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Title: [Canoe on] Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a canoe floating on Pocono Lake. Two ropes are strung across the lake over the canoe. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 27, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.372]

Title: [Group in a canoe], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing six people in a canoe on Pocono Lake. Three children and two women sit in the boat while a man rows. The two girls wear large bows in their hair while the women wear decorated hats. The man wears a straw hat. Slender trees grow on the oppsite shore. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., July 30 - August 1, 1909., 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: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.384]

Title: [Bathers and canoes], Carnival, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a group swimming in the lake at Pocono Lake near a dock. Two canoes float in the water and trees grow thickly on the lakeshore. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.422]

Title: [Wilbur Wilford in a canoe], Carnival, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Wilbur Wilford wearing a hooded cloak sitting in a canoe draped with fabric and filled with branches at Pocono Lake. Miss Avery lays down in the canoe among the branches. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.423]

Title: Miss Avery as Elaine, Pocono L[ake, PA]. Carnival
Description: Film negative showing Miss Avery laying in a canoe draped with fabric and filled with branches floating on the lake at Pocono Lake. Avery's eyes are closed and her hand rests on her stomach. Her hair is loose and she wears a circlet around her head. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.424]

Title: Miss Avery + Wilbur Wilford, Pocono Lake Carnival, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a canoe draped in fabric and filled with branches floating on the lake at Pocono Lake. A hooded Wilbur Wilford sits at one end of the canoe while Miss Avery dressed in white lays with her eyes closed on the other side. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.428]

Title: Miss Avery + C. Wilbur Wilford, Pocono Lake Carnival, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a canoe draped in fabric and filled with branches floating on the lake at Pocono Lake. A hooded Wilbur Wilford sits at one end of the canoe while Miss Avery dressed in white lays with her eyes closed on the other side. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.429]

Title: Falconers, Pocono L[ake], [PA]
Description: Film negative showing two men wearing feathered headdresses in a canoe decorated with circular shields floating on the lake at Pocono Lake. The canoe has a makeshift sail in the froung. The man on the left stands and holds a staff in his hand. The second man sits in the other end of the canoe. Both men wear false beards and robes tied around the waist. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.431]

Title: Sharpless, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a woman and a man sitting in a canoe on on the lake at Pocono Lake, each wearing a feathered headdress. A curved wooden prow has been attached to the front of the canoe. They wear viking costumes and the man wears a false beard and holds an axe. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.432]

Title: Pocono L[ake] Carnival, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a boy and a man in a canoe with lanterns hanging between makeshift masts on the lake at Pocono Lake. The man sits in the rear of the canoe draped in an American flag and wearing a tall hat and a fake beard. Three other american flags hang from the masts and back of the canoe. The boy sits between two props. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.433]

Title: Our canoe, Pocono Lake Carnival, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a man and a boy sitting in a canoe floating on the lake at Pocono Lake. The canoe is filled with branches and the man and boy wear branches on their hats as well. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.434]

Title: [Canoe with five passengers], Pocono Lake, PA
Description: Film negative showing a canoe tied to a wooden dock carrying three men and two women on the lake at Pocono Lake. The men all wear long coats and hats while the woman wears a dark shawl and hat. Another man walks on the dock to the left. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 13-15, 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.212]

Title: Esther White + Eliz[abeth] Jones, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Esther White and Elizabeth Jones in a canoe on the lake at Pocono Lake. Two narrow sticks serve as masts and a makeshift sail unfurls near the center of the canoe. One of the women wears a sailor suit and steers the canoe. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.430]

Title: [Group of bathers on the lakeshore], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a group of women and children gathered on a dock at Pocono Lake. Some of the women wear bathing attire and two boy climb a ladder into the lake. A man swims in the water and another man floats away in a canoe. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., June 30 - July 5, 1909., 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: 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.359]

Title: [Group on a dock, including Janet Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Jane Rhoads Morris], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a group of women and children, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and their children Janet Morris and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., on a dock at the lake at Pocono Lake. Janet Morris sits in a canoe on the dock and another boat floats in the water to the right. She wears a dress with ribbons in her hair. Another young woman sits on the dock wearing a plaid dress with a book open in her lap. Marriott Morris Jr. stands to her left, wearing glasses, a tie, and a hat. Jane Morris stands behind her wearing a white blous and long skirt. A second boy stands near the empty canoe looking down at the water. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.412]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr., Janet Morris, and Elliston Perot Morris Jr. working on a canoe], Carnival, Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a group gathered around a canoe resting in a clearing near the lake at Pocono Lake. Marriott C. Morris' children Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Janet Morris bend over the canoe with a man. A woman and and Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. look on. The woman wears a plaid dress. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., 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 5, 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.421]

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