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Title: Robert Morris' old house near Bailey's Corner, about 150 years old
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story house with chimneys and distinctive siding once owned by Robert Morris. The house is seen from across the lawn from the side., Photographer remarks: Overexp., Light: Strong 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 13, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.347]

Title: Ocean Day, from bath-house, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Ocean Day. People cluster together or bend down to adjust the wheels of their carriages. 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: More to r. than last., Time: 3:25, Light: Bright., 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 16, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.363]

Title: Crowd in bathing, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people wading into the ocean on Ocean Day. The people hold a rope that extends into the water. A wave is about to break near the edge of the group. 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: Very poor. Blurred., Time: 3:35, Light: Strong 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 16, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.364]

Title: Clam chowder counter, Ocean Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a covered stand filled with people on Ocean Day. The sign above the stand reads, "Clam Chowder." A woman holding a parasol walks out of the photograph frame to the left. 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: poor. blurred, Time: 3:40, Light: good., 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 16, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.365]

Title: Babies & Wheel of Fortune, from rear, [Sea Girt NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people gathered on the beach for Jersey Wash Day. To the left is a large wooden wheel, and to the right a net is strung across some poles. 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: Poor neg. & blurred., Time: 4, Light: Good & strong., 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 16, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.366]

Title: Thalatta, sailing from back of pond, [Sea Girt NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small sailboat floating across the still water of Wreck Pond. The far bank is lined with buildings., Photographer remarks: Stern of boat not in picture., Time: 4:25, Light: Good, 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 16, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.367]

Title: Mary, Matilda & Bertha sitting on kitchen steps under porch, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing three women, including Matilda Knox (center), sitting in the doorway of the Morris family home Avocado. One woman holds a sheaf of grain and a metal pot sits on the ground to the left. The women wear long patterend dresses. 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. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado. Mary and Bertha were her assistants., Time: 11, Light: Fair, 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 18, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.368]

Title: Capt. Tilton of the Eugenie & boat on beach, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing two men, including Captain Tilton, standing next to a boat moored ashore. The back of the boat reads "[E]ugenie." Another sailboat is visible in the distance on the ocean. The man in front holds a fish in his hand., Time: 10, 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 21, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.369]

Title: [Mary, Matilda & Bertha sitting] On bank at side of front porch, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Matilda Knox, Mary, and Bertha sitting in the grass next to a wooden fence at the Morris family home Avocado. The wall of the house is visible to the right. Knox on the left holds a sheaf of grain and the other two women fold their hands in their laps. The women wear long patterned dreses with aprons. 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. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado. Mary and Bertha were her assistants., Photographer remarks: Upright, Time: 4, Light: Fair, Same as #368., 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 26, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.370]

Title: [Mary, Matilda & Bertha sitting on bank at side of front porch], [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Martha Knox, Mary, and Bertha sitting in the grass next to a wooden fence at the Morris family home Avocado. The wall of the house is visible to the right. Knox on the left holds a sheaf of grain and the other two women fold their hands in their laps. The women wear long patterned dresses with aprons. 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. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado. Mary and Bertha were her assistants., Same as last., Photographer remarks: Lengthwise, Time: 4, Light: Fair, Nearly identical to plate 370., 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 26, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.371]

Title: Creek below mill with boat. B[ess] C. M[orris], T[heodore] W[illiam] R[ichards] & S[am] B. M[orris], [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a stream with thick forest lining each bank at Sea Girt. The trees are reflected in the still water. A boat holding Marriott C. Morris' siblings Elizabeth Canby Morris and Samuel Buckley Morris, as wel as Theodore William Richards (Haverford College Class of 1885) floats down the stream at the right. Only two of the people are visible., Time: 3 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 15, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.358]

Title: Mr. Samuel's cottage from S.E. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing J.B. Samuel's four-story home with a balcony on the second level. Other homes are visible in the background., Time: 2:00 PM, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.388]

Title: [Mr. Samuel's cottage], from farther to West, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing J.B. Samuel's four-story home with a balcony on the second level. Other homes are visible in the background., Same cottage., Time: 2:05, Light: Fair sun., Slightly different view of same home depicted in plate 388., 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 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.389]

