Shellback[?] tree in field on shore of Delaware R[iver] at Claymont, [DE]. Mother under [graphic].
Title
Shellback[?] tree in field on shore of Delaware R[iver] at Claymont, [DE]. Mother under
Description
Glass negative showing a large, solitary tree, possibly a shellback, standing in the middle of a field at Claymont, Del. Martha Canby Morris stands to the left beneath the tree., Time: 12:20, 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 11, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1067]
[Martha Canby Morris, Sea Girt] [graphic].
Title
[Martha Canby Morris, Sea Girt]
Description
Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris seated on a porch holding a newspaper. She wears round glasses, a white patterned blouse, and a dark ribbon around her neck., 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
Summer 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.108]
[Bridge]. Mother on a rock in foreground. [French Creek, Pa.] [graphic].
Title
[Bridge]. Mother on a rock in foreground. [French Creek, Pa.]
Description
Glass negative showing French Creek crossed by a covered bridge in the background. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris sits on the rocks near a bend in the creek in the foreground. She wears a long dark dress with a shawl and hat., Same bridge as last. Nearer view., Light: Good sunlight., 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, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.796]
Grove of trees at [Manasquan] meeting house. Mother & carriage in background, [Manasquan, NJ] graphic].
Title
Grove of trees at [Manasquan] meeting house. Mother & carriage in background, [Manasquan, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing a grove of trees near the Manasquan Meeting House with a wooden fence in the background. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris stands next to a tree on the right. A horse-drawn carriage rests to her left., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 11:40, Light: Sun out brightly., 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
September 1, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.734]
Bed of Naaman's Creek, [Claymont, DE], looking up toward railroad bridge. Mother on a large rock [graphic].
Title
Bed of Naaman's Creek, [Claymont, DE], looking up toward railroad bridge. Mother on a large rock
Description
Glass negative showing Martha Canby Morris sitting on a large rock on the left bank of Naaman Creek. The creek has a rocky riverbed and both banks are lined with trees. The railroad bridge is visible through the trees in the background. Naaman Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River, running through New Castle County, Del. and Delaware County, Pa., Time: 10:40, 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
November 11, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1063]
[Elliston Perot Morris and Martha Canby Morris] [graphic].
Title
[Elliston Perot Morris and Martha Canby Morris]
Description
Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' older parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris seated on a wooden bench looking at each other. Elliston Morris wears a three piece suit while Martha Morris wears a long black dress with a ruffled blouse and glasses. A manicured hedge and large trees stand behind the bench., 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
Spring 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.60]
[Elliston Perot Morris and Martha Canby Morris] [graphic].
Title
[Elliston Perot Morris and Martha Canby Morris]
Description
Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' older parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris seated on a wooden bench. A manicured hedge and large trees stand behind the bench. Elliston Morris wears a three-piece suit while Martha Morris wears a long black dress with a ruffled blouse and glasses., 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
Spring 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.62]
Mother & Mary Canby at the spring. Foot of Van Buren St., Brandywine, [Wilmington, DE] [graphic].
Title
Mother & Mary Canby at the spring. Foot of Van Buren St., Brandywine, [Wilmington, DE]
Description
Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris and a boy, possibly Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby Jr., resting near Brandywine Creek. Morris sits in the grass near some rocks while the boy stands with one knee bent leaning on the rocks. Morris wears a velvet shawl and hat., Photographer remarks: In 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 box., Time: 10:45, 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
December 20, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1381]
[Elliston Perot Morris and Martha Canby Morris] [graphic].
Title
[Elliston Perot Morris and Martha Canby Morris]
Description
Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' older parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris seated on a wooden bench. A small black dog stands to the right looking up at the couple. A manicured hedge and large trees stand behind the bench. Elliston Morris wears a three-pice suit. Martha Morris wears a long black dress with a ruffled blouse and glasses., 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
Spring 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.61]
[Elliston Perot Morris, Martha Canby Morris, and Marriott C. Morris] [graphic].
Title
[Elliston Perot Morris, Martha Canby Morris, and Marriott C. Morris]
Description
Film negative showing an Marriott Canby Morris standing behind his older parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris seated on a wooden bench. A manicured hedge grows behind them. The men wear three-piece suits while Martha Morris wears a long black dress with a ruffled blouse and glasses., 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
Spring 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.63]
Our cottage [Avocado], Sea Girt, [NJ], from S.E. Mother in bathroom window [graphic].
