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Title: [Roberts Mansion] from avenue of trees toward Main St. [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the Robers Mansion at the end of a long drive lined with trees. The Mansion has columns along the front facade. Roberts Mansion was built about 1727 on property purchased by John Naglee in 1727 after being held by several previous owners. After Naglee’s death in 1751 the house again passed through multiple owners before Joseph Roberts acquired it in 1824. The Roberts family occupied the house until 1887. The house was torn down by the Reading Railroad Company in 1902., Incorrectly titled: Old Negley House from avenue of trees toward Main St., Photographer remarks: Developed at Sea Girt 8 mo. 1891, Time: 8:45 A.M., Light: 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 17, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1613]

Title: [Roberts Mansion] from farther down avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Roberts Mansion at the end of a long drive lined with trees. The Mansion has columns along the front facade. A woman and child stand to the right of the road. Roberts Mansion was built about 1727 on property purchased by John Naglee in 1727 after being held by several previous owners. After Naglee’s death in 1751 the house again passed through multiple owners before Joseph Roberts acquired it in 1824. The Roberts family occupied the house until 1887. The house was torn down by the Reading Railroad Company in 1902., Incorrectly titled: Old Negley House from farther down avenue., Photographer remarks: Woman & children by road. Developed at Sea Girt 8 mo. 1891, Time: 8:47 A.M., Light: 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 17, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1614]

Title: [Roberts Mansion, near Germantown, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Roberts Mansion, a large house with pillars lining the front facade and two gable windows on the roof. Clusters of foliage stand in front of the house and a large tree grows in the lawn on the right. Roberts Mansion was built around 1727 on property purchased by John Naglee in 1727 after being held by several previous owners. After Naglee’s death in 1751 the house again passed through multiple owners before Joseph Roberts acquired it in 1824. The Roberts family occupied the house until 1887. The house was torn down by the Reading Railroad Company in 1902., Incorrectly titled: Old Negley House at Wayne Junction, Phila., Photographer remarks: Developed at Sea Girt 8 mo. 1891, Time: 8:40 A.M., Light: 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 17, 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1612]

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