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Title: Forest Inn & Gate House & Pavillion from meadow s.w. of Forest Inn, [Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Gate House of the Natural Bridge left of center and the Forest Inn to the right as seen from a distance across a grassy field with a hillside in the distance. Three people are gathered on the porch of the Gate House, while a man stands in the field near three cows. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors. The Forest Inn, built in 1833, accommodated the large number of visitors to the Natural Bridge. Fire razed the inn 1892., Time: 4:45, Light: Weak light. No sun., The negative is very dark and the subject is barely visible., 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.9895.1046]

Title: View form 3rd story of Forest Inn showing Appledo[r]e House, Pavilion & Gate-house. From door of our room, no. 29. [Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Natural Bridge Gate House, Pavilion, and Appledore Cottage seen from the third floor of the Forest Inn. A road bordered by wooden fences leads toward the Gate House. A pond with a wooden dock sits in the foreground. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors. The Appledore cottage, built by Col. Henry C. Parsons (1840-1894) circa 1881 was a small hotel for visitors to the Natural Bridge., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 8:30, 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: October 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1047]

Title: View S. from Forest Inn, [Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a pond with a wooden dock surrounded by a fence taken from the third floor of the Forest Inn. A road winds past the pond on the left and up a hill toward a building nearly hidden by trees. The Forest Inn, built in 1833, accommodated the large number of visitors to the Natural Bridge. Fire razed the inn 1892., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 8:35, Same position as 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: October 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1048]

Title: Natural Bridge & hotels from [hill to south and west] of bridge. [Cedar Creek, VA]
Description: Glass negative showing the Natural Bridge on a forested hillside with a series of hotels occupying the ridge on the right side of the photograph. The Natural Bridge was likely made from an ancient underground river and became a popular tourist destination by the early 19th century. It was once a sacred site of the Monacan tribe. Thomas Jefferson purchased the surrounding land in Cedar Creek, Va. and built up inns for visitors., From same hill., Time: 12, 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 15, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1055]

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