Title
Our cottage [Avocado], Sea Girt, [NJ], from S.E. Mother in bathroom window
Description
Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-storu Victorian-style home with a wide porch and a prominent tower. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris is visible sitting in a window on the second floor. Dune grass grows in front of the house and trees behind. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Photographer remarks: Swing back not straight. Very fair neg.This must be intensified., Time: 9:20, 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
September 4, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.736]
Elliston P. and Martha Morris with dog [Jet] near a gate of a wood fence, [possibly Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Title
Elliston P. and Martha Morris with dog [Jet] near a gate of a wood fence, [possibly Sea Girt, NJ]
Description
Film negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris standing next to a wooden gate. A leafy hedge extends to the right and an arbor forms an arch over the gate. Jet, a small black dog stands near Martha Morris' feet. She wears a long patterend dress while Elliston Morris wears a three-piece suit and hat., 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. 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.7.11]
Elm tree in middle of our garden. Mother sitting under it. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] [graphic].
Title
Elm tree in middle of our garden. Mother sitting under it. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description
Glass negative showing a view of a lawn with a large tree growing in the center at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris sits on a bench underneath the tree. Two paths extend on either side of the tree lined with flowers and shrubs. 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., Time: 5PM, 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
May 5, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1539]
Copy of a painting of Grandmother [Eliza Tatnall Sipple] & mother hanging in Aunt Anne [Canby]'s bedroom, [Wilmington, DE] [graphic].
Title
Copy of a painting of Grandmother [Eliza Tatnall Sipple] & mother hanging in Aunt Anne [Canby]'s bedroom, [Wilmington, DE]
Description
Glass negative showing a framed painting of Marriott C. Morris' grandmother Eliza Tatnall Sipple and mother Martha Canby Morris as a child hanging in the bedroom at his aunt Anna Canby's home. Sipple wears a shawl and ruffled bonnet and Morris holds a small box with one hand as Sipple holds her other hand. Floral wallpaper is visible behind the painting's frame., Photographer remarks: Poor neg., 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 26, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.814]
Our house, from magnolia tree (mag. grandiflora), Mother & Anna Rhoads in porch, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] [graphic].
Title
Our house, from magnolia tree (mag. grandiflora), Mother & Anna Rhoads in porch, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description
Glass negative showing the rear of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, a two-story home with shuttered windows, a balcony on the second floor, and porch on the first floor. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris and Morris' Aunt Beulah's neice Anna Rhoads sit on a bench on the porch. 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., Time: 11:45, Light: Good 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
April 17, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.543]
View on beach, looking S. from N. of our house, showing large timber. Mother & Bonnie in foreground, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Title
View on beach, looking S. from N. of our house, showing large timber. Mother & Bonnie in foreground, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing a view of the beach at Sea Girt. To the left, a group of people gathers around a large piece of wood that has washed ashore. To the right, a man stands behind a camera taking a picture. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris walks with Bonnie, a small black dog, in the foreground. She wears a long dark dress and a hat. The Beach House is visible in the far distance., Photographer remarks: G[eorge] V[aux] taking picture., Time: 10, 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, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.977]
Grie-Grie Palm at Governor Newdigate's. Mother at foot of tree. [Bermuda] [graphic].
Title
Grie-Grie Palm at Governor Newdigate's. Mother at foot of tree. [Bermuda]
Description
Glass negative showing a large palm tree growing in a garden at the residence of Governor Edward Newdigate. A path runs along the right side of the lawn lined with leafy shrubs and other foliage. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris stands beneath the palm tree and a building is visible in the background behind thick leaves., Photographer remarks: Intensified 2/5/1890., Time: 11:45, 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
March 12, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1413]
[Elliston P. Morris, Martha Canby Morris, and Jet the dog by wood gate, possibly Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Title
[Elliston P. Morris, Martha Canby Morris, and Jet the dog by wood gate, possibly Sea Girt, NJ]
Description
Photograph showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris standing next to a wooden gate. A leafy hedge extends to the right and an arbor forms an arch over the gate. Jet, a small black dog, stands near Martha Morris' feet. She wears a long patterned dress while Elliston Morris wears a three-piece suit and hat., Photograph from negative number *7-11., 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. 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2133]
Our cottage [Avocado] from Mr. Oglesby's South line. Mother in [sic] porch and Bess in window. [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Title
Our cottage [Avocado] from Mr. Oglesby's South line. Mother in [sic] porch and Bess in window. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing Avocado, the Morris family's multi-story house with a wide porch and a tower with a balcony. The house is seen from the side, standing among dune grass. Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sits in a window on the second floor and his mother Martha Canby Morris stands on the porch. Other similar houses are visible in the distance. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Photographer remarks: undertimed., Time: 8:30, 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
September 7, 1887
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1198]
Our Niagara Party at rear of our parlor car. Taken at Elmira, N.Y. on return [graphic].
