Glass negative showing a long wooden pole extending out over Hamilton Harbor near the Princess Hotel. A crowd gathers to watch a man falling into the water as he attempts to walk across the pole. Boats of various sizes sail on the water below, carrying more onlookers., Photographer remarks: Too small a stop., Time: 3:30, 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
March 27, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.904]
Glass negative showing a tennis court on the lawn of Par-la-Ville, the Perot Family estate, originally established by William Perot during the early 19th Century. The house has a porch on the first floor and a balcony on the second. Marriott C. Morris' distant cousin James E. Perot sits on the porch looking out onto the lawn. Par-La-Ville was built for William B. Perot, Bermuda’s first postmaster, in 1814. The grounds became a national park, renamed Queen Elizabeth Park, while the house became the home of the Bermuda National Library and Bermuda Historical Society Museum., Time: 12:45, 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 31, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.932]
