Subject • | Glass negatives |
(1543)
| • | Sea Girt (N.J.) |
(332)
| • | Morris family -- Homes and haunts |
(271)
| • | Fashion |
(260)
| • | Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(239)
| • | Bermuda Islands |
(185)
| • | Dwellings Pennsylvania Philadelphia |
(178)
| • | Avocado (NJ : Estate) |
(120)
| • | Vacation houses New Jersey Sea Girt |
(114)
| • | Deshler-Morris House (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(113)
| • | Animals |
(109)
| • | Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5442 |
(108)
| • | Morris, Elizabeth Canby, 1867-1947 Portraits |
(107)
| • | Trees |
(107)
| • | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
(102)
| • | Beaches New Jersey Sea Girt |
(88)
| • | Bays (Bodies of water) Bermuda Islands |
(87)
| • | Gardens Pennsylvania Philadelphia |
(74)
| • | Children |
(68)
| • | Oceans |
(63)
| • | Portraits |
(63)
| • | Boats Bermuda Islands |
(56)
| • | Morris, Elliston P. -- (Elliston Perot), -- 1831-1914 -- Portraits |
(55)
| • | Dogs |
(53)
| • | Haverford (Pa.) |
(53)
| • | Horses |
(49)
| • | Manasquan (N.J.) |
(48)
| • | Pets |
(46)
| • | Rivers New Jersey |
(44)
| • | Hamilton (Bermuda Islands) |
(37)
| • | Morris, Martha Canby, 1846-1919 Portraits |
(37)
| • | Lakes & ponds New Jersey |
(36)
| • | Boats New Jersey Sea Girt |
(34)
| • | Morris, Samuel Buckley, 1868-1886 Portraits |
(34)
| • | Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) |
(30)
| • | Market Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
(29)
| • | Chester County (Pa.) |
(28)
| • | Dwellings New Jersey Sea Girt |
(28)
| • | Photographs |
(28)
| • | Wilmington (Del.) |
(28)
| • | Mountains New York (State) |
(27)
| • | Haverford College -- Buildings |
(26)
| • | Morris, Elliston P. -- (Elliston Perot), -- 1831-1914 -- Homes and haunts |
(26)
| • | Streams Pennsylvania |
(26)
| • | Allaire (N.J.) |
(25)
| • | Hotels New Jersey Sea Girt |
(25)
| • | Saint George (Bermuda Islands) |
(25)
| • | Morris, Marriott Canby, -- 1863-1948 -- Portraits |
(24)
| • | Morris, Marriott Canby, -- 1863-1948 -- Homes and haunts |
(23)
| • | Beach House (Sea Girt, N.J.) |
(22)
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| 1 | Title: | Copy of Kaulback's painting, "The Period of the Reformation" from a photograph | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing Wilhelm von Kaulbach's painting "The Age of the Reformation" in a frame. The painting shows a large group of people gathered around a man holding up a book. Many of the people gesture expressively and wear long robes. Kaulbach (1804-1874) was a painter that specialized in murals and frescos based in Munich. He studied under Peter von Cornelius as part of the Dusseldorf Academy. The Age of Reformation, a fresco in the Neues Museum of Berlin, represents an imagined assembly of notable people and was completed between 1847 and 1865. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 3 x 4 in. | | | Subjects: | Paintings | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
2 | Title: | [Glass negative coated with emulsion] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Undeveloped negative. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
3 | Title: | [Glass negative coated with emulsion] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Undeveloped negative. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 6.5 x 8.5 in. | | | Subjects: | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
4 | Title: | My mall with pictures of Bermuda, which will go to American Exhibition at London to remain there till 10/'87 | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a frame holding five photographs taken by Marriott Morris in Bermuda. The photographs depict palm trees, a city street, and views of the ocean. The plaque in the center of the frame reads "Views in Bermuda by Marriott C. Morris Philadelphia." | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Bermuda Islands -- Pictorial works | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
5 | Title: | [My mall with pictures of Bermuda, which will go to American Exhibition at London to remain there till 10/'87] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a frame holding five photographs taken by Marriott Morris in Bermuda. The photographs depict palm trees, a city street, and views of the ocean. The plaque in the center of the frame reads "Views in Bermuda by Marriott C. Morris Philadelphia." | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Bermuda Islands -- Pictorial works | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
6 | Title: | [Unidentified catboat sailing on water] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a large catboat with its sails unfurled. The boat sails away from the camera across calm water. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Boats United States | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
7 | Title: | Unidentified building | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a two-story stone building with a wooden fence extending off the right side. A lawn lined with trees and tall shrubs sits in front of the building. There is a blur of motion along the right side of the plate, implying a man running across the lawn. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Dwellings United States | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