Title
Our Niagara Party at rear of our parlor car. Taken at Elmira, N.Y. on return
Description
Glass negative showing a group of men and women posed on the back of a railroad car. They stand behind the railing on the car or in the tracks in front of it. The men wear long jackets and either wear or carry hats. The women wear long, high-necked dresses and all wear hats. A railroad conductor stands to the far right, in uniform. Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, father Elliston P. Morris, and mother Martha Canby Morris are included., Photographer remarks: Intens. 3/1888, Time: 3:30, Light: No 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
February 27, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1263]
[Our Niagara Party at rear of our parlor car. Taken at Elmira, N.Y. on return] [graphic].
Title
[Our Niagara Party at rear of our parlor car. Taken at Elmira, N.Y. on return]
Description
Glass negative showing a group of men and women posed on the back of a railroad car. They stand behind the railing on the car or in the tracks in front of it. The men wear long jackets and either wear or carry hats. The women wear long, high-necked dresses and all wear hats. A railroad conductor stands to the far right, in uniform. Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, father Elliston P. Morris, and mother Martha Canby Morris are included., Same subject as last., Photographer remarks: Intens. 3/1888, Time: 3:32, Light: No 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
February 27, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1264]
Life on the rail, Minnie Tyson Shoemaker & Minnie Kimber on fence at Bartram's Garden [graphic].
Title
Life on the rail, Minnie Tyson Shoemaker & Minnie Kimber on fence at Bartram's Garden
Description
Glass negative showing Minnie Tyson Shoemaker and Minnie Kimber, one holding a parasol, sitting on the rail of a wooden fence at Bartram's Gardens. They wear long, black dresses. Another woman sits on a fallen tree further down the hill beyond the fence. A path curves to the right past the fence and a group of trees. Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris stand to the left. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891., Time: 1, 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 28, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1282]
[Group on Overlook Mt. Ann Emlen, Mary Emlen, Elliston P. Morris, Samuel B. Morris, & Martha C. Morris]. [Catskills] [graphic].
Title
[Group on Overlook Mt. Ann Emlen, Mary Emlen, Elliston P. Morris, Samuel B. Morris, & Martha C. Morris]. [Catskills]
Description
Glass negative showing Marrott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and brother Samuel Buckley Morris, with Ann Emlen and Mary Emlen seated on the ground among trees and other foliage on Overlook Mountain. Martha Morris holds a book and Elliston Morris holds a sketchbook and pen. The women wear long dresses and the men wear three-piece suits and hats., Same group as last., Time: 4, Light: Fair, 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
September 6, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.404]
Group on Overlook Mt. A[nn] E[mlen], M[ary] E[mlen], E[lliston] P. M[orris], S[amuel] B. M[orris], & M[artha] C. M[orris], [Catskills] [graphic].
Title
Group on Overlook Mt. A[nn] E[mlen], M[ary] E[mlen], E[lliston] P. M[orris], S[amuel] B. M[orris], & M[artha] C. M[orris], [Catskills]
Description
Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and brother Samuel Buckley Morris, with Ann Emeln and Mary Emlen seated on the ground among trees and other foliage on Overlook Mountain. The faces of the people are blurred., Photographer remarks: Exposed by mistake; before group was ready., Time: 3:55, Light: Fair, 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
September 6, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.403]
Thalatta sailing on Wreck Pond. Mother, Cos. Jos[eph], Warner & T[heodore] W[illiam] R[ichards] in boat. [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Title
Thalatta sailing on Wreck Pond. Mother, Cos. Jos[eph], Warner & T[heodore] W[illiam] R[ichards] in boat. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing a small sailboat carrying a group of people on Wreck Pond, including Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris, Joseph Warner, and Theodore William Richards (Haverford College class of 1885). Large buildings occupy the far shore behind the boat., Time: 4:30, 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 20, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.989]
[Front-view of Avocado at Sea Girt with possibly Bess and Martha in tower] [graphic].
