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- Title
- [Distant view of large mansion overlooking the ocean, Sea Girt, N.J.]
- Description
- Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.220]
- Title
- Jersey Wash Day Tremont H. Pavillion, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People walk between the carriages toward the shoreline 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., Photographer remarks: Intens. 1 mo. 1889, Time: 10, Light: Very faint sun.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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 11, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1336]
- Title
- Jersey Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. People walk between the carriages toward the shoreline and a series of buildings 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., From same place., Photographer remarks: Intens. 1 mo. 1889., Time: 10:10 P.M., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 11, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1337]
- Title
- Babies for throwing at. On beach, Jersey Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a series of carts and stalls set up on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. One of the stalls holds miniature dolls. People converse in groups and walk among the vendors. 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., Photographer remarks: Blurred some., Time: 10:30, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 11, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1338]
- Title
- Clouds & ocean, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the ocean under a cloudy sky at Sea Girt., Time: 11:50, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 24, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1362]
- Title
- Breakers & schooner from our flag-pole, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the ocean with a schooner sailing in the distance at Sea Girt. Waves break against the shore as dune grass waves in the wind., Photographer remarks: Intens. 2, 1889, Time: 2:10, The emulsion has discolored to yellow., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 26, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1365]
- Title
- Copy of map of Sea Girt, 1877 Edition
- Description
- Glass negative showing a framed map of Sea Girt, including streets, bodies of water, and other landmarks., Photographer remarks: Taken on back porch., Time: 3:30, Light: Cloudy, no 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 10, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1345]
- Title
- Portion of map of Sea Girt, 1877 Edition
- Description
- Glass negative showing a framed map of Sea Girt, including streets, bodies of water, and other landmarks. The photo shows a detail of Crescent Park and the shore., Photographer remarks: Taken on back porch., Time: 3:40, Light: cloudy, no 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 10, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1346]
- Title
- Oglesby's house from E. [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's three-story house with a wide porch, multiple balconies and two chimneys. A road runs in front of the house and trees grow behind it. 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., Time: 8:05, Light: good sunlight, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 14, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1347]
- Title
- Oglesby's house from E. [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Margaret Antoinnette Oglesby's three-story house with a wide porch, multiple balconies and two chimneys. A road runs in front of the house and trees grow behind it. 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., Time: 8:10, Light: Bright 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 14, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1348]
- Title
- Backyard at Sea Girt, [NJ] from ironing room door. G[eorge] V[aux] Jr. on lawn
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' third cousin George Vaux Jr. standing in a garden with a path running through it at the Morris family home Avocado. Slender trees stand in the lawn while larger trees and shrubs form the border of the garden. 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., Photographer remarks: slightly undertimed, Time: 12:31, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 14, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1349]
- Title
- Little Phoebe & Georgianna Read in woods at side of our house, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Phoebe and Georgianna Read, two young girls, seated on a wooden box. The girls wear dresses with lace details and have straw hats with ribbons. An empty basket sits on the right and a forest of trees stands behind them., Photographer remarks: Slightly undertimed., Time: 10:40, Light: Good 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 15, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1352]
- Title
- J.B. Samuel's cottage from main road to Spring Lake, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Joseph Bunford Samuel's multi-story house owned with multiple porches seen from a distance across a grassy field and a dirt road. A few small trees stand to the left of the house., Photographer remarks: Wind., Time: 5:30, Light: Fair 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 24, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1357]
- Title
- Mrs. Oglesby's cottage from S.E. cor[ner], [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's three-stosry house with a wide porch and multiple balconies standing among the dune grass. A road runs in front of the house and trees grow behind it. 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., Time: 11, Light: Good sun., Spotting in the emulsion., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 26, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1358]
- Title
- Breaker's from our beach, looking south, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the ocean at Sea Girt. Waves break against the sand while ships sail in the distance., Time: 11:30, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 26, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1359]
- Title
- Clouds over ocean, from our beach, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the ocean under a cloudy sky at Sea Girt. Two ships sail far away in the distance., Time: 11:40, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 26, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1360]
- Title
- Clouds & ocean & Beach House, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of the beach at Sea Girt with the ocean under a cloudy sky on the left and the Beach House in the distance on the right., Time: 11:41, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 24, 1888
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1361]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground where a ruined pier extends into the water., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.6]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground where a rowboat rests at the edge of the water., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.7]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. The ship stands in two pieces., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.8]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash onto the sand in the foreground., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.9]
- Title
- Road thru Crescent Park, Sea Girt, N.J
- Description
- Glass negative showing a road curving to the right through a grassy field in Crescent Park. Trees grow to the right of the road and in the background., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.17]
- Title
- Painter's [Shem Pearce and his brother] horse & wagon in front of Avocado & his ladder up flag pole, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a Shem Pearce's horse standing unhitched next to a cart in the field of sparse dune grass in front of Morris family home Avocado. A ladder leaning against a flagpole stands behind the horse and the ocean is visible in the distance., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- August 20, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.4]
- Title
- Sam Morris in carriage in Crescent Park, Sea Girt, NJ
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris driving a horse-drawn carriage down a dirt road in Crescent Park. Grass and trees grow on either side of the road., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.5]
- Title
- Sam Morris at fork of roads in [Crescent] park, Sea Girt, [NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris with his hands in his pockets standing at the fork of a dirt road lined with wheel tracks in Crescent Park. Trees and grass grow on either side of the road., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.6]
- Title
- M[arriott] C. M[orris] in carriage at Sea Girt
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris driving a horse-drawn cart down a dirt road at Sea Girt. Thick trees grow on either side of the road., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.10]
- Title
