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Title: [Waiting in line for the outhouse]
Description: Photograph showing a group of six men waiting in a line in front of an outhouse. One man hikes up his pants as he exits the small wooden building. A tall tree grows in front of the line of men, many of whom wear hats., 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 21, 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.647]

Title: [Humorous group portait of unidentified sitters]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of men and women laughing and making funny faces. Three women sit in the first row while four men and two women stand behind them. The women wear dresses with puffy sleeves and decorated hats. The men wear three-piece suits., The emulsion has flaked off along the edges 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.59.12]

Title: [Group portrait of unidentified individuals smiling and pointing at camera]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of men and women posed for a portrait in a garden. Three women sit in chairs in the front row while four men and two women stand behind them. Each person smiles and points at the camera. The women wear long dresses with puffy sleeves and decorated hats. The men wear three-piece suits., 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.62.11]

Title: The girls are left behind us or "deserted at Mt. Desert." A[nna] P. S[harpless], A[nna] H. G[oodwin], C.C., S.C. [possibly Sallie Carter] & E[lizabeth] C[anby Morris], [Mount Desert Island, ME]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of women gathered on the Mount Desert Island dock, including Anna P. Sharpless, Anna H. Goodwin, and Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and possibly including Sallie Carter. The five women feign sadness by dabbing their eyes with handkerchiefs and resting dejected faces in their hands. They wear long dresses and hats. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite., Time: 2, Light: Poor light, sun almost down., 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 23, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1332]

Title: Knock em down group on Uncle Chas' [Rhoads] porch, Haddonfield, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing three women, including Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Mrs. Woods, and Samuel Nicholson Rhoads all leaning to the left against a pillar while sitting on the porch step at Morris' uncle Charles Rhoads' house. The man looks outward while the women rest their heads on each other's shoulders. The man wears a three-piece suit while the women wear dark high-necked dresses. There are vines growing up a lattice on the left. The Haddonfield area was originally developed by Elizabeth Haddon (1680-1762) who immigrated to the United States in 1701 to manage property her father had bought in the colonies., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Light: 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: November 18, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.794]

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