Title
[Front-view of Avocado at Sea Girt with possibly Bess and Martha in tower]
Description
Glass negative showing a view of Avocado, the Morris family's multi-story house at Sea Girt, N.J., with a porch, tracery in the gables and a tower with a balcony. Two women, possibly Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and mother Martha Canby Morris, stand on the high balcony and carpets hang from the porch. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., 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.9895.11.3]
Our party to St. George's underscrew pine tree at Joyce's Dock Caves, [Bermuda] [graphic].
Title
Our party to St. George's underscrew pine tree at Joyce's Dock Caves, [Bermuda]
Description
Glass negative showing a group showing Samuel Brown, Mrs. J.W. Paul, May Sharp, and Rachel Brown, and Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, gathered under the branches of a large palm tree. Four women sit at the base of the tree while two men and one woman stand behind them. The women wear long dresses and hats while the men wear long coats and hats. Elizabeth and Martha Morris carry parosols. Trees and other foliage grow around the palm., Time: 3:45, Light: No sun., The negative is cracked across 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
March 11, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1411]
[Our party to St. Georges under Screw Pine Tree at Joyce's Dock Caves]. Sam[ue]l Brown, Mother, Mrs. J.W. Paul, May Sharp, Rachel Brown, Bessie, Father, [Bermuda] [graphic].
Title
[Our party to St. Georges under Screw Pine Tree at Joyce's Dock Caves]. Sam[ue]l Brown, Mother, Mrs. J.W. Paul, May Sharp, Rachel Brown, Bessie, Father, [Bermuda]
Description
Glass negative showing Samuel Brown, Mrs. J.W. Paul, May Sharp, Rachel Brown, and Marriott Morris' parents Martha Canby Morris and Elliston P. Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered under the branches of a palm tree. Elliston and Elizabeth Morris, Samuel Brown and one of the women stand while the other women sit at the base of the tree. The women wear long dresses and hats. The men wear long coats and hats. Brown carries a walking stick. Thick foliage grows behind the palm., Same party, at same spot as last., Time: 3:50, 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
March 11, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1412]
[Elliston Perot Morris, Elliston Perot Morris Jr., Jane Rhoads Morris, and Martha Canby Morris on the beach] [graphic].
Title
[Elliston Perot Morris, Elliston Perot Morris Jr., Jane Rhoads Morris, and Martha Canby Morris on the beach]
Description
Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston Perot Morris and Martha Canby Morris, son Elliston Perot Morris Jr., and wife Jane Rhoads Morris and sitting in a rowboat on the beach. The women wear black jackets and decorated hats. Elliston Morris Sr. wears a long jacket and hat. Elliston Morris Jr. wears a light jacket and wide-brimmed hat. A covered boardwalk stands in the sand behind the group., 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 11, 1903
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.570]
"Life on the Rail" Minnie Lysan Shoemaker & Minne Kinter on fence at Bartram's Gardens [graphic].
Title
"Life on the Rail" Minnie Lysan Shoemaker & Minnie Kinter on fence at Bartram's Gardens
Description
Photograph showing Minnie Tyson Shoemaker and Minnie Kimber seated on a wooden fence at the edge of a wooded path at Bartram's Gardens. The woman on the right holds a parasol and faces the woman on the left. Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris are in the background. Bartram’s Gardens, founded by American botanist John Bartram, is the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America. Built in 1728, the gardens cover forty-six acres with a focus in North American plants. The Gardens became a Philadelphia city park in 1891., Photograph from negative number 1282., 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 28, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2068]
Group in meadow at Allaire, N.J. 1884. [Father, Mother, Bessie, Sam, Anne & Mary Emlen] [graphic].
