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[Marrott C. Morris Jr by] Back Gate, Cedar Mer, Sea Girt NJ [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Contributor
Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Title
[Marrott C. Morris Jr by] Back Gate, Cedar Mer, Sea Girt NJ [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1902
Date
ca. 1902
Physical Description
1 photograph: gelatin silver print; 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Description
Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a small child wearing a white bonnet looking through the slats of a wooden gate at the Morris family home Cedar Mer. Slender trees are visible beyond the path in the background. Morris wears a white bonnet, shirt, and bloomers. Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall built the summer home Cedar Mer around 1875. After his death in 1882, Elliston Perot Morris bought the property. Morris left Cedar Mer to his son Marriott Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1951 after his death. By 1958 the house had been demolished.
Notes
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
Morris, Marriott Canby, Jr., 1900-1992 -- Portraits.
Morris family -- Homes and haunts.
Cedar Mer (NJ : Estate)
Children.
Fashion.
Gates -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Sea Girt (N.J.)
Genre
Gelatin silver prints.
Associated name
Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2035]
Accession number
P.9895.2035
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