Film negative showing Esther White and Elizabeth Jones in a canoe on the lake at Pocono Lake. Two narrow sticks serve as masts and a makeshift sail unfurls near the center of the canoe. One of the women wears a sailor suit and steers the canoe. 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
August 5, 1911
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.430]
