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[Manasquan] Meeting house & sheds from across road, [Manasquan, NJ] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
[Manasquan] Meeting house & sheds from across road, [Manasquan, NJ] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date
September 1, 1885
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing Old Friend's Meeting House in Manasquan, N.J., a small one-story wooden building with a wooden fence with a gate to the left. Trees line the background and a dirt road runs in front of the building. The Manasquan Friends Meeting House was built circa 1730. Originally a two-story structure, it was remodeled into a one-story building in 1812 after storm damage in 1808. The original Meeting House was sold in 1885 and a new building built a year later.
Notes
Photographer remarks: Torn down 9/1886
Time: 12:15
Light: Good sun.
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
Manasquan Friends Meetinghouse (Manasquan, N.J.)
Friends' meeting houses -- New Jersey -- Manasquan.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Manasquan (N.J.)
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.732]
Accession number
P.9895.732
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Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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