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- Title
- Bark in N.Y. Bay, [NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a tall sailing ship with three masts and multiple sails sailing in New York Bay. There is a bouy floating behind the ship near the horizon line., Time: 1:35, 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 14, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.982]
- Title
- Steamer Cimbria coming up New York Bay, from launch, Henry George
- Description
- Glass negative showing the large steamship Cimbria with two masts and two smokestacks seen from a distance across the calm water of New York Bay., Photographer remarks: Too slow., 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
- July 28, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1335]
- Title
- Sch[oone]r Fred C. Holden in N.Y. Bay, [NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a schooner with two masts in New York Bay. The ship is seen from across the water with the far shore barely visible in the distance., Time: 4:30, 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
- August 8, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1559]
- Title
- Schooner & sloop, N.Y. Bay. Also from the Taurus
- Description
- Glass negative showing two sailboats on the water in New York Bay. The larger schooner sails in front of the smaller sloop. The shoreline is barely visible in the distance., 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 8, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1561]
- Title
- 3 masted schooner in N.Y. Bay, stern view
- Description
- Glass negative showing a three masted schooner seen from the stern of the ship sailing on New York Bay. The schooner sails across the bay away from the camera., Time: 4:40, The emulsion has begun to flake away, especially at the top 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
- August 14, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.985]
- Title
- Sloop yacht in N.Y. Bay, [NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a sailboat carrying a small group of people sailing on New York Bay. A small rowboat floats behind the sailboat. Both vessels are seen from a distance across the water., Time: 4:42, 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 14, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.986]
- Title
- S.S. Old Dominion, outward bound. N.Y. Bay
- Description
- Glass negative showing various ships sailing on the choppy water at New York Bay. The closest vessel is a large steam ship with two masts and a smokestack., Time: 4:20, 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 14, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.984]

