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Title: [Barnegat Lighthouse, Barnegat Light, New Jersey.]
Description: Aerial views of the lighthouse at Barnegat Bay. Image shows a small area of beach around the lighthouse and several adjacent structures, including a small pier that extends out over the water., Negative number: 7679., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Barnegat light house.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.7679]

Title: Gibbs Hill lighthouse. [Bermuda]
Description: Glass negative showing Gibbs' Hill Lighthouse located on a hill. Two boys sit on a low stone wall at the bottom of the hill. The landscape is filled with trees and other foliage. Gibbs' Hill Lighthouse was built in 1844 by the Royal Engineers. It was made of cast-iron and used mercury to revolve its lense until 1904., 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: March 28, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.909]

Title: Absecom [sic] light house, from the Sand Hand Hills, N.J
Description: View showing a man leaning down to pick something up in the sand dunes in Atlantic City, with the Absecon Lighthouse in the background. The lighthouse, the tallest in New Jersey and the third tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States, was constructed 1854-1857 after designs by George Meade and deactivated in 1933., Title from label pasted on verso., Photographer's blind stamp on mount., Duplicate photograph, #67 entitled "Light house - Atlantic City," in Moran album, "Old Philadelphia Views, 1861." See albums - Moran [P.9265]., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.8464.13]

Title: Cape May Point, [NJ], from top of the lighthouse
Description: Glass negative showing a landscape view of Cape May Point taken from the top of the Cape May Lighthouse. Fields and buildings are visible below and the corner of a railing is visible in the foreground., Time: 12:45, 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: April 16, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1100]

Title: Lighthouse, Cape May Point. [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Cape May Lighthouse, designed by army engineer William F. Raynolds (1820-1894), with various outbuildings. A path leads toward the lighthouse across a wide field surrounded by a wooden fence., Photographer remarks: Upright on plate., Time: 12:10, 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: April 16, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1099]

Title: Light house and fog horn
Description: Exterior view of a lighthouse and a nearby horn, bell, and other equipment built as part of the Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park., Printed on mount in decorative scrollwork: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876., Title from printed series list on verso with sixty-three other titles., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.6]

Title: Lighthouse [Beacon]- Government Building
Description: Interior view of the U.S. Government Building, depicting light fixture from lighthouse lantern room. Also shows flags draped along the wall.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.17c]

Title: The Camden & Atlantic Railroad. The short and popular route to Atlantic City Pocket time card-season of 1882. Depots in Philadelphia foot of Vine-Street and Shackamaxon Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of a well-dressed family on the beach, including the father wearing a top hat and cane and the mother holding a yellow parasol. Two girls play near the waves while their parents look on. Vignette inset into a larger scene depicing a sailboat in the ocean, a lighthouse, and seashells lining the shore in the foreground. The Camden & Atlantic Railroad began regular service between Camden and Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1855. The railroad was taken over by the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad in 1883., Contains a condensed timetable ("summer arrangement") for trains traveling between Atlantic City and Philadelphia printed on verso. Includes times for the South Atlantic City Branch and the locations of ticket offices in Philadelphia, Germantown, and Camden, New Jersey., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Camden [1975.F.25]

Title: Highland [Navesink] Light [Station] from station of R[ail]R[oad], [Sandy Hook, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Navesink Light Station across Sandy Hook Bay. The multi-towered lighthouse rises from the top of a hill in the background. Several buildings line the shore below the hill. A wooden walkway spans the water on the left and the opposite shore is visible in the foreground. The first lighthouse was built on this site in 1828. In 1862, the twin tower building was constructed, giving it the nickname Twin Lights. This lighthouse was the first in the United States to test the Fresnel lens. The lighthouse ceased operations in 1952. In 1962 it was given to the state of New Jersey to operate as a museum., Time: 11:00, Light: Strong 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 8, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1162]

Title: Highland [Navesink] Light [Station] from the bridge, [Sandy Hook, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Navesink Light Station across a wooden bridge. The lighthouse has multiple towers and is located on top of a forested hill. Various people walk across the bridge including groups of women engaged in conversation and children. The first lighthouse was built on this site in 1828. In 1862 the twin tower building was constructed, giving it the nickname Twin Lights. This lighthouse was the first in the United States to test the Fresnel lens. The lighthouse ceased operations in 1952. In 1962 it was given to the state of New Jersey to operate as a museum., Time: 11:15, 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 8, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1163]

Title: Barnegut Light[house], from S[outh], [Barnegat Bay, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Barnegat Lighthouse seen from a distance among the dunes. Waves crash to the right of the lightkeeper's house. The Barnegat Lighthouse was built in 1857 under the supervision of Lt. George Meade. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, and the grounds surrounding it are a designated state park., Time: 12:45, Light: Bright., Some discoloration in the emulsion., 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. 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.295]

