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Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. watching a tortoise. At "Avocado" Sea Girt
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a child sitting in a doorway at the Morris family home Avocado as a tortoise crawls across the floor. Morris wears a dark, wide brimmed hat. 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: [August] 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2024]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. at "Avocado" Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a young boy standing on a path in front of the porch of the Morris family home Avocado. He wears a dark wide brimmed hat and a light jacket with a belt. 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., The image in this print is the same as in P.9895.2026., 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] 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2025]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. at "Avocado" Sea Girt, NJ. Aged 3 years & 3 mos
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. as a young boy standing on a path in front of the wide porch of the Morris family home Avocado. He wears a dark wide brimmed hat and a light jacket with a belt. 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., The image in this print is the same as in P.9895.2025., 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] 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2026]

Title: Elliston P. Morris Jr. at "Avocado" Sea Girt, NJ . Aged 3 years & 3 mos
Description: Circular photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and a second child, possibly Morris' second son, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., standing in the garden at the Morris family home Avocaod. The children hold hands. Elliston Morris on the left wears a wide brimmed straw hat and Marriott Morris Jr., the baby on the right, wears a crocheted bonnet and sweater., 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 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2027]

Title: Mary Twaddell King & Martha Twaddell & Mary's children, [Minor and John King] side yard Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Photograph showing Mary Twaddell King and Martha Twaddell seated holding Minor King and John King as children in their laps in a garden at the Morris family home Avocado. The Mary King on the left wears a hat decorated with daisies. A staircase on the side of Avocado extends up a small hill in the background. 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: 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2060]

Title: Mary King & Martha Twaddell & the twins Minor & John King, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Photograph showing Minor King, John King, Mary Twaddell King, and Martha Twaddell in a garden at the Morris family home Avocado. The women crouch on either side of the children attempting to pose them for a picture. Mary King on the left wears a hat decorated with daisies. 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: 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2061]

Title: Mary King & Martha Twaddell & the twins Minor & John King, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Photograph showing Minor King, John King, Mary Twaddell King, and Martha Twaddell in a garden at the Morris family home Avocado. The children sit on a small bench under a tree with a woman on each side. Mary King on the left kneels down and wears a hat decorated with daisies. Martha Twaddell on the right stands with her hands clasped. 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: 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2062]

Title: Minor & John King, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Photograph showing Minor King and John King as children wearing light colored frocks posing for a picture under a tree in a garden., 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: 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2063]

Title: Potts-Morris Aggregation in backyard, Cedar Mer, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Photograph showing a woman and three children walking down a path through a field behind the Morris family home Cedar Mer. The children probably include Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and his niece Helen Dickey Potts. The woman bends down to hold the youngest child's hand while the other two children look on. A man's shadow is visible in the foreground. Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall built the summer home Cedar Mer around 1875. After his death in 1882, Elliston Perot Morris bought the property. Morris left Cedar Mer to his son Marriott Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1951 after his 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. 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2034]

Title: [Marrott C. Morris Jr by] Back Gate, Cedar Mer, Sea Girt NJ
Description: Photograph showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a small child wearing a white bonnet looking through the slats of a wooden gate at the Morris family home Cedar Mer. Slender trees are visible beyond the path in the background. Morris wears a white bonnet, shirt, and bloomers. Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall built the summer home Cedar Mer around 1875. After his death in 1882, Elliston Perot Morris bought the property. Morris left Cedar Mer to his son Marriott Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1951 after his 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. 1902
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2035]

Title: [Elliston P. Morris, Martha Canby Morris, and Jet the dog by wood gate, possibly Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris standing next to a wooden gate. A leafy hedge extends to the right and an arbor forms an arch over the gate. Jet, a small black dog, stands near Martha Morris' feet. She wears a long patterned dress while Elliston Morris wears a three-piece suit and hat., Photograph from negative number *7-11., 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. 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2133]

Title: [Jersey Wash Day. Several horse and wagons line the beach at Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing a large group of horse-drawn carts, wagons and people gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. Canopies are strung over stalls near the shore. The ocean extends into the background. 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., Photograph from negative number *7-12., 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: [1887?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2138]

