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Title: [Figure sitting in flowering tree]
Description: Illustrated trade card die cut and shaped into a circle depicting a naked figure sitting on a flowering tree branch. A flowering vine encircles the image and forms a border., Title supplied by cataloger., 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 - Misc [1975.F.897]

Title: [Men clasping hands around the circumference of large tree.]
Description: Depicts three men (with others out of view) demonstrating the large size of a tree trunk in a wooded area by clasping hands around its circumference., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: ca. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.79]

Title: Forest
Description: Cigar box label showing a felled tree, in a forest, laying over a log and with an ax struck into it., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Labels [P.2011.10.106]

Title: [Christmas tree, interior, 201 Righter Street, Manayunk]
Description: Views of an ornamented Christmas tree in the corner of a room in the photographer's home., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.41 ; P.8986.43]

Title: "Now Autumn leaves are falling fast, and rustle on the ground."
Description: View showing two men in the woods amidst bare trees. One man stands and grasps a small tree trunk and the other reclines in the leaves., Attributed to John Moran., Title from label pasted 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9260.77]

Title: Remarkable formation of icicles, winter 1860
Description: Winter landscape view showing a man standing next to a tall tree with a large network of bare branches covered in ice in the foreground. He looks toward the stream in the background., Attributed to John Moran., Title from label pasted on verso., Quote printed on label pasted on verso: "Thus nature works as if to mock at art, and in defiance of her rival powers, by these fortuitous and random strokes"., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9079.6]

Title: View at Landsdown
Description: Landscape view from hilltop showing trees in Lansdowne section of West Fairmount Park., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint in red text 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.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Parks [P.9466.18]

Title: Spring flowers
Description: Photograph of bare trees and flowered ground cover leading into a gully, hidden by dense fog. A sandy path goes off to the left., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.16]

Title: Up the Schuylkill from Sweet Briar walk
Description: Landscape view showing trees that obscure the Schuylkill River in the background., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Parks [P.9058.169]

Title: Dogwood tree in Wister's woods, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a forest full of slender dogwood trees. Grass and other brush fills the forest floor., Time: 2, 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: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1292]

Title: Paupau & banana trees, Paget on road to Arrowroot factory, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing two trees with thin trunks surrounded by thick foliage. The roof of a building is visible through the leaves in the background., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: A.M., Light: Sun shining., 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.9895.887]

Title: Fish hawk's nest & tree near Sea Girt Station, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a bare tree with a large nest in its top branches. A wooden fence runs in front of the tree. Other leafy trees surround the bare one., Time: 9:20, Light: Bright, 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 12, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.752]

Title: Fish-hawk's nest near Sea Girt station
Description: Glass negative showing a bare tree with a large nest in the top branches. Other trees stand nearby. A wooden fence runs in front of the tree., Photographer remarks: Unevenly developed., Time: 9:45, 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 31, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.721]

Title: Tree & fish-hawk's nest opp[osite] Newman's farm, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a leafy tree with a large nest in the top branches standing next to a cornfield. A farm house is visible in the distance to the left., Time: 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: August 31, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.722]

Title: Large buttonwood tree in field at W. end of the Cedar Lane, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a large buttonwood tree standing alone in the middle of a field. Leaves grow on the branches and sides of the tree. A fence and a row of trees are visible in the distance., Time: 11:30, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 31, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.724]

Title: Old Arbor Vitae Tree (1400 years old) over bed of Cascase near Forest Inn, [Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing a fallen arbor vitae tree extending over a riverbed. A man stands on the tree, with one leg bent, while three women sit on the trunk to either side., Photographer remarks: Good neg., Time: 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 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1049]

Title: Palmetto Palms at Long house, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a large, leafy palm tree set in a garden at Long House. Other trees and foliage surround the palm while a woman stands beneath it with her hands folded., Photographer remarks: Susie K. Lough beneath., Time: 1:00 PM, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: March 27, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1469]

Title: Cocoanut Palm at Norwood, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a large palm tree set in a garden. One man stands next to the tree while another man sits beneath it. A path runs to the left and trees and other foliage grow to the right., 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: April 3, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1494]

Title: [Unidentified woman by palm tree, possibly Bermuda]
Description: Film negative showing a woman standing beneath a palm tree looking to her right. Trees and other foliage grow behind the palm tree 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: ca. 1900-ca. 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.65.5]

Title: Dogwood trees in bloom. On road between College & Mr. Yarnall's, [Haverford, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing a field dotted with dogwood trees in bloom at Haverford. A tennis net is set up in the grass in the foreground., Time: 3:30, 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: May 21, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.609]

