Glass negative showing an observation tower on top of Mt. Jefferson. The tower is a two-story square shaped building with a latticework enclosure on the lower floor and stairs leading to a small room with multiple rounded windows on the second floor. A group of people dressed in black gather next to a horse-drawn carriage to the left of the tower. Three women stand on the stairs, three women sit in front of the carriage, and one woman sits in the carriage. A man stands to the left of the carriage while another man with a camera on a tripod stands to the right of the group to take their photograph., Time: 2:35, Light: poor light, very dark, 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 14, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1043]
