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Title: 129er (Pattie Mellor) near well in woods. [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Pattie Mellor sitting in the grass beneath a tree at Manasquan. N.J., Time: 11, Light: No sun., The emulsion is severely damaged and the image is barely discernible., 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 18, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1157]

Title: Group near mill, Pattie & Gertrude Mellor & Bess. [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a Pattie Mellor, Gertrude Mellor, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris resting in the grass near the forest at Manasquan, N.J. Gerturde Mellor sits on the left holding a parasol. A man sits in the backgruond reading a book. The women wear high-necked, light-colored dresses wiht hats., Time: 10:50, 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 18, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1156]

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: The Samuel's canoe. Mr. S[amuel], Patty Mellor, & Eli K. Price in it. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a canoe holding Patty Mellor, Eli K. Price, and Joseph Bunford Samuel floating on a lake at Sea Girt, N.J., Time: 11:10, The emusion is heavily damaged across the plate and the image is nearly impossible to discern., 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, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1151]

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: Bessie Morris & Patty Mellor at 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description: Glass negative showing a close view of Pattie Mellor and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting next to each other in front of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Mellor on the right wears a hat decorated with flowers and a dark coat and turns her head toward Morris who looks downward. Morris wears a cloth hat and a light coat. She has a small, black dog in her lap. The house's large windows are visible in the background. 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., No. 18., 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 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.100.2]

Title: Bessie Morris & Patty Mellor at 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description: Glass negative showing a close view of Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and Pattie Mellor sitting next to each other in front of the Deshler-Morris House. Mellor on the right wears a hat decorated with flowers and a dark coat and turns her head toward Morris who looks toward the camera. Morris wears a cloth hat and light coat. She has a small, black dog in her lap. The Deshler-Morris House's large windows are visible in the background. 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., No. 18., 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 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.100.2a]

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 on [Mana]squan R[iver]. Patty & Gertie Mellor, Ed. Strawbridge, Nellie Wood, Bess, Mother & Father. [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group picknicking next to the Manasquan River, including Patty Mellor, Gertrude Mellor, Edward Strawbridge, Nellie Wood, Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and his parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris; an unidentified woman is also part of the group. Various objects are displayed in front of the group, including two picnic baskets, an oar, a book and a bucket. Most of the group sit in the grass while Elliston Morris stands behind them. The women wear high-necked dresses and hats while the men wear long-sleeved shirts and hats., Time: 3:30, 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: July 16, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1153]

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