Glass negative showing a narrow street lined with stone walls on Saint George Island. Godet Elwell sits on the wall in front of a house. A Black woman, attired in a brimmed hat with a ribbon and a plaid shawl, stands behind the wall and looks at the viewer. A young Black child sits on the wall between them. A Black girl, attired in a brimmed hat, a white dress, a shawl, and shoes, stands behind Elwell. Behind the family, a sheet and clothes, hang on a clothesline and on a bush. More buildings line the road in the right., Time: P.M., Light: Faint sun., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
March 12, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.853]
