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Title: Tulpehocken Station, 1928
Description: Triplicate panoramic views showing the train station built in 1878 after the designs of William Brown and Washington (sometimes listed William) Bleddyn Powell at 314 West Tulpehocken Street, Germantown. Men and women wait on the station platform in the right of the image. A car is parked next to the Victorian-style station building across from the platform on which the passengers wait. A multi-story building rises from behind the station. A rough-patched grassy pasture to the left of the station fills most of the image. Groves of trees and a three-story white building are also visible., Title and date from manuscript notes on verso., Manuscript note on versos: L-85., Attributed to Marriott C. Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [1928]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.6-8]

Title: W. Walnut Lane, G[ermant[ow]n. Mr. Lindsay & houses between him & Greene St., March 1923
Description: Panoramic view looking south and showing the 100 block of West Walnut Lane east of the Marriott C. Morris residence (131). Includes the Queen Anne-style residence of Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Lindsay (143) and the Italian villa-style residences of Mr. & Mrs. Louis H. Swind (149) and Alonzo P. Smith (155). Snow covers the front yards of the houses. Trees line the street. In the foreground, the snow-covered and fence-lined front yards of the opposite side of the street are visible. Image also depicts the residence east of Greene Street, a partial view of the Morris house, and distant views of the neighborhood in the background., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped lower right corner: Marriott C. Morris Photo., Manuscript note on verso: neg. L-68., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [March 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.9]

Title: N. Side of W. Walnut Lane, G[ermant[ow]n. West of Greene St. Mar. 1923
Description: Panoramic view looking north and showing the 200 block of West Walnut Lane. Includes (l-r) the Queen Anne-style residence of Mrs. Mary Pardee (239); the residence of Irvin King (215); and the recent residence of the late Charles T. Evans (203). Snow covers the front yards of the houses. Trees line the street. Also shows a sculptural brick fence lining the Pardee property., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped lower right corner: Marriott C. Morris Photo., Manuscript note on verso: L-69., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [March 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.10]

Title: N. Side of W. Walnut Lane. West of Greene St. Mar. 1923
Description: Panoramic view looking north and showing the 200 block of West Walnut Lane. Includes (l-r) the residence of Irvin King (215); the recent residence of the late Charles T. Evans (203); and the residence at the northwest corner of Greene Street and West Walnut Lane, possibly that of John W. Parker (6120 Greene). Two women and a girl walk past the corner property. Snow covers the front yards of the houses. Trees line the street. In the foreground, bushes line the edge of the snow-covered property from which Morris photographs his view., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped lower right corner: Marriott C. Morris Photo., Manuscript note on verso: L-70., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [March 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.11]

Title: Cor. Greene St. & W. Walnut Lane G[erman]t[ow]n & N. side of Walnut Ln. W. of Greene. 3/1923
Description: Duplicate panoramic views looking north and showing the northwest corner of Greene Street and West Walnut Lane. Includes (l-r) the recent residence of the late Charles T. Evans (203 West Walnut); the residence at the northwest corner of Greene Street and West Walnut Lane, possibly that of John W. Parker (6120 Greene); and the residence of Alonzo P. Smith (155 West Walnut). Snow covers the front yards of the houses. Trees line the street. Cars travel down Greene Street and a couple walks on the sidewalk in the right of the image., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped lower right corner: Marriott C. Morris Photo., Manuscript note on verso: L-72., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [March 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.12 & 13]

Title: Garden at 131 W. Walnut Lane with John Gagen, 1928
Description: Panoramic view showing the expansive backyard garden at Marriott C. Morris's Germantown residence. Garden includes tilled plots of land, patches and rows of flowers and bushes, and wire fencing extending from a building in the back, left of the image. Gardener John Gagen stands near a patch of daffodils in the right side of the garden. The residential and out buildings, including the garage (far right) of the Morris estate are visible in the background. Trees and lawns also adorn the property. The house was renovated 1905-1907 with the Morris Family taking residence about 1907., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Attributed to Marriott C. Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [1928]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.3]

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