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Title: Mill-race, Naaman Creek, [Claymont, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Naaman Creek surrounded by trees. The trunks and branches reflect in the calm water. Naaman Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River, running through New Castle County, Del. and Delaware County, Pa., Time: 10:55, 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.9895.1065]

Title: Up race bank at Washington St. [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Brandywine Creek with tall trees leaning over each bank. A path runs down the right shore and a man stands on the path. A wooden foot bridge crosses the creek in the background., Photographer remarks: In 3 1/4 x 4 1/4., Time: 11:10, Light: Good sun., The emulsion is dark and the image barely discernible., 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.9895.1383]

Title: Turnpike bridge over Naaman's Creek, Claymont, [DE]
Description: Glass negative showing the turnpike bridge extending over Naaman Creek at Claymont, Delaware. Trees are visible on either bank and behind the bridge. Naaman Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River, running through New Castle County, Del. and Delaware County, Pa., Photographer remarks: Too dense, too long development., Time: 10:25, 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., The negative is dark and the subject is barely discernible., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: November 11, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1062]

Title: West St. bridge over race. Looking up. [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing a wooden bridge spanning Brandywine Creek. Tall trees lean over the left bank. A pathway lined with grass runs down the right bank., Time: 11:20, 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: December 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1384]

Title: 1st dam on Brandywine from race bank back of Cos. Elizabeth Canby's, [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing a distant view of a dam on the Brandywine Creek. The creek rushes over rocks seen from the tree-lined bank. A wooden walkway spans a small gap between the path and the bank., Time: 12:30, 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: December 20, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1385]

Title: [Bed of Naaman's Creek, Claymont, DE], nearer R[ail]r[oad] bridge
Description: Glass negative showing Naaman Creek with a rocky riverbed. A trestle railroad bridge crosses the creek in the distance. Either riverbank is lined with trees. Naaman Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River, running through New Castle County, Del. and Delaware County, Pa., Same views as last., Time: 10:45, 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: November 11, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1064]

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]

Title: Looking up creek from race bank below Van Buren St. [Wilmington, DE]
Description: Glass negative showing Brandywine Creek running over a rocky streambed. Trees line the shore and a boy, possibly Marriott Morris' cousin William Marriott Canby Jr., sits on the left side of the river., Photographer remarks: 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 bicycle., Time: 11, Light: Good sun., The emulsion is dark and the image barely discernible., 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.9895.1382]

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