Title: Our cottage [Avocado] from S.E. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story Victorian-style home with a wide porch and tall spire. Three people occupy the porch looking out across the sand dunes. 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., Time: 3:20, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.390]

Title: [Avocado] Cottage from S[outh], [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story Victorian style home with a wide porch and tall spire seen from below. A person sits on the front porch railing. Other homes are visible in the distance. 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., Time: 3:25, Light: Better sun than last., The lower left corner of the negative has broken off and there is a large crack running down from the upper edge., 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 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.391]

Title: Group in porch steps. Father, Mother, Uncle W[illiam Canby], Harry [Henry Mathews Canby], Marriott C., Bessie & Sam. [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people seating on the porch steps of the Morris family home Avocado. The group contains Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, his siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, his uncle William Canby, and his cousins William Marriott Canby Jr. and Henry Matthews Canby. Jet, a small black dog, sits in Samuel Morris' lap. The men wear three-piece suits. The boys wear short pants. Elliston Morris has a hat and writes in a book on his lap. 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., Time: 3:40, Light: Fair. 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 1, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.313]

Title: [Group in porch steps. Father, Mother, Uncle William Canby, Henry Mathews Canby, Marriott C., Bessie & Sam, Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people seating on the porch steps of the Morris family home Avocado. The group contains Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, his siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris, his uncle William Canby, and his cousins William Marriott Canby Jr. and Henry Matthews Canby. Jet, a small black dog, sits in Samuel Morris' lap. The men wear three-piece suits. The boys wear short pants. Elliston Morris has a hat and writes in a book on his lap. 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., Time: 3:45, Light: Fair. 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 1, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.314]

Title: Looking thro. trees in Park near entrance, [possibly Crescent Park, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a boy seated on the grass near a path surrounded by trees, possibly in Crescent Park., Time: 6:10, 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.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 1, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.316]

Title: Main road in park & road to our back gate, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the intersection of two roads, the large road on the left and the smaller road on the right, behind the Morris family home Avocado. Foliage lines the edges of each road., Time: 4:50, 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: August 27, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.380]

Title: Cottage [Avocado] from near back gate, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story Victorian-style home surrounded by trees and viewed from below. Two people stand on the balcony of the tall spire. 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., Time: 4:55, Light: Fair, 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: August 27, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.381]

Title: Our cottage [Avocado] from the N.E. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story Victorian style home with a wide porch and tall spire. A man stands on the porch looking out onto the sand dunes. 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., Time: 9:45, 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 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.382]

Title: Cottage [Avocado] from N[orth], [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story Victorian-style house seen from a distance across a field. The house has a wide porch and a tall spire. Other similar houses are visible in the distance. 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., Time: 9:50, 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: August 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.383]

Title: Robert Morris' house [near Bailey's Corner]
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story house with chimneys and distinctive siding once owned by Robert Morris. The house is seen from across the lawn from the side., Time: 10:20, Light: Faint sun., From same place as No. #347., 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 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.384]

Title: Pool below overflow looking to the S., [Samuel B. Morris, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a pond surrounded by trees at Sea Girt. Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris leans against a large tree trunk near the bank with his hands on his hips., Time: 4, 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 15, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.359]

Title: Miller's house & trees surrounding, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a two-story wooden house with a shed to the left and fence running across the field at Sea Girt. Trees surround the home on either side of the fence., Photographer remarks: In neg. preserver., Time: 4:10, Light: 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: August 15, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.360]

Title: Boat on creek, near where boat with Howell was taken last, near T[heodore] W[illiam] R[ichards], S[amuel] B[uckley] M[orris], B[ess] C[anby] M[orris]. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a canoe floating down a stream lined with foliage at Sea Girt. Theodore William Richards (Haverford College class of 1885), and Marriott C. Morris' siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris sit in the canoe. All three wear hats., Time: 4:45, 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 15, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.361]

Title: Second Ocean Day, from bath-house, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a large group of horse-drawn carriages gathered on the beach for Ocean Day. Some people cluster around the carriages, and a person in the foreground adjusts the wheel of their carriage. A pier is 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., Time: 3:20, Light: Bright., 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 16, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.362]

