Glass negative showing Mrs. Shoemaker, Bird Shoemaker, Minnie Tyson Shoemaker, Minnie Kimber, and Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris posed on a fallen tree at Bartram's Garden. Three of the women, including Morris, sit on the tree trunk while the other two, one holding a parasol, stand behind them. The women wear long, high-necked dresses. Morris holds her hat in her lap while the other women wear their hats. 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: 10:20, 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
April 28, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1275]