Title: Date palms at Woodlands, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a grove of date palm trees seen from a distance from across a lawn. Other leafy foliage grows thickly around the central cluster of trees., Time: 1, 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 12, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1416]

Title: [Landscape with trees at dusk]
Description: View of trees silhouetted against cloudy sky., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.4: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 65b [P.8513.65b], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson65b.htm

Title: View in Rittenhouse Square
Description: Shows a grove of trees in the square., Photographer, title, and date from accompanying label., Buff mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Parks & squares [(8)1322.F.9h]

Title: [Boxwood tree]
Description: Depicts large tree, with branches reaching the ground., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: One of the largest boxwood trees we ever saw. It is on an estate west of 69 and Market Sts., is at least 18 ft high and is approximately 30 ft wide at the base. (Tell about colored caretaker and our arrival through the rear entrance.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 65a [P.8513.65a], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson65a.htm

Title: Tree. 13th and Locust Sts
Description: View of tree growing out of sidewalk next to brick building with bay windows., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Said to have been planted by Alexander Hamilton. (Get in touch with Mr. Jackson about this. Tell story about old negro.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 135 [P.8513.135], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson135.htm

Title: [Palm trees]
Description: Film negative showing a view of a grove of palm trees near the waterfront, likely at Jacksonville, Florida., In envelope with manuscript note: A[tlantic] D[eeper] W[aterways] A[ssociation] Jacksonville 1913, C[hesapeake] + D[elaware] Canal 1912, Also Abbots [Station] School House [Lane]., Title supplied by cataloger., 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: 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.448]

Title: [Tree near unidentified river]
Description: Lantern slide showing a view of a river. A tree grows on the left bank and a fallen log rests in the shallows nearby. Trees grow thickly on the far riverbank., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1890-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2143]

Title: [Palm trees]
Description: Photograph showing a view of a grove of palm trees near the waterfront, likely at Jacksonville, Florida., Photograph from negative number P.2013.13.448., 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: 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.627]

Title: [Palm tree and board walk]
Description: Photograph showing a view of a palm tree standing in the sand next to a wooden boardwalk, likely in Jacksonville, Florida. Low foliage grows beneath the tree and the branches of another tree are visible on 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: 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.628]

Title: Race & buttonwood trees, Little Wakefield, G[erman]t[ow]n
Description: Glass negative showing a group of large, leafy trees standing next to a stream and a path near Little Wakefield in Germantown. The path curves to the left and is lined by a wooden fence. A field dotted with smaller trees is visible to the right., Time: 12:35, 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: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1287]

Title: Row of willow trees along Mill Creek, [Lycoming County, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing Mill Creek lined on either side by willow trees. Their branches are bare in the winter weather., 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: January 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.488]

Title: Pocono Knob from road between Swiftwater & Tannersville [Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing a series of hills with foliage in the foreground at the Poconos. A tall pine tree stands prominently on the left side of the photo., Photographer remarks: Something peculiar about this picture. V[Varnished]. Very thin neg., Time: 12 M., Light: Faint sunlight., 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 26, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.38]

Title: Fallen tree back of Alumni Hall, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing a field at Haverford College (founded 1833) with two trees in the foreground. The tree on the left has spit and fallen to the ground., Time: 11:30, 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: March 6, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.514]

Title: [Woman beneath pine tree], Haddonfield, [NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a woman wrapped in a knitted shawl standing under a large pine tree at Haddonfield, N.J. A wooden fence borders the garden and a bench sits in the foreground. The Haddonfield area was originally developed by Elizabeth Haddon (1680-1762) who immigrated to the United States in 1701 to manage property her father had bought in the colonies., 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 29, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.377]

Title: [Cohocking Creek, near Germantown, Philadelphia]
Description: View depicting a posed male figure near birch trees at Cohocking Creek near Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's gilt label pasted 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., Moran, a Philadelphia photographer, specialized in landscape photography and often took artistic excursions with his painter brothers, Thomas and Edward.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8543]

Title: Mill dam on Mill Creek
Description: Landscape view showing a tree-lined creek from a dam. Includes a pile of stones in the foreground and a building on the bank of the creek in the right background., Title from manuscript notes on mount and verso., Attributed to John Moran., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9079.8]