Title: Taking canvas shelter to beach, S[ea] G[irt]
Description: Film negative showing a group gathered around a canvas tent in front of the Morris famiy home Cedar Mer. Two men stand on either side of the tent while a young man wheels a bicycle on the left. A girl sits on the ground in front of the tent while another child peeks through a hole in the side of the tent. The men wear long black jackets and ties while the boys wear white shirts and ties. The boy on the bicycle wears a hat. The girl wears a white dress and straw hat. 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., Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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: June 23, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.502]

Title: Elliston & Marriott playing trains [Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as young boys playing in the sand on the beach at Sea Girt. They wear white shirts and ties. Elliston Morris Jr. on the left drags a toy through tracks made in the sand. Marriott Morris Jr. on the right watches., Inscription on negative: Elliston + Marriott Sea Girt 6/23, 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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: June 23, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.503]

Title: Janet playing with sand box, S[ea] G[irt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a young girl playing in the sand with a funnel on the beach at Sea Girt. She wears a white dress with ribbons in her hair. Another child, likely one of her brothers, is visible in the background., Inscription on negative: Janet at Sea Girt 6/23, 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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: June 23, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.504]

Title: Janet playing with sand box, S[ea] G[irt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a young girl playing in the sand with a funnel on the beach at Sea Girt. She wears a white dress, straw hat, and ribbons in her hair. Another child, likely one of her brothers, is visible in the background., Inscription on negative: Janet at S.G. 6/23, 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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: June 23, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.505]

Title: Elliston & Marriott & bicyles at Mill, [Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys with bicycles standing on a wooden bridge near a mill at Sea Girt. The boys wear white shirts, hats, and ties. The mill stands behind the bridge to the right., Inscription on negative: 6/23, 1912 at the Mill Sea Girt, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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: June 23, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.507]

Title: Janet naked at Sea Girt
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' daughter Janet Morris as a young girl standing naked in a field at Sea Girt., Inscription on negative: Janet at Sea Girt 1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.510]

Title: Marriott & Janet by tandem bicycle, Cedar Mer [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' children Janet Morris and Marriott C. Morris Jr. as young children standing next to a tadem bicycle propped against a tree at Cedar Mer. Marriott Morris Jr. wears a white shirt, hat, and glasses, and uses a pump on the rear tire. Janet Morris wears a white dress and ribbons in her hair and stands to the right. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer homes Avocado and Cedar Mer. 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., Inscription on negative: Marriott + Janet Sea Girt 9/1912, Originally located in negative album [P.2013.13a], 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 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.520]

Title: [Phoebe Wright's house under construction between Oglesby's Cottage and Avocado at Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story house with a wide porch, tower with a balcony, and tracery decoration, to the left of Phoebe Wright's house under construction and Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's multi-story house. The buildings stand in front of manicured lawns with trees growing behind them. 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. 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. Phoebe Wright was a prominent Quaker philanthropist. Her house was built in 1890 and was the only vacation home in Sea Girt from this time period to survive into the 21st century., 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. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.106.3]

Title: [Phoebe Wright's house under construction between Avocado and Oglesby's Cottage at Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Phoebe Wright's house under construction seen from a high vantage point in front of Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's house. The ocean can be seen on the right in the distance. A woman stands to the right in front of the partially-constructed house. Phoebe Wright was a prominent Quaker philanthropist. Her house was built in 1890 and was the only vacation home in Sea Girt from this time period to survive into the 21st century., Date inferred from the house under construction not being visible in photographs with similar perspectives by Morris before 1889., 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. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.106.4]

Title: [Residence interior including a secretary and window with drapes, possibly Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of an interior, possibly at the Morris family's house, Avocado, Sea Girt, N.J. The room is furnished with various chairs, a table piled with books, and a large secretary. A man sits at the secretary facing away from the camera. A tall window with long drapes occupies the far wall. 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., See P.9895.2083., 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.9895.110.10]

Title: [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the multi-story Morris family home, Avocado, seen from across a field of dune grass. The house has a wide porch, a tower with a balcony, and tracery decorating the gables. Other buildings are visible in the distance 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: September 5, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.5]