8 | Title: | Elephant House, Atlantic City | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a distant view of Lucy the Elephant, a large elephant-shaped novelty structure with a small pavilion on its back designed by James V. Lafferty, Jr. (1856-1898), in Margate N.J. Houses are visible in the background. Lafferty received a patent in 1881 for animal shaped buildings, and hired architect William Free to construct an elephant-shaped building for South Atlantic City, now Margate. The building was sold in 1887 to Anton Gertzen, renamed Lucy in 1902, and remained a popular tourist site. The building housed variously a restaurant, office, cottage, and tavern. The structure was moved in the 1970’s and refurbished to remain a tourist destination into the 21st century. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Novelties | Margate City (N.J.) | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
9 | Title: | Copy of a D. Shipley's picture of the Waterworks bridge, a watercolor | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | Shipley, D | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a framed watercolor by D. Shipley of a bridge spanning a river. Trees line the steep slopes of either riverbank. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Bridges | Watercolors | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
11 | Title: | Palmetto Palms at Long house, [Bermuda] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a large, leafy palm tree set in a garden at Long House. Other trees and foliage surround the palm while a woman stands beneath it with her hands folded. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Trees | Women | Bermuda Islands | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
12 | Title: | Cocoanut Palm at Norwood, [Bermuda] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a large palm tree set in a garden. One man stands next to the tree while another man sits beneath it. A path runs to the left and trees and other foliage grow to the right. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Trees | Bermuda Islands | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
13 | Title: | [Rear of residence] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing the rear of a two-story stone house with multiple chimneys and rounded windows on the second floor. A dirt road, sidewalk with hitching post and metal fence are located behind the house. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Dwellings United States | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
14 | Title: | Elephant House, Atlantic City. Taken by Sam[uel Buckley Morris] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | Morris, Samuel Buckley, 1868-1886 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing Lucy the Elephant, a large elephant-shaped novelty structure with a small pavilion on its back designed by James V. Lafferty, Jr. (1856-1898). The structure is seen from a distance across a field and is surrounded by smaller wooden structures including a freestanding rounded entryway. Lafferty received a patent in 1881 for animal shaped buildings, and hired architect William Free to design an elephant-shaped building for South Atlantic City, now Margate. The building was sold in 1887 to Anton Gertzen, renamed Lucy in 1902, and remained a popular tourist site. The building housed variously a restaurant, office, cottage, and tavern. The structure was moved in the 1970’s and refurbished and is still a tourist destination today. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Novelties | Margate City (N.J.) | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
16 | Title: | [Dirt path near trees, curving right] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a dirt path lined with wheel tracks curving to the right. Trees, grass, and thick foliage grow on either side of the road. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Trails & paths United States | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
17 | Title: | The ocean from bluff during a storm, Sea Girt, [NJ] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a view of the ocean seen from a cliff overlooking the water at Sea Girt. The waves are rough under a cloudy sky with a small, rocky island visible in the distance on the left. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Oceans | Sea Girt (N.J.) | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
18 | Title: | [Dog Jet on chair, probably Sea Girt, NJ] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing Jet, a small black dog wearing a collar with a bell, sitting on a wooden chair on a porch. A barrel stands behind the chair with a window the the left. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Animals | Dogs | Pets | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
19 | Title: | [Residence with weeping willow tree in foreground] | | | Creator: | Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 | | | Notes: | Glass negative showing a two-story house standing on the corner of a brick road with a large weeping willow tree obscuring the right side of the house. A metal fence and sidewalk surrounds the house. Other trees stand behind it. | | | Extent: | 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in. | | | Subjects: | Dwellings United States | Trees | Glass negatives | Philadelphia artists
| | | Collection: | Library Company | | | | View Full Record | |
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