Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title [Oglesby's & possibly Tremont House in distance, Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1880-1900
Date ca. 1890
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 6.5 x 8.5 in.
Description Glass negative showing a view of Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's multi-story house seen from above at a distance. Two people stand on the wide porch located on the first level. Balconies are on the second and third floors. A path circles around a flower bed in the front lawn. Trees grow behind the house and the ocean and possibly Tremont House are visible in the distance. Construction of Phoebe Wright's house is visible in the foreground. Oglesby’s husband Joseph built their house in 1887, but died before it was completed. She and her son continued to live in the house until his death in 1963. The house later burned down. The Tremont House hotel opened between 1878 and 1880 by Paul and Mary Thurlow. Phoebe Wright was a prominent Quaker philanthropist. Her house was built in 1890 and was the only vacation home in Sea Girt from this time period to survive into the 21st century.
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 Oglesby, Margaret Antoinette, 1845-1929 -- Homes and haunts.
Wright, Phoebe, 1823-1916 -- Homes and haunts.
Tremont House (Hotel : Sea Girt, N.J.)
Dwellings -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Hotels -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Oceans.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Sea Girt (N.J.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.9.3]
Accession number *P.9895.9.3