Film negative showing a crowd surrounding President and Mrs. Taft in a carriage at Groton Heights in New London County, Conn. The Tafts and their carriage are in the bottom right of the negative, while the crowd spreads across the rest of the image. Groton Heights was the site of one of the last British victories during the American Revolution. The 1782 battle culminated in the massacre at Fort Griswold., Inscription on negative: Pres. Taft at Groton Conn. 9/6 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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, 1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.525]
