The photos depict the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey in the years ca. There are many images of rivers and old mills and churches in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, including Unicorn Mills and the Sassafras River in Maryland, a mill and historic site at Gulph Mills, Pa., and scenes on Wissahickon Creek in or near Philadelphia. A number of images document ocean resort life at Rehobeth, Del., and others depict people engaged in recreational activities including boating, crabbing, picnics, skating, or visits to parks. There are also images of African Americans in Maryland. The photographs remain in the albums.
Photographs are undated unless otherwise noted.
Pa. Overlooking the Schuykill above Port Kennedy, with bicycle riders. Old dam on the Wisahiccon, with man kneeling. Long-distance view, ten miles up the Wissahickon, Winter 1896. Falling waters, ten miles up the Wissahickon, Winter 1896. Double archway, Wissahickon, Winter 1896.