Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Contributor Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Title [Group in automobile, Sea Girt. Marrott C. Morris in front seat, Marriott Jr. kneeling in back seat, Elliston Perot and Elliston Jr. on porch] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1907
Date Summer 1907
Physical Description 1 photograph: film negative; 3 x 4 in.
Description Film negative showing a group of men, women, and children, including Marriott Canby Morris and his son Marriott Canby Morris Jr., in an automobile parked in the driveway of the Morris family home Avocado. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris and son Elliston P. Morris Jr. as a boy stand on the porch. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her 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 family -- Homes and haunts.
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948 -- Portraits.
Morris, Elliston P. (Elliston Perot), 1831-1914 -- Portraits.
Morris, Marriott Canby, Jr., 1900-1992 -- Portraits.
Morris, Elliston Perot, Jr., 1899-1980 -- Portraits.
Avocado (NJ : Estate)
Automobiles -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Children.
Group portraits.
Vacation houses -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Sea Girt (N.J.)
Genre Film negatives.
Associated name Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.81]
Accession number P.2013.13.81