Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Contributor Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Title Picture of myself standing in porch, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1885
Date September 2, 1885
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris wearing breaches and a hat with a round brim. He stands with one hand at his hip in the corner of the porch at the Morris family home Avocado. 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 Photographer remarks: Bessie took off cap. Camera shook with wind, picture blurred.
Time: 1
Light: No sun out.
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.
Avocado (NJ : Estate)
Fashion.
Portraits.
Vacation houses -- New Jersey -- Sea Girt.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Sea Girt (N.J.)
Genre Glass negatives.
Associated name Yarnall, Hibberd, 1830-1882, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.735]
Accession number P.9895.735