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Morris travel albums
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Accession: 1976-432
Abstract:
The Morris family of Philadelphia were brewers, merchants, land speculators, manufacturers, and prominent participants in public affairs. This collection contains fourteen albums of photographs and postcards of foreign scenes between 1881 and 1906.
Dates:
1881-1906
Whitaker family photographs
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Accession: 1982-253
Abstract:
The Whitaker family of Philadelphia founded and operated William Whitaker & Sons, Inc., one of the oldest Philadelphia textile mills. The collection consists of photographs related to the family of William Whitaker. A number of the photographs feature buildings and bridges in and around Cedar Grove, Pennsylvania, now a part of Philadelphia. William Whitaker's mansion is featured in several of these images, with family gathered on the porch.
Dates:
1860-1913