Title: Bess, Fannie Garrett & Helen Morris, Sea Girt, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Fannie Garrett, and Helen Morris sitting on a hammock holding hands. The women wear white, high-necked dresses. The hammock is strung up on a porch which has a large shuttered window on the left wall. Helen Morris is possibly Helen Campbell, who married Marriott Morris' third cousin James Cheston Morris in 1896., 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 8, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.6]

Title: [Dog] "Jet" on beach, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing family pet Jet, a small black dog, wearing a collar and standing in the sand at Sea Girt, N.J. The beach is dotted with driftwood and other debris., 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 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.7]

Title: [Panoramic view of Avocado and nearby residences, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a group of large houses, including Morris family home Avocado and the Beach House, seen from a distance across a wide field of dune grass at Sea Girt, N.J. A path interspersed with wooden planks winds toward the houses and the ocean is visible on the left. 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. Robert Stockton bought the land of what would become Sea Girt in 1853. After his death in 1866, developers bought the land and in 1875 the Sea Girt Land and Improvement Company took over Stockton’s old mansion, added wings to either side, and renamed it the Beach House. The Beach House was a popular hotel for many years, reopening in 1920 as Stockton Hotel. It burned down in 1965., Photographer remarks: sp plate Dst. 5-4 sec, Time: 7:30 AM, 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 6, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.12]

Title: [View of tennis court, Sea Girt, NJ. Sallie Emlen, John Cope, Pattie & Gertrude Mellor on court]
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Emlen, John Cope, and Pattie and Gertrude Mellor standing on a tennis court at Sea Girt, N.J. and holding racquets in position for a doubles game. Two of the women stand on the near side of the net wearing hats and white dresses. Cope and the other woman stand on the far side. Cope wears a light-colored shirt, trousers, vest, and hat. The other woman wears a white skirt and dark blouse and hat. The grassy court is surrounded by trees., Time: about 5:20, Same as no. 1148., 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 14, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.3]

Title: Jersey Wash Day, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people gathered on the beach among various shop stalls for Jersey Wash Day. A horse covered in a blanket stands in the foreground next to a stall adorned with three American flag. The stall has obscured signage reading "Boots..." A stall in the background has signage reading "Soda." Women holding umbrellas stand to the left while a man and woman with two children stand to the right. 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., 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 13, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.104.4]

Title: [Man by fence near dirt road surrounded by trees. Probably Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road curving slightly to the left and lined with trees, probably in the yard at the Morris family home, Avocado. A man stands in the road near the wooden fence that runs along the left side., 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.9895.16.13]

Title: Looking out over Park from 3rd fl[oor] back window Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a thick forest of trees seen from the third floor of the Morris family home, Avocado. The forest extends to the horizon under a cloudless sky., 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.9895.16.14]

Title: Tangle of cedars back of Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a cedar forest behind the Morris family home Avocado. Gnarled tree branches tangle together as leaves cover the ground. A pile of debris sits at the base of the tree 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.16.15]

Title: Avocado from road in park at rear, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the upper portion of the Morris family home Avocado, featuring a tower with a balcony and gables decorated with tracery. The lower portion of the house is obscured by trees and other foliage. A man, possibly Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, stands at a second-story balcony. 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: June 2, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.16.2]

Title: Miller's house and trees, surrounding. Sallie Emlen in foreground. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a series of small wooden buildings set behind a wooden fence. Two trees grow in the field in front of the buildings. Sallie Emlen wearing a wide brimmed hat stands beneath the tree on the right., Time: 11:25, 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 16, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1546]

Title: Looking down Sea Girt, creek below the mill, showing the boat, Thalatta, Sallie Emlen, Phoebe Howell & Bess in it. [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a creek at Sea Girt surrounded by branches lined with foliage. A small rowboat carrying Sarah Emlen, Phoebe Howell, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris floats on the water as branches extend over the creek and are reflected in the surface., Time: 12, Light: Good sun out., The emulsion is flaking along the left side of the plate., 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 16, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1547]

Title: [Dog Jet on porch at Avocado, women in background, Sea Girt, N.J.]
Description: Glass negative showing Jet, a small black dog wearing a collar with a bell resting, on a porch at the Morris family home Avocado. Two women stand in the background next to a chair and in front of a rounded doorway. 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.9895.15.5]

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