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Title: [Unfinished house in the forest], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a house under construction surrounded by trees at Pocono Lake. Timber beams frame the roof and a pile of wooden planks rests on the ground in front of the construction site. 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., September 3 & 4, 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: September 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.393]

Title: [Construction site], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing two men working on a house under construction at Pocono Lake. Long wooden boards frame the house and trees grow around the site. The men staind on the boards near the top of the frame. 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.2013.13.413]

Title: [Boy at a construction site], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a boy standing in a construciton site at Pocono Lake. Long wooden boards frame three walls of the house while one wall is completed. Trees grow around the site. 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.2013.13.414]

Title: [Men at a construction site], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing two men working at a construction site at Pocono Lake. One man bends down near the foundation of the house while another stands on the wooden beams framing the walls. Trees surround the construction site. 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.2013.13.415]

Title: [Unfinished building in the forest], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a wooden house under construction surrounded by trees at Pocono Lake. 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., September 3 & 4, 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: September 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.401]

Title: [Unfinished building in the forest], Pocono Lake, [PA
Description: Film negative showing a wooden house under construction surrounded by trees at Pocono Lake. A group of people stand with their backs turned in the doorway. Building materials lie in piles in the foreground. 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., September 3 & 4, 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: September 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.402]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. in an unfinished house], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing in a house under construction at Pocono Lake. Timber beams form the frame of a roof over the boys. Elliston Morris Jr. on the left holds a wooden plank in his hands. 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., September 3 & 4, 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: September 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.391]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. in an unfinished house], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing in a house under construction at Pocono Lake. Timber beams frame the roof and bricks pile halfway up a hearth. Trees grow all around the unfinished house. 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., September 3 & 4, 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: September 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.392]

Title: [Group on porch], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a group, including Marriott C. Morris' wife Jane Rhoads Morris and sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., gathered on the porch of a house under construction at Pocono Lake. A man stands among the timber beams that frame the roof. Trees grow on all sides of the house. 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., September 3 & 4, 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: September 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.399]

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