| | 3 | Title: | [Boy near the water], G[erman]t[ow]n Boys' Club, Stone Harbor Camp [NJ] | | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | | Notes: | Film negative showing a boy from the Germantown Boys' Club standing at the edge of the water at Stone Harbor. He wears a hat with a floppy brim and suspenders. Founded in 1887, the Boys’ Parlors Association of Germantown served as a safe space for neighborhood children whose parents worked longer hours in an industrializing city. The name changed in 1907 to the Germantown Boys’ Club after joining ranks with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Marriott Canby Morris served as the president of the club in the first decade of the 1900s. | | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: film negative; 1.5 x 2.5 in. | | | | Subjects: | Germantown Boys' Club (Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.) People | Bays (Bodies of water) New Jersey | Children | Fashion | Portraits | Stone Harbor (N.J.) | Film negatives | Philadelphia artists
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| 4 | Title: | [New Jersey coastline from Margate City to Brigantine.] | | | | Creator: | Aero Service Corporation | | | | Notes: | Negative numbers: 15219n. Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Atlantic City, NJ, October 27, 1931. Aerial view of the New Jersey coastline taken from an extremely high altitude. The expanse of shoreline and adjacent inland areas can be seen roughly from Margate City to Brigantine. View is facing east towards Atlantic City from a vantage point in the vicinity of Northfield, New Jersey and is far enough west that Lakes Bay is visible in its entirety. Because of the high vantage point, many physical geographic features of the area can be seen but residential areas and other developments appear very small. | | | | Extent: | 1 negative : nitrate ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.) | | | | Subjects: | Bays (Bodies of water) New Jersey | Coastlines | Atlantic City (N.J.) | Atlantic Ocean | Lakes Bay (N.J.) | Nitrate negatives 1930-1940 | Aerial photographs 1930-1940
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| 5 | Title: | Residential area, Absecon, New Jersey | | | | Creator: | Aero Service Corporation | | | | Notes: | Negative numbers: 6479, 6481, 6483, 6484, 6491, 6492, 6493, 6494. Manuscript note on several negative sleeves: J.J. Cassidy, Atlantic City, NJ. Aerial views of residential areas and farmlands in the vicinity of Absecon, New Jersey. Some views show an empty lot which may be in the beginning stages of a construction project. Atlantic City and Absecon Bay are visible in the distance. | | | | Extent: | 8 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.) | | | | Subjects: | Bays (Bodies of water) New Jersey | Croplands | Houses | Waterfronts | Absecon (N.J.) | Absecon Bay (N.J.) | Glass negatives 1920-1930 | Aerial photographs 1920-1930
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| 18 | Title: | Highland [Navesink] Light [Station] from station of R[ail]R[oad], [Sandy Hook, NJ] | | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing the Navesink Light Station across Sandy Hook Bay. The multi-towered lighthouse rises from the top of a hill in the background. Several buildings line the shore below the hill. A wooden walkway spans the water on the left and the opposite shore is visible in the foreground. The first lighthouse was built on this site in 1828. In 1862, the twin tower building was constructed, giving it the nickname Twin Lights. This lighthouse was the first in the United States to test the Fresnel lens. The lighthouse ceased operations in 1952. In 1962 it was given to the state of New Jersey to operate as a museum. | | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | | Subjects: | Navesink Light Station (Sandy Hook, N.J.) | Bays (Bodies of water) New Jersey | Lighthouses New Jersey Sandy Hook | Sandy Hook (N.J.) | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
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