Title
Group in meadow at Allaire, N.J. 1884. [Father, Mother, Bessie, Sam, Anne & Mary Emlen]
Description
Photograph showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby, siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, and Anne Emlen and Mary Emlen next to a tree in Allaire, N.J. Elliston Morris stands, Mary Emlen and Elizabeth Morris lean against the tree and the others lounge in the grass. Each person looks in a different direction. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a gold border. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Photograph from negative number 343., 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 11, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9986.3]
Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, [NJ]. Father, Helen Morris, Mr. Samuel, Bess, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, Mary Taylor & Mother [graphic].
Title
Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, [NJ]. Father, Helen Morris, Mr. Samuel, Bess, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, Mary Taylor & Mother
Description
Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, and possibly third cousin Helen Morris, with Joseph Bunford Samuel, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, and Mary Taylor gathered for a picnic in the woods. The group sits in a semi-circle around a blanket filled with food and a picnic basket. Samuel holds a bottle and a box in his hands and Taylor holds a fan up to her face. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses and hats., Time: 2:30, 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
July 7, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1304]
[Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, NJ. Father, Helen Morris, Mr. Samuel, Bess, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, Mary Taylor, & Mother] [graphic].
Title
[Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, NJ. Father, Helen Morris, Mr. Samuel, Bess, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, Mary Taylor, & Mother]
Description
Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, and possibly third cousin Helen Morris, with Joseph Bunford Samuel, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, and Mary Taylor gathered for a picnic in the woods. The group sits in a semi-circle around a blanket filled with food and a picnic basket. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses and hats., Same group as last., Time: 2:35, 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
July 7, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1305]
Group on [Mana]squan R[iver]. Patty & Gertie Mellor, Ed. Strawbridge, Nellie Wood, Bess, Mother & Father. [Manasquan, NJ] [graphic].
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]
Group at foot of [Navesink] lighthouse at summit of hill. Anna Sharpless, Lena Goodwin, G[eorge] V[aux] Jr, Bess & Mother. [Sandy Hook, NJ] [graphic].
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]
Group at Allaire, [NJ]. Father, Mother, Bessie, Sam, Anne & Mary Emlen [graphic]
Title
Group at Allaire, [NJ]. Father, Mother, Bessie, Sam, Anne & Mary Emlen
Description
Glass negative showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, his siblings Elizabeth Canby Morris and Samuel Buckley Morris and Anne Emlen and Mary Emlen at Allaire, N.J. Elliston Morris stands, while Elizabeth Morris and Mary Emlen lean against a large tree and the others lounge in the grass. Each person looks in a different direction. The women wear dark long dresses and hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Photographer remarks: In neg. preserver., Time: 2:15, 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
August 11, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.343]
Bridge over [Mana]squan River at Allaire, [NJ]. [Sam & A(nne) Emlen in foreground] [graphic].
Title
Bridge over [Mana]squan River at Allaire, [NJ]. [Sam & A(nne) Emlen in foreground]
Description
Glass negative showing a bridge over the Manasquan River near the former Howell Iron works at Allaire, N.J. Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris and Anne Emlen sit on the riverbank in the foreground while four people, likely Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and Mary Emlen, sit on bank in background. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Photographer remarks: Sam & A. Emlen in foregrd., Time: 2:25, 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 11, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.344]
Group at Farmingdale Station. Mr. Price, Helen, Ellen, & Bessie Morris, Mother, Eli Price & Fred Baker & Gertrude Mellor & Whitall Nicholson. [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Title
Group at Farmingdale Station. Mr. Price, Helen, Ellen, & Bessie Morris, Mother, Eli Price & Fred Baker & Gertrude Mellor & Whitall Nicholson. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing Mr. Price, Eli Price, Fred Baker, Gertrude Mellor, and Whitall Nicholson, and Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, third cousin Ellen Morris, and possibly his third cousin Helen Campbell Morris, posed on the platform at a train station. They sit and stand in front of a building with a sign that reads, "United States Express Co." The women wear long patterened dresses and hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats., Time: 10:30?, 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 7, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1555]
Group on back porch at Sea Girt. Aunt Hetty, Uncle Edward, Aunt Annie, Mother & Bessie, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Title
Group on back porch at Sea Girt. Aunt Hetty, Uncle Edward, Aunt Annie, Mother & Bessie, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, aunt Anne Canby, granduncle Edward Bellah, and grandaunt Hetty Bellah gathered on a porch, likely at the Morris family home Avocado. The majority of the group sit on chairs while Elizabeth Morris stands in profile behind them. The women wear long dark dresses and hats while Edward Bellah wears a three-piece suit and hat., Time: 8:30, There is a crack down the entire left side of the negative and it has been reinforced with an extra pane of glass., 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 26, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.973]
Dinner group near Church Caves, Bermuda. Mr. Heyl, the Misses Heyl, Miss Boyd, Miss Armstrong, Father, Mother & Bess. [Bermuda] [graphic].
