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- Title
- [Four canoes on the river], Rancocas Creek, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing four canoes floating down Rancocas Creek. Trees line the riverbank with their branches hanging over the water. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 13, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.250]
- Title
- [Four canoes on the] Rancocas Creek, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing four canoes each carrying two people down Rancocas Creek. Trees line the riverbank. A covered wooden dam stands in the background. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 13, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.251]
- Title
- [Launching the canoes], Rancocas Creek, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing a group launching two canoes from a wooden dock onto Rancocas Creek. Each canoe carries a man and a woman. The women wear white blouses with dark skirts and hats. Three more canoes stand near the dock. A bridge over the river is visible in the background. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 13, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.252]
- Title
- [Four canoes on], Rancocas Creek, NJ
- Description
- Film negative showing four canoes holding two people each traveling down Rancocas Creek. Trees line the riverbank with their branches extending over the water. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 13, 1908
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.253]
- Title
- [Group in a canoe], Wood Hill Farm, [Rancocas, NJ]
- Description
- Film negative showing a man and four girls in a canoe on Rancocas Creek. The man holds an oar and maneuvers the boat in the fast flowing water. A boy with only his head visible swims next to the canoe. The Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River located in south-west New Jersey., 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 29, 1909
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.351]
- Title
- Old Philadelphia Views Album
- Description
- Album of photographs, predominately half stereographs, of landscape views of Philadelphia and Bucks County. Images include views of Frankford Creek, Tohickon Creek, Wissahickon Creek, Tacony Creek, Pleasantville, Crescentville, Germantown, Fairmount Park near the water works, and winter scenery. Also contains photographs of Stenton, Woodlands Cemetery, the Desilverwood Estate (Holmesburg), the Burd family monuments at St. Stephen's Church (Philadelphia), the city garden of Joseph R. Evans (329 Pine Street), Atlantic City, and Richmond, Va. Images include trees, creek banks, rocks, waterfalls, dams, bridges, mills, and farm land. Many also include posed figures, including a man, probably one of Moran's artist brothers Edward or Thomas, painting in a ravine and scenes titled "Student at Work"; "Autumn in the Woods - burning leaves"; and "Sit up Sir" showing a man with a dog.
- Title
- Old Philadelphia views 1861
- Description
- Album of photographs, predominately half stereographs, of landscape views of Philadelphia and Bucks County. Images include views of Frankford Creek, Tohickon Creek, Wissahickon Creek, Tacony Creek, Pleasantville, Crescentville, Germantown, Fairmount Park near the water works, and winter scenery. Also contains photographs of Stenton, Woodlands Cemetery, the Desilverwood Estate (Holmesburg), the Burd family monuments at St. Stephen's Church (Philadelphia), the city garden of Joseph R. Evans (329 Pine Street), Atlantic City, and Richmond, Va. Images include trees, creek banks, rocks, waterfalls, dams, bridges, mills, and farm land. Many also include posed figures, including a man, probably one of Moran's artist brothers Edward or Thomas, painting in a ravine and scenes titled "Student at Work"; "Autumn in the Woods - burning leaves"; and "Sit up Sir" showing a man with a dog., Title from inscription on spine., Spine stamped in gilt: Photographs., Blue morocco binding., Photographs arranged four to a page, numbered, and identified by captions inscribed below the images., Letter from Ferdinand J. Dreer to [George W. Childs?], March 12, 1861 pasted on verso of front cover. Letter begins "Accept from your friend a few photographs & stereoscope views... of the work of a young native artist" and explains they were not sent for "their intrinsic value, but as beautiful studies and highly artistic.", Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Ruth Molloy.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
- Date
- 1860-1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9265]
- Title
- [William Y. McAllister trade cards]
- Description
- Series of illustrated trade cards for optician William Y. McAllister's shop at 728 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict idyllic landscape views of a forest, a stream, a cottage and ruins by a lake and anthropomorphic frogs, a stork, and an owl looking through telescopes and binoculars, reading and fishing., Title supplied by cataloger., Calendar for 1881 printed on verso of one print [1975.F.614]., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
- Date
- [ca. 1880]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - McAllister [1975.F.610-614]
- Title
- Views of the Delaware Water Gap
- Description
- Views of individuals recreating near the Delaware River, Caldeno Creek, and Rebecca's Bath in the area of the Delaware Water Gap. Includes a man sitting on a rock and reading near railroad tracks overlooking the river, a distant view of Kittatinny Hotel on Mount Minsi, and children sitting on rocks and benches near the river and streams., Yellow cardboard mounts with rounded corners. Photographer's printed labels pasted on versos., Distributor's stamp on verso of P.9168.4: William Y. McAllister, Phila. Jul. 31, 1868., Stamped on verso of P.8484.9: J.W. Deane., Manuscript note on verso of P.8484.10: Seely., Manuscript note on versos of P.8484.11-12: Bartlett & French; William C. Darrah coll., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Bartlett & French was a partnership between Philadelphia photographers George O. Bartlett and William French circa 1867-1869.
- Creator
- Bartlett & French
- Date
- [ca. 1868]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & French - Views [P.8484.9-12; P.9168.4]
- Title
- Old dam on French Creek, [Elverson, Pa.]. Geo[rge] Vaux, Anna Sharpless, Lena Goodwin with cameras
- Description
- Glass neagtive showing a dam made of piled stoned on French Creek in Everson, Pa. A large tree stands on the riverbank to the right. George Vaux Jr., Anna Sharpless, and Lena Goodwin stand on the dam working with two cameras on tripods. The women wear dark dresses and hats and Vaux wears a suit., Time: 12, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- November 20, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1069]
- Title
- Looking down Sea Girt, creek below the mill, showing the boat, Thalatta, Sallie Emlen, Phoebe Howell & Bess in it. [NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a creek at Sea Girt surrounded by branches lined with foliage. A small rowboat carrying Sarah Emlen, Phoebe Howell, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris floats on the water as branches extend over the creek and are reflected in the surface., Time: 12, Light: Good sun out., The emulsion is flaking along the left side of the plate., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 16, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1547]
- Title
- Hannah & George [Morris] in the "Owaissa" on Tacony Creek
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' cousins Hannah Perot Morris and George Spencer Morris in a canoe with the word "Owaissa" written on the hull. The canoe floats on the Tacony Creek as a tree brank extends over the bank., Photographer remarks: Boat in shadow., Time: 5:00, 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 12, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.617]
- Title
- Creek below mill with boat. B[ess] C. M[orris], T[heodore] W[illiam] R[ichards] & S[am] B. M[orris], [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a stream with thick forest lining each bank at Sea Girt. The trees are reflected in the still water. A boat holding Marriott C. Morris' siblings Elizabeth Canby Morris and Samuel Buckley Morris, as wel as Theodore William Richards (Haverford College Class of 1885) floats down the stream at the right. Only two of the people are visible., Time: 3 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
- August 15, 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.358]
- Title
- Boat on creek, near where boat with Howell was taken last, near T[heodore] W[illiam] R[ichards], S[amuel] B[uckley] M[orris], B[ess] C[anby] M[orris]. [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a canoe floating down a stream lined with foliage at Sea Girt. Theodore William Richards (Haverford College class of 1885), and Marriott C. Morris' siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris sit in the canoe. All three wear hats., Time: 4:45, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 15, 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.361]
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