Title: Lighthouse and Buoys, U.S.
Description: Depicts a U.S. lighthouse, surrounded by buoys of various shapes and sizes. A pathway leads to the lighthouse and the other structures in the area. Also shown are fences and markers blocking off the exhibits and trees in the background.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co., photographer., creator
Date: 1876
Location: Centennial - album [P.8965.15e]

Title: [Sketchbook during New England summer excursion, July-August 1882]
Description: Sketchbook containing pencil and watercolor landscapes and marine views, and life studies of animals. Many of the landscapes and marines are identified with a date, title, and notes about color. Identified views include a landscape showing a hillside with rocks and foliage in "Portsmouth, N.H., July 30"; a lumber mill at "Pleasant Point, Portsmouth, N.H."; a ship at a pier in "Norwich - Con., Aug 18/82"; wood houses along the shoreline and a hillside lined with trees and bushes in 'Old York" (latter dated Aug. 7th/82); cows, and a ship at a wharf in "Gloucester Aug 12/82; landscape in "Concordville, N.H. [sic] Aug 1"; a sailing ship on the coast in "Gloucester, Aug 13/82"; the lighthouse "The Nubble, York Beach"; "Falls, Quinebaug River"; landscape, including a partial view of a roof in "Putnam, Con. Aug 17/82"; seaside view with residence at "Old York Aug 7/82 and Aug 8/82"; a laborer "Carting Sand, York Beach, Aug 8/82" into a cart hitched to bulls near a sleeping dog; a panoramic view of "Old York Aug 7/82," including buildings, a seated figure, and a sailboat; mountainside in "Gloucester Aug 14/82"; and "York Beach Aug 1/82." Unidentified sketches show bucolic residential and hillside views, cows grazing, wharf scenes, and studies of a gated fence, a cliff, and a bull standing and lying in the grass., Front outside cover inscribed: Moran., Several images dated, titled, or include inscriptions, often illegible., Inside front cover inscribed with several manuscript notes. Notes include: 36 [same back pack?] Elias Baker, York, Hamlin Maine; David Trowbridge, Eastford, Windom Co., Conn.; P. Moran, 1322 Jefferson St. Philadelphia; Ann Weston, Aug. 2nd; P. Moran. Also contains miniature sketches of human figures., Inside front cover stamped in blue ink: Frost Adams, Artists Materials, Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See David Gilmore Wright, Domestic and wild: Peter Moran's images of America (Baltimore: Creo Press, 2010), vol. 1, 45, 71.
Creator: Moran, Peter, 1841-1914, artist
Date: [1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Moran - vol. 1 [P.2011.39a]

Title: Old cannon in front of [Navesink] lighthouse, [Sandy Hook, NJ]. A[nna] P. S[harpless] on it
Description: Glass negative showing Anna P. Sharpless sitting on a cannon barrel mounted to a low stone pedestal in front of the Navesink Light Station. Behind the cannon, one of the large stone towers of the station rises on the right. Sharpless wears a dark-colored long dress and hat. The first lighthouse was built on this site in 1828. In 1862 the twin tower building was constructed, giving it the nickname Twin Lights. This lighthouse was the first in the United States to test the Fresnel lens. The lighthouse ceased operations in 1952. In 1962 was given to the state of New Jersey to operate as a museum., Time: 1:25, 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 8, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1169]

Title: Albert Hatch Photograph Album
Description: Photographs compiled and possibly taken by Albert Hatch showing city and landscape views as well as family views and portraits, ca. 1866-ca. 1888.