Title
Dinner group near Church Caves, Bermuda. Mr. Heyl, the Misses Heyl, Miss Boyd, Miss Armstrong, Father, Mother & Bess. [Bermuda]
Description
Glass negative showing a group posed around a picnic blanket, including Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, James Bell Heyl and his daughters Adeline and Ida Heyl, Miss Boyd, and Miss Armstrong. The six women and Elliston Morris sit in the grass, leaning against a tree. Mr. Heyl stands behind the group. The women wear high-necked dresses and hats. The men wear suits and hats., Time: 2:30, 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
March 23, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1449]
Party at West End Sta[tion]. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, mother, Bess, and I. [Lakewood, NJ] [graphic].
Title
Party at West End Sta[tion]. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, mother, Bess, and I. [Lakewood, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing Mr. Baker, Fred Baker, Miss B., Mr. J.B. Samuel, Miss Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, and Marriott Canby Morris and his parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered on a platform outside a building labeled "Ticket Office" at Lakewood, N.J. Some stand while others sit. Mr. Samuel on the left holds an open umbrella. The women wear long dresses with hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Originally settled by mill operators in 1750, Lakewood became a winter resort area in 1880. It housed the prominent hotels Laurel House (1880-1932), Lakewood Hotel (1891-1925), and Laurel-in-the-Pines (1891-1967). By the 1960s, the area had become more residential., Time: 12:25, 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
August 19, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.708]
[Party] ("Baker's Dozen") at W. End [Station. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, Mother, Bess & I. Lakewood, NJ] [graphic].
Title
[Party] ("Baker's Dozen") at W. End [Station. Mr. Baker, Fred & Miss B., Mr. & Miss Samuel, Mr. & Mrs. Price, Anne & Mary Emlen, Father, Mother, Bess & I. Lakewood, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing Mr. Baker, Fred Baker, Miss B., Mr. J.B. Samuel, Miss Samuel, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Anne Emlen, Mary Emlen, and Marriott Canby Morris and his parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris gathered on a platform outside a building labeled "Ticket Office" at Lakewood, N.J. Some stand while others sit. A man in the office doorway is blurred by motion. An umbrella sits on the platform next to Elliston Morris in the foreground and Mr. Samuel behind him holds another umbrella. The women wear long dresses with hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Originally settled by mill operators in 1750, Lakewood became a winter resort area in 1880. It housed the prominent hotels Laurel House (1880-1932), Lakewood Hotel (1891-1925), and Laurel-in-the-Pines (1891-1967). By the 1960s, the area had become more residential., Same party., 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
August 19, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.709]
Old Perot house. (Mrs. Dickinson's) near Heron Bay, where Elliston & John Perot were born. Bess, co[u]s[ins] Morris & Rebecca Perot, Mr. Syphur & Father, Mother on picture. [Bermuda] [graphic].
Title
Old Perot house. (Mrs. Dickinson's) near Heron Bay, where Elliston & John Perot were born. Bess, co[u]s[ins] Morris & Rebecca Perot, Mr. Syphur & Father, Mother on picture. [Bermuda]
Description
Glass negative showing the old two-story Perot house built on a hill. Mr. Syphur and Marriott C. Morris' distant cousins Morris Perot and Rebecca Perot, parents and Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and sister Elizabeth Canby stand next to the house at the top of the hill. A stone wall extends from the corner of the house and a tree grows in the yard behind it. Elizabeth Morris sits to the left of the group. The men wear three-piece suits and the women wear long dresses and hats. Joseph C. Dickinson bought the Port Royal Perot house from William B. Perot in 1880., Time: 11:10, 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 19, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1429]
Group in our parlor. Father, Cos. H[annah] P[erot] Morris, Auntie Beulah & Uncle Chas. Rhoads, Bess, Geo. S. Morris, Mother & Aunt Lydia Morris, also dog "Jet," [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue] [graphic].
