Group on porch at [Deshler-Morris House], 4782 Main St., [Germantown]. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess [graphic].
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Group on porch at [Deshler-Morris House], 4782 Main St., [Germantown]. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess
Description
Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris, cousins William Marriott Canby, George Spencer Morris and Lydia Ellicott, third cousin George Vaux, Jr., and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on Deshler-Morris House porch step at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The men sit in the center, one holding a small black dog, while the women sit on the outside of the group. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Ellicott wears a decorated hat. Various potted plants sit on the porch beneath a window 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., Photographer remarks: Group in shade., Time: 3:20, 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
May 6, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1283]
[Group on porch at Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main St., Germantown. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess] [graphic].
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[Group on porch at Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main St., Germantown. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess]
Description
Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris, cousins William Marriott Canby, George Spencer Morris and Lydia Ellicott, third cousin George Vaux, Jr., and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on Deshler-Morris House porch step at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The men sit in the center while the women sit on the outside of the group. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Ellicott wears a decorated hat. Various potted plants sit on the porch beneath a window in the background. Elizabeth Morris has a small black dog in her lap. 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., Photographer remarks: This & the preceding made on Carbutt Eclipse 27 plates trial box., Time: 3:22, 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
May 6, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1284]