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Jersey Wash Day from top of Pavilion western section, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Jersey Wash Day from top of Pavilion western section, [Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1887
Date
August 13, 1887
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People weave in and out of the wagons, which are crowded together up to the shoreline. A wooden pier and the tall buildings on the far shore are visible in the distance. Jersey Wash Day, also known as Salt Water Day or Ocean Day, was an annual event held the second Saturday of August near Wreck Pond in Sea Girt. Farmers living twenty to thirty miles from Sea Girt came to the sea to spend a day bathing and celebrating. The tradition, begun before 1853, stopped around the 1930s.
Notes
Photographer remarks: Intens. 1 mo. 1889
Time: 11:10
Light: Faint 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
Animals.
Beaches -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Carriages & coaches -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Horses.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Sea Girt (N.J.)
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1181]
Accession number
P.9895.1181
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Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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