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- Title
- Friends' Meeting House 4th & Arch Sts., Phila
- Description
- Photograph showing the Arch Street Meeting House at 320 Arch Street, a large, two-story brick building with shuttered windows. A brick sidewalk runs along the front of the meeting house next to a grassy lawn, and a wooden wall is on the left. A Quaker burial ground as early as 1683, the site was officially deeded as a burial ground in 1701. The Meeting House was built by carpenter Owen Biddle Jr. (1774-1806) in 1803-1804, with a second room added in 1811. The Meeting House has continued to host Quaker religious services through the 21st century, with the most recent building renovations adding second-floor conference rooms in 1969. Cemetery burials officially ended in 1880., Photograph from negative number 563., 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
- April 22, 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9768.5]
- 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
- 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
- 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]