Title: Jobo
Description: View showing the trunk of a large jobo tree (Spondias momben ; Spondias lutea) in Cuba. Members of the Amateur Photographic Exchange Club distributed their own prints with homemade labels to all other members for review. The club operated from 1861-63., Title on printed label pasted on verso., Photographer's imprint on printed label pasted on verso., Description printed on label pasted on verso: Amateur Photographic Exchange Club ; Negative, Wet Collodion. ; (Pronounced in Spanish, Hobo.) This tree is formed by the natural intertwining of a number of vines which adhere to each other at various points of contact, leaving a hollow space in the centre., Buff mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Guilloû, Constant, 1812-1872
Date: Sept. 1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Guilloû - Views [P.8644]

Title: Drive along the Schuylkill
Description: Landscape view of rolling hills, bare trees, and tree stumps., Title one of eighty-eight views in numbered series list printed on label pasted on verso (No. 1-57; 126-138; 1000-1018)., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Parks [P.9299.63]

Title: Cottage & race on the valley above Wakefield place, [Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing an overgrown pathway leading to a stone cottage. A large tree stands to the left of the hosue and various outbuildings flank the path., Time: 1, Light: good sunlight., 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 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1289]

Title: The old Wakefield house, [Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing Wakefield, a three-story stone home with a covered entryway and shuttered windows. The house is set among the trees with a path running in front of it. Wakefield was built in 1798 for Sarah and Thomas Fisher. It was owned by the Fisher family until 1918, and then razed by fire in 1985., Time: 1:20, 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: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1290]

Title: Looking out from woods on S. shore of pond above R[ail]R[oard], Villa Park & Spring Lake in backgr[oun]d, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of trees growing on a hillside over Wreck Pond with the various buildings of Spring Lake and Villa Park visible on the far shore. Spring Lake was a coastal resort area popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Villa Park area was first owned and developed by William Reid and John Rodgers in 1875. Villa Park became a part of Spring Lake after the latter’s incorporation in 1892., Time: 4:45, 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: September 2, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1344]

Title: Old cedar on shore of Wreck Pond back of Applegate's, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a landscape view of a leafy tree set on a grassy hill. A fallen tree lies diagonally in front of the cedar tree. Wreck Pond lays at the bottom of the hill with large buildings in Spring Lake visible in the distance on the opposite shore., Photographer remarks: Same as #1343. Tree in foreground in shadow., Time: 5, 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: September 24, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1356]

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: [Royal Mountain Cabbage Palms] from a garden, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of very tall palm trees. Smaller trees and other foliage fill the rest of the frame. A low stone wall stands on the right., Same trees., Photographer remarks: Some wind blowing. Undertimed., Time: 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: March 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.885]

Title: Old white oak tree marking an old boundary of Cedar Grove Farm
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a field with a large, bare tree in the center marking the boundary of Cedar Grove, the old Morris family home. A dirt road runs in front of the tree and railroad tracks run behind. Built by Elizabeth Coates Paschall in 1748-1750, Cedar Grove was a summer retreat and home for the Paschall-Morris family into the nineteenth century. The last family owner, Marriott Morris' second cousin once removed, Lydia Thompson Morris, lived in the house from 1869 to 1888. In 1926 she donated the house to the Fairmount Park Commission, when it was dismantled and moved from its original Frankford location to Fairmount Park., Photographer remarks: Undertimed or underdeveloped, Time: at sunset, 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 22, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1247]

Title: Palms in public garden, St. Georges, [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative of a group of palm trees in a garden seen through other foliage. Paths wind through the garden and buildings are visible through the trees., Time: P.M., Same trees as last from different position., 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.9895.856]

Title: Old house [Negley house at Wayne Junction, Philadelphia] farther from R[ail]R[oad] than last house
Description: Glass negative showing a large house with columns lining the front facade owned by the Naglee family. The house is surrounded by a wooden fence and large trees. A window on the right side of the house is open, allowing the curtains to spill out. "Naglee" House was likely part of the property bought by John Naglee in 1727 in what would later be Wayne Junction., Photographer remarks: Also on old Negley property. Developed at Sea Girt 8 mo. 1891, Time: 8:55 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: April 17, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1615]

Title: [Residence with weeping willow tree in foreground]
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story house standing on the corner of a brick road with a large weeping willow tree obscuring the right side of the house. A metal fence and sidewalk surrounds the house. Other trees stand behind it., 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.9895.15.9]

Title: [Bushy tree in unidentified backyard]
Description: Glass negative showing a leafy, bushy tree standing in a garden. Other trees and grass grow around the tree and a house is visible in the background., Photographer remarks: November J.C.B. on & off 1st trial. [inscribed on neg.], 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 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.52.6]

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]

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