictures, including "Bits of Nature and Some Art Products, in Fairmount Park ..." Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist
Date: [ca. 1878]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 61 K 8346.86

Title: The Wolves
Description: Frontal view of statue of wolves atop boulder. Surrounding scenery is composed of trees and shrubbery.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.15d]

Title: Views of Tuckerman's Ravine and Mount Washington, White Mountains, New Hampshire, 1861-1862
Description: Series of titled views documenting the landscape of the White Mountains in New Hampshire include, "Pillar of snow, Tuckerman's Ravine, August 28, 1861," "Mt. Washington Carriage Road, at ledge--looking down," and "Interior of snow arch--Tuckerman's Ravine, August 14, 1862". The mountains, spilt by the Crawford Notch, comprise two ranges named Presidential (east) and Franconia (west). The scenic mountains inspired the 19th-century "White Mountain School" of painting and the publication of several series of stereographic views in the mid to late nineteenth century., Views show Mount Washington, part of the Presidential Range, and Tuckerman's Ravine, located on the east side of Mount Washington. They include three men surveying a large block of ice in the ravine; a horse-drawn carriage pulling a man up an inclined dirt-road; and an expedition party sitting and standing with walking sticks from the interior of a cave filled with rocks., Title supplied by cataloger., Titles of individual stereographs printed on mounts., Photographer's imprint printed on versos., Pale yellow mounts with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Soule maintained photographic studios on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts ca. 1861 to 1882 before relocating to Seattle, Washington.
Creator: Soule, John P., 1828-1904
Date: [ca. 1861-1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Soule - Views [P.9022.12-14]

Title: Turtle Rock, [Catskills, NY]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris leaning against Turtle Rock, a large boulder on Overlook Mountain. Morris wears a hat and a suit, and holds a book in his hands., Photographer remarks: Under, Time: 5:15, Light: No sun., A little further off than #423., 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 13, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.429]

Title: Rock with Marriott [most likely Marriott C. Morris]. Overlook Mountain, Catskills
Description: Glass negative showing a man, most likely Marriott C. Morris, standing on a rocky cliff looking out over a forested valley at Overlook Mountain. Another rock formation juts out from the cliff face above the man and trees grow on the slope behind him., No. 4., Photographer remarks: Fair, not very good., Time: 11 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: August 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.91.3]

Title: Below Haines Falls, [Catskills, NY] with Sam[uel Buckely Morris]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris sitting on a series of large rocks covering a streambed below Haines Falls. Trees grow on the slope behind the stream., 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. 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.91.6]

Title: Big rock on Overlook Mt. Sam [Morris] by rock. [Catskills, NY]
Description: Glass negative showing a large boulder at the edge of a path surrounded by trees on Overlook Mountain. Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris leans against a tree branch near the boulder., Photographer remarks: Underexposed. V, Time: 12:35, 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: September 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.421]

Title: North Conway & White Mountain scenery
Description: Portion of the series published by North Conway photographer Nathan W. Pease in 1870 documenting the landscape of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The mountains, spilt by the Crawford Notch, comprise two ranges named Presidential (east) and Franconia (west). The scenic mountains inspired the 19th-century "White Mountain School" of painting and the publication of several series of stereographic views in the mid to late nineteenth century., Views show the Crawford Notch; Middle Montain (North Conway); Diana's Baths waterfall (North Conway); the Flume gorge with Pendent Boulder (also known as the "Great Hanging Boulder") at Franconia Notch; Crystal Cascade waterfall at the Pinkham Notch; Glen Ellis Falls; and the carriage road and "half-way house and ledge" on Mt. Washington. Views also show a stream, cliffs, trees, and a couple., Titles printed on mounts., Photographer's imprint printed on versos., Yellow mounts with rounded corners., Series numbers: 26, 53, 128, 149, 151, 165., Seven of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views., Described in "Stereoscopic Views and Photographs." Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 1 (Sept. 1870), p. 165., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Pease established his New Hampshire photographic studio in 1858.
Creator: Pease, Nathan W., 1836-1918
Date: [1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Pease - Views - White Mountains [5739.61c-d; 5739.F.61h; 5739.F.62a-c; 5739.F.62e; P.9022.15]

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