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Title: Miller's house and trees, surrounding. Sallie Emlen in foreground. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a series of small wooden buildings set behind a wooden fence. Two trees grow in the field in front of the buildings. Sallie Emlen wearing a wide brimmed hat stands beneath the tree on the right., Time: 11:25, 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: July 16, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1546]

Title: View of tennis court, [Sea Girt, NJ]. Sallie Emlen, John Cope, Pattie & Gertrude Mellor on court
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Emlen, John Cope, and Pattie and Gertrude Mellor standing on a tennis court at Sea Girt, N.J. and holding racquets in position for a doubles game. Two of the women stand on the near side of the net wearing hats and white dresses. Cope and the other woman stand on the far side. Cope wears a light-colored shirt, trousers, vest, and hat. The other woman wears a white skirt and dark blouse and hat. The grassy court is surrounded by trees., Time: 5:20, Light: Fair 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 14, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1148]

Title: [View of tennis court, Sea Girt, NJ. Sallie Emlen, John Cope, Pattie & Gertrude Mellor on court]
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Emlen, John Cope, and Pattie and Gertrude Mellor standing on a tennis court at Sea Girt, N.J. and holding racquets in position for a doubles game. Two of the women stand on the near side of the net wearing hats and white dresses. Cope and the other woman stand on the far side. Cope wears a light-colored shirt, trousers, vest, and hat. The other woman wears a white skirt and dark blouse and hat. The grassy court is surrounded by trees., Time: about 5:20, Same as no. 1148., 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 14, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.3]

Title: Looking down Sea Girt, creek below the mill, showing the boat, Thalatta, Sallie Emlen, Phoebe Howell & Bess in it. [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a creek at Sea Girt surrounded by branches lined with foliage. A small rowboat carrying Sarah Emlen, Phoebe Howell, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris floats on the water as branches extend over the creek and are reflected in the surface., Time: 12, Light: Good sun out., The emulsion is flaking along the left side 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: July 16, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1547]

Title: Tennis group. Sallie Emlen, John Cope, Patty & Gertrude Mellor & Bess. In shade. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Sarah Emlen, John Cope, Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Patty Mellor, Gertrude Mellor posed on a tennis court at Sea Girt. Three of the women sit on a bench and another women sits in the grass at their feet. The women all wear long, patterend dresses and hats. Only Elizabeth Morris in the center does not hold a tennis racquet. Cope stands behind them wearing a three-piece suit and hat., Time: 5:30, Light: Good sun., The emulsion is discolored and heavily damaged on the upper portion 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: July 14, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1149]

Title: [Tennis group, Sallie Emlen, John Cope, Patty & Gertrude Mellor & Bess. Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Sarah Emlen, John Cope, Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and Pattie and Gertrude Mellor posed on a tennis court. The group sits either on the ground or on chairs next to the net holding tennis racquets. The women wear long, patterened dresses and hats. Cope wears a three-piece suit and hat., Time: 5:35, Light: Fair sun., Same group, different positions from last., 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 14, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1150]

Title: Group at German lesson at Emlen's. Sallie Emlen, Bess, Walter P. Shipley, Jennie Jones, little John Emlen & myself
Description: Glass negative showing John Emlen, Sarah Emlen, Jennie Jones, Walter P. Shipley, Marriott Canby Morris, and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris posed against a draped sheet. The men and one of the women stand while the other two women sit. John Emlen as a young boy stands to the right of the group. The women wear high-necked dresses and the men wear three-piece suits. Both men have mustaches., Photographer remarks: Intensified 4/1 '88., Time: 8:30 P.M., 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: February 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1256]

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]

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