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Title: Anne & Mary Emlen sitting on beach, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mary Emlen and Anne Emlen sitting on the beach at Sea Girt. The woman on the left leans up against the other women and shields her eyes from the sun. Both women wear long white dresses with their hair pulled back in buns., Time: 3:05, Light: Light same as last. [No sun but a fairly good light.], 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 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.712]

Title: Mary & Anne Emlen & Bessie on beach, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mary Emlen, Anne Emlen, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on the beach. Morris on the right wears a striped dress, and the Emlens weare white dresses. All three have their hair pulled back in buns., Time: 3, Light: No sun but a fairly good light., 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 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.711]

Title: [Bathing group on beach. Anne & Mary Emlen, Father & self, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, Marriott Canby Morris and his father Elliston P. Morris sitting on the beach at Sea Girt in bathing attire. The women wear scarves on their heads., Same as last., Photographer remarks: No good, too fast., Time: 3:30, The negative is light and slightly discolored., 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 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.714]

Title: [Group on Overlook Mt. Ann Emlen, Mary Emlen, Elliston P. Morris, Samuel B. Morris, & Martha C. Morris]. [Catskills]
Description: Glass negative showing Marrott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and brother Samuel Buckley Morris, with Ann Emlen and Mary Emlen seated on the ground among trees and other foliage on Overlook Mountain. Martha Morris holds a book and Elliston Morris holds a sketchbook and pen. The women wear long dresses and the men wear three-piece suits and hats., Same group as last., Time: 4, Light: Fair, 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 6, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.404]

Title: Group on Overlook Mt. A[nn] E[mlen], M[ary] E[mlen], E[lliston] P. M[orris], S[amuel] B. M[orris], & M[artha] C. M[orris], [Catskills]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and brother Samuel Buckley Morris, with Ann Emeln and Mary Emlen seated on the ground among trees and other foliage on Overlook Mountain. The faces of the people are blurred., Photographer remarks: Exposed by mistake; before group was ready., Time: 3:55, Light: Fair, 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 6, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.403]

Title: Bathing group on beach. Anne & Mary Emlen, Father & self. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, Marriott Canby Morris and his father Elliston P. Morris sitting on the beach at Sea Girt in bathing attire. The women wear scarves on their heads., Photographer remarks: Bess took off cap., Time: 3:30, Light: No 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 23, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.713]

Title: Mary & Anne Emlen & Bessie on beach, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mary Emlen, Anne Emlen, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered on the beach on Ocean Day. Two horse-drawn buggys and a flagpole stand behind the women. To the right a man wearing a bowler hat with his back turned to the camera walks away. The women wear long dark dresses and hats. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s., Time: 12:05, 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 15, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.701]

Title: Group in meadow at Allaire, N.J. 1884. [Father, Mother, Bessie, Sam, Anne & Mary Emlen]
Description: Photograph showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby, siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, and Anne Emlen and Mary Emlen next to a tree in Allaire, N.J. Elliston Morris stands, Mary Emlen and Elizabeth Morris lean against the tree and the others lounge in the grass. Each person looks in a different direction. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a gold border. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Photograph from negative number 343., 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 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9986.3]

Title: [Sallie, Mary, & Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley, Bess, & Marriott Morris. Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Emlen, Mary Emlen, Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley, Marriott Canby Morris, and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris in the Deshler-Morris House garden at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women sit while Elizabeth Morris reclines in the grass at their feet. Two of the women and the men stand behind the chairs. The women wear high-necked dresses with hats while the men wear suits. Marriott Morris holds a hat in his left hand. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Same group with the addition of me., Photographer remarks: Mother took off cap., Time: 1:40, Light: Faint 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: May 19, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1126]

Title: [Sallie, Mary, & Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley & Bess. Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Emlen, Mary Emlen, Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley, Marriott Canby Morris and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris in the Deshler-Morris House garden at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women sit on a bench while one reclines in the grass at their feet. Two of the women and the men stand behind the bench. The women wear high-necked dresses with hats while the men wear suits. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Same group, different arrangement., Photographer remarks: Mother took off cap., Time: 1:40, Light: Faint 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: May 19, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1127]

Title: Group under elm [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]. German class. Sallie, Mary & Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley & Bess
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Emlen, Mary Emlen, Anne Emlen, Mr. Heins, Jennie Jones, Alice Shipley, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris in the Deshler-Morris House garden at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women sit while Elizabeth Morris reclines in the grass at their feet. The other two women and Mr. Heins stand behind the chairs. The women wear high-necked dresses with hats while Mr. Heins wears a suit. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Time: 1:30, 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: May 19, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1125]

Title: Group at Allaire, [NJ]. Father, Mother, Bessie, Sam, Anne & Mary Emlen
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, his siblings Elizabeth Canby Morris and Samuel Buckley Morris and Anne Emlen and Mary Emlen at Allaire, N.J. Elliston Morris stands, while Elizabeth Morris and Mary Emlen lean against a large tree and the others lounge in the grass. Each person looks in a different direction. The women wear dark long dresses and hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Photographer remarks: In neg. preserver., Time: 2:15, Light: Sun out, 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 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.343]

Title: Bridge over [Mana]squan River at Allaire, [NJ]. [Sam & A(nne) Emlen in foreground]
Description: Glass negative showing a bridge over the Manasquan River near the former Howell Iron works at Allaire, N.J. Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris and Anne Emlen sit on the riverbank in the foreground while four people, likely Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and Mary Emlen, sit on bank in background. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Photographer remarks: Sam & A. Emlen in foregrd., Time: 2:25, 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 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.344]

Title: Party at West End Sta[tion]. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, mother, Bess, and I. [Lakewood, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mr. Baker, Fred Baker, Miss B., Mr. J.B. Samuel, Miss Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, and Marriott Canby Morris and his parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered on a platform outside a building labeled "Ticket Office" at Lakewood, N.J. Some stand while others sit. Mr. Samuel on the left holds an open umbrella. The women wear long dresses with hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Originally settled by mill operators in 1750, Lakewood became a winter resort area in 1880. It housed the prominent hotels Laurel House (1880-1932), Lakewood Hotel (1891-1925), and Laurel-in-the-Pines (1891-1967). By the 1960s, the area had become more residential., Time: 12:25, Light: Sun out., 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 19, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.708]

Title: [Party] ("Baker's Dozen") at W. End [Station. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, Mother, Bess & I. Lakewood, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Mr. Baker, Fred Baker, Miss B., Mr. J.B. Samuel, Miss Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, and Marriott Canby Morris and his parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered on a platform outside a building labeled "Ticket Office" at Lakewood, N.J. Some stand while others sit. A man in the office doorway is blurred by motion. An umbrella sits on the platform next to Elliston Morris in the foreground and Mr. Samuel behind him holds another umbrella. The women wear long dresses with hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Originally settled by mill operators in 1750, Lakewood became a winter resort area in 1880. It housed the prominent hotels Laurel House (1880-1932), Lakewood Hotel (1891-1925), and Laurel-in-the-Pines (1891-1967). By the 1960s, the area had become more residential., Same party., Time: 12:30, Light: Sun out., 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 19, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.709]

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