Title: [Jersey Wash Day. Several horse and wagons line the beach at Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing a view of a large group of horse-drawn carts, wagons, and people gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. Wheel tracks line the sand in the foreground and the ocean is visible in the background. Beyond an inlet on the left rowboats are moored on the sand. 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., Photograph from negative number *7-13., 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.9895.2139]

Title: [Spring Lake and Villa Park tram stuck in a flooded area, near Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing two carriages stuck in a flooded area near Sea Girt. A man on horseback wades into the water to the left. One carriage stands in the center of the water tilting sidways. The carriage has a sign reading, "Spring Lake & Villa Park, J.H. Clayton." Spring Lake was a coastal resort area popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Villa Park area was first owned and developed by William Reid and John Rodgers in 1875. Villa Park became a part of Spring Lake after the latter’s incorporation in 1892., Same image as number 2103., 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: [1889?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2104]

Title: [View of cat boat, possibly at Sea Girt]
Description: Circular photograph with a gold border showing a view of a sailboat on the water. A man stands on the boat's deck looking down at the waves., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2078]

Title: [View of cat boat, possibly at Sea Girt]
Description: Circular photograph with a gold border showing a view of a sailboat on the water. Buildings are visible on the shore 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2079]

Title: [Wood road at Sea Girt, NJ]. View includes a young girl with a baby carriage
Description: Circular photograph with a gold border showing a young girl standing next to a baby carriage on a dirt path. The path is lined with trees, has a large puddle in the foreground, and opens up to a wider road 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2080]

Title: [Side view of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing the side of Avocado, the Morris family's multi-story house with shuttered windows, a porch, and tracery decoration in the gables. Dune grass surrounds the house and trees stand in the background. 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., Photograph from negative number 60-2., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2081]

Title: [Front view of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing Avocado, the Morris family's a multi-story house with a wide porch, tower with a balcony, and tracery decoration. The house is surrounded by a metal fence and a dirt path runs in front of it. 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., Photograph from negative number 60-3., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2082]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground., Photograph from negative number 43-3., 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.9895.2085]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground, Photograph from negative number 43-4., 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.9895.2086]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand as a rowboat rests in the sand at the water's edge., Photograph from negative number 43-5., 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.9895.2087]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand as a wooden pier extends into the water on the right. Rope and other debris sit in the sand in the foreground., Photograph from negative number 43-6., 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.9895.2088]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand as a rowboat rests in the sand at the water's edge., Photograph from negative number 43-7., 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.9895.2089]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand in the foreground., Photograph from negative number 43-8., 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.9895.2090]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash around the ship onto the sand and around a wooden pier extending into the water on the right., Photograph from negative number 43-9., 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.9895.2091]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing two women standing on a beach in bathing attire. The print is very light and the subject is barely discernible. A part of the wrecked ship Taunton is visible in the background., Photograph from negative number 43-11., 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.9895.2092]

Title: [Wrecked schooner A.M.S. Taunton]
Description: Photograph showing the wrecked sailing ship Taunton with a tall mast moored in shallow water near the shore. Waves crash onto the sand in the foreground where a woman sits on a dune looking out over the ocean., Photograph from negative number 43-13., 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.9895.2093]

Title: [Possibly interior of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing a view of an interior, possibly at the Morris family home Avocado, decorated with a large secretary, a table piled with books and various chairs. Tall windows covered with sheer curtains let light into the room. A man sits at the secretary with their back to the camera. 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. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2083]

Title: [Possibly interior of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing a view of an interior, possibly at the Morris family home Avocado, decorated with a large secretary, a table piled with books, and various chairs. Two women sit in front of the secretary doing handwork. Tall windows covered with sheer curtains let light into the room. 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., Photograph from negative number 60-1., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2084]

Title: [Spring Lake and Villa Park tram stuck in a flooded area, near Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Photograph showing two carriages stuck in a flooded area near Sea Girt. A man on horseback wades into the water to the left. One carriage stands in the center of the water tilting sidways. The carriage has a sign reading, "Spring Lake & Villa Park, J.H. Clayton." Spring Lake was a coastal resort area popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Villa Park area was first owned and developed by William Reid and John Rodgers in 1875. Villa Park became a part of Spring Lake after the latter’s incorporation in 1892., Same image as number 2014., 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: [1889?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2103]

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