- Cedars in side yard Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a path running along the left side of the Morris family home Avocado. A wooden chair sits to the left of the path where slender trees grow in the lawn. Trees grow on either side of the path in the distance. The corner of the house is visible on the right. 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., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.12]
- Title
- Sam Morris coming up path in back yard, Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris wearing a suit and a round hat standing on a dirt path behind the Morris family home Avocado. A wooden gate is visible among the foliage in the background. Grass and trees grow thickly on either side of the path. 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., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.13]
- Title
- Sam Morris in Cedar bower Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris wearing a suit and hat sitting in a grove of slender trees near the Morris family home Avocado. The thin branches of the trees weave together forming a thick canopy above him. 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., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.14]
- Title
- Junction of roads in Crescent Park, Sea Girt, NJ
- Description
- Glass negative showing a dirt road lined with wheel tracks in Crescent Park meeting another smaller road and curving to the right. Trees and thick foliage grow on either side of the road., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.15]
- Title
- Cedars in side yard, Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ
- Description
- Glass negative showing trees growing along the side of the Morris family home Avocado. The slender branches weave together forming a canopy over the grass. The corner of the house is visible to the right. 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., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1887
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.16]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash onto the sand in the foreground where two women stand in bathing attire., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.11]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash onto the sand in the foreground where a woman sits on a dune looking out over the ocean., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.13]
- Title
- Express wagon in back yard Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a small wagon standing in a grassy lawn dotted with trees at the Morris family home Avocado. A wooden fence runs to the left of the path traversing through the garden. 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., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.8]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.3]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.4]
- Title
- [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the A.M.S. Taunton, a sailing ship with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore at Sea Girt. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground where a rowboat rests at the edge of the water., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- 1893
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.43.5]
- Title
- Bella & Edith Wistar at spring near overflow, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar and Edith Wistar seated in a woodland setting at Sea Girt. The girl on the left holds a cup and wears a long white dress and straw hat. The girl on the right holds flowers in her hand and wears a shorter dark dress and decorated hat., Time: 12:50, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 9, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.951]
- Title
- Schooner from beach, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a schooner at sea, seen from a distance from the shore at Sea Girt. Two other ships sail further in the distance on the left., Photographer remarks: Frilled awfully., Time: 2:30, The emulsion is damaged and has begun to pucker and crease., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 19, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.955]
- Title
- Schooner from beach, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a schooner at sea seen from a distance from the beach at Sea Girt. Waves break onto the shore in the foreground., Time: 2:30, Light: Fair 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 19, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.956]
- Title
- Alice Shipley & Bessie in woods near overflow, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Alice Shipley and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on a bench in a woodland setting at Sea Girt. Both women wear hats and long white dresses and next to them on the bench is a box and various other small objects., Time: 11:40, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 22, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.957]
- Title
- Miller's house from road at overflow, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the two-story miller's house at the overflow at Sea Girt. Two women, most likely Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and Alice Shipley, sit on a fallen tree at the edge of the field in front of the house. The house has two chimneys and a wooden fence. Another smaller building stands to the left., Time: 11:50, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 22, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.958]
- Title
- Mill from bridge on road to [Mana]squan, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a wooden mill situated directly on a riverbank near Sea Girt. Two women stand and sit next to the building on a path leading down to the water., Photographer remarks: fogged at our end., Time: 12, The left edge of the negative has been blacked 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 22, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.959]
- Title
- Mill from bridge on road to [Mana]squan, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a wooden mill located directly on a curving riverbank near Sea Girt. There is a path next to the mill that leads down to the water. Trees and other foliage line the riverbank., Photographer remarks: Very good., Time: 12, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 22, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.960]
- Title
- Bella & Edith Wistar & B[ess] C. M[orris] by fence in front of mill, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar and Edith Wistar gathered around a fence in a woodland setting. Morris on the left leans in from behind the fence, the girl on the right leans back against the front side of the fence and the center girl sits on the fence. Morris and the girl on the right wear white patterend dresses while the girl in the center wears a short, darker dress. All three wear decorated hats., Time: 12:20, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 9, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.949]
- Title
- Overflow of the mill, Bella [Wistar], Edith [Wistar] & Bess on bridge, [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a wooden bridge over the dam of a river at Sea Girt. Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar and Edith Wistar sit and stand on the bridge., The negative is broken and the lower left corner is missing., Photographer remarks: Broken, Time: 12:35, 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- July 9, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.950]
- Title
- [Flagpole with ladder, Sea Girt]
- Description
- Film negative showing a man climbing a tall ladder near the top of a flagpole near the beach at Sea Girt. Two other men look up from the ground below. Various buildings are visible across a field in the distance, including the Beach House., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- Summer 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.104]
- Title
- [Landscape, Sea Girt]
- Description
- Film negative showing a view of a river seen from a grassy shore, likely at Sea Girt. Trees line the banks on either side of the river., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- Summer 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.105]
- Title
- [Boy and girl with dog, Sea Girt]
- Description
- Film negative showing a boy and a girl playing with a small, bicolor dog on the beach at Sea Girt. The boy wears a tie and short pants with long stockings. He holds a stick with a string attached to the end above the dog, who looks up at the boy expectantly. The girl reaches out for the string and wears a short white dress with a large bow in her hair., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- Summer 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.106]
- Title
- [Two women in a canoe, Sea Girt]
- Description
- Film negative showing two women paddling a canoe, likely near Sea Girt. A large stone building with a dome stands on the opposite side of the water., 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.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- Summer 1907
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.107]