Title
Group in our parlor. Father, Cos. H[annah] P[erot] Morris, Auntie Beulah & Uncle Chas. Rhoads, Bess, Geo. S. Morris, Mother & Aunt Lydia Morris, also dog "Jet," [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description
Glass negative showing a group posed in a decorated interior of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin George Spencer, aunts Lydia Morris and Beulah Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, and secon cousin once removed Hannah Perot Morris. Charles Rhoads and Hannah Morris stand in the back while the others sit. Elizabeth Morris, in the center of the group, holds a small black dog, Jet, in her lap. The men wear three-piece suits and the women wear dark-colored dresses. 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., Time: 9 P.M., 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 17, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1294]
Group in porch steps. Father, Mother, Uncle W[illiam Canby], Harry [Henry Mathews Canby], Marriott C., Bessie & Sam. [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Title
Group in porch steps. Father, Mother, Uncle W[illiam Canby], Harry [Henry Mathews Canby], Marriott C., Bessie & Sam. [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing a group of people seating on the porch steps of the Morris family home Avocado. The group contains Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, his siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, his uncle William Canby, and his cousins William Marriott Canby Jr. and Henry Matthews Canby. Jet, a small black dog, sits in Samuel Morris' lap. The men wear three-piece suits. The boys wear short pants. Elliston Morris has a hat and writes in a book on his lap. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Time: 3:40, Light: Fair. 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
August 1, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.313]
[Group in porch steps. Father, Mother, Uncle William Canby, Henry Mathews Canby, Marriott C., Bessie & Sam, Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Title
[Group in porch steps. Father, Mother, Uncle William Canby, Henry Mathews Canby, Marriott C., Bessie & Sam, Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description
Glass negative showing a group of people seating on the porch steps of the Morris family home Avocado. The group contains Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, his siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, his uncle William Canby, and his cousins William Marriott Canby Jr. and Henry Matthews Canby. Jet, a small black dog, sits in Samuel Morris' lap. The men wear three-piece suits. The boys wear short pants. Elliston Morris has a hat and writes in a book on his lap. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Time: 3:45, Light: Fair. 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
August 1, 1884
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.314]
Family group at back porch of 4782 Main St., [Deshler-Morris House], Father, Bess, Hannah, Mother, Aunt Lydia, Uncle Charles Rhoads, Auntie Beulah. Geo. S. Morris & Catherine Harman. [Germantown] [graphic].
Title
Family group at back porch of 4782 Main St., [Deshler-Morris House], Father, Bess, Hannah, Mother, Aunt Lydia, Uncle Charles Rhoads, Auntie Beulah. Geo. S. Morris & Catherine Harman. [Germantown]
Description
Glass negative showing a group of Marriott C. Morris' family, including his aunt Beulah Sansom Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin Hannah Perot Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, aunt Lydia Spencer Morris, and cousin George Spencer Morris, as well as Catherine Harman gathered on the Deshler-Morris House porch at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women and one man sit in chairs in the front row while another woman sits behind them. Three of the men and two of the women stand in the back. The women wear long, high-necked dresses. Three of the women wear bonnets. The men wear three-piece suits. One man wears a top hat. 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., Time: 3:15, Light: Good., 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 14, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1503]
[Family group at back porch of Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main St. Father, Bess, Hannah, Mother, Aunt Lydia, Uncle Charles Rhoads, Auntie Beulah. Geo. S. Morris & Catherine Harman. Germantown] [graphic].
Title
[Family group at back porch of Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main St. Father, Bess, Hannah, Mother, Aunt Lydia, Uncle Charles Rhoads, Auntie Beulah. Geo. S. Morris & Catherine Harman. Germantown]
Description
Glass negative showing a group of Marriott C. Morris' family, including his aunt Beulah Sansom Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin Hannah Perot Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, aunt Lydia Spencer Morris, and cousin George Spencer Morris, as well as Catherine Harman gathered on the Deshler-Morris House porch at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Three of the women and one man sit in chairs in the front row while another woman sits behind them. Three of the men and two of the women stand in the back. The women wear long, high-necked dresses. Three of the women wear bonnets. The men wear three piece suits. 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: Longer exposure., Time: 3:20, Light: Good -sun out., Same group as 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
April 14, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.1504]