Title: Photograph album
Description: Album of photographs compiled and some possibly taken by Albert Hatch showing city and landscape views and family views and portraits. Photographs depict Atlantic City; Fairmount Park, including the water works and the Wissahickon Creek; Schooley family residences, landmarks, and the 1888 reunion in Luzerne County, Pa., including the residence of Joanna Schooley (West Pittston), the "Old Homestead" (Wyoming), the residence of H. N. Schooley before and after renovations in 1888, and the Schooley Breaker (Sturmerville) and Mill (Luzerne); lighthouses at Sandy Hook, N.J. and Neversink, N.Y.; and the White Mountains, N.H. Images also show the 500 block of North Twenty-Fifth Street, including Hatch's residence; the Girard Avenue Bridge and tunnel; the Old Red Bridge and Thorps Lane Bridge (Wissahickon), and "Old Smithy", a view by John Moran of a "smith" in front of his stone cabin shop in the woods. Also contains unidentified landscape views by Moran, and frontispiece photographs removed from late 1880s editions of "The Philadelphia Photographer," including views of South Africa and "The Kiosk of Isis" (Bed of Pharoah) at Philae Island., Calligraphed on cover: Photographs., Insert: Permission card issued to Mr. Albert Hatch, No. 577 N. 25 St. Recto contains stamps: Albert Hatch 190 Lambert St., Phila, Pa.; Albert Hatch 1616 Montgomery Ave. Verso printed: Permission has been granted to you to take Photographic Views in the Park during 1885. Good until revoked by the Committee on superintendance [use?] J. M. Dougherty, Secretary., Contains pasted label on back cover: Howard Album. Interchangeable Cards, Scovill Mf'g Co., N. Y. Patented and Label Registered., Photographers include George Hanmer Croughton; Lulu Farini; John Moran; and E. L. Wilson., Several of the photographs identified from captions below the images., Names of photographers from inscriptions below the images., Brown leather binding stamped: Photographs., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Agnes Kelly., Housed in phase box., Albert Hatch, son of Massachusetts-born, real estate broker Edward Hatch, was an amateur photographer who worked as a clerk at the U.S. Post Office from the late 1880s into the early 20th century. He was married in 1886 to Alice C. Schooley, who was from a family active in the milling and mining industry in and near Wyoming, Pa, including her brother Henry N. and Aunt Joanna. The couple had two children, including Augusta Hatch (b. 1868), who married James Kelly in 1890.
Creator: Hatch, Albert, 1844-1910
Date: ca. 1866-ca. 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9250]

Title: Lighthouse at Cape May Point, [NJ]. Father & Bess in background, Mother in foregr[oun]d
Description: Glass negative showing a distant view of the Cape May Lighthouse, designed by army engineer William F. Raynolds (1820-1894), and its various outbuildings. A wide field surrounded by a fence is visible in the foreground. Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris stand next to the fence close to the lighthouse while his mother Martha Canby Morris stands in the field., Time: 12, Light: Good sun., The emulsion is flaking along the left edge 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: April 16, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1098]

Title: Group at foot of [Navesink] lighthouse at summit of hill. Anna Sharpless, Lena Goodwin, G[eorge] V[aux] Jr, Bess & Mother. [Sandy Hook, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Anna Sharpless, Lena Goodwin, Marriott Morris' third cousin George Vaux Jr., his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and mother Martha Canby Morris seated on the grass at the base of the Navesink Light Station. A picnic basket, bottles, books, and two cameras surround thr group. The women wear high-necked dresses and hats while Vaux wears a white shirt with a cravat., Time: 1:00, The emulsion is peeling on the lower edge of the plate and a circular piece of emulsion is missing on the left side., 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 8, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1167]

Title: Views of Atlantic City Souvenir Booklet
Description: Souvenir viewbook containing eighteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks at the shore town.

Title: Atlantic City [viewbook]
Description: Souvenir viewbook containing eighteen captioned views of prominent sites and landmarks at the shore town. Contains views of "The New Iron Pier, Massachusetts Ave."; hotels "'The Brighton' Indiana Ave.", "The 'Traymore' and The 'Berkeley,' Illinois Ave."; "Camden & Atlantic and West Jersey R. R. Depot"; "Old Ocean Pier, Kentucky Ave." and "Applegate's Pier, Tennessee Ave."; "Board Walk"; amusement houses and grounds of the "Excursion House" and "Childrens Sea Shore House"; "Bathing Scene, from Ocean Pier"; "Atlantic Avenue" including West Jersey R.R. Depot, C[amden] & A[tlantic] R. R. Depot, City Hall, and St. Nicholas R.C. Church; "Intersection of Pacific and North Carolina Avenues" including First Baptist Church and St. James P.E. Church; "Boat House at the Inlet; "Absecon Light House," including the Buoy House and Life Saving Station; a "Regatta"; the Disston, R. H. Turner, Shirtcliffe and Ladner villas on Indiana, Pacific, and North Carolina avenues; "The Breakers," i.e. waves breaking onto the shore; "Elephant Pavilion, South Atlantic City," i.e., Lucy the Elephant; "The Wreck"; the duties of the "U. S. Life Saving Service," (later the U.S. Coast Guard), including "Launching the Surf Boat," "Taking the Tackle Cart to the Beach, " "Throwing the Life Line" and a person "Saved" during practice maneuvers. Views also show street, pedestrian and maritime traffic, including beach goers; bath houses; amusement rides; and shops along the boardwalk., Title from embossed olive morocco binding, front cover stamped: Atlantic City., Prints connected by accordion folds and separated into two sheets., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Helen Beitler., Adolph Witteman was a prolific publisher of souvenir viewbooks from the 1870s through 1880s. He and his brother Herman later established The Albertype Company in 1890, which issued post cards in addition to viewbooks until 1952.
Creator: Wittemann, A. (Adolph), 1845-1938
Date: c1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Views [P.2002.67.65]

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