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Title: Cedar Grove, Harrowgate Road, Kensington. Elizabeth Coates Paschall built the original portion in 1748. Newer part built in 1799. Its last occupant & owner was John T. Morris, who died about 1916
Description: View of house built circa 1748 and moved to Fairmount Park in 1926-7. Country seat of the Paschall-Morris family for five generations., Inscribed in negative: 3361., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the Joseph Paschall House., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator: Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date: October 8, 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.115]

Title: Group in our parlor. Father, Cos. H[annah] P[erot] Morris, Auntie Beulah & Uncle Chas. Rhoads, Bess, Geo. S. Morris, Mother & Aunt Lydia Morris, also dog "Jet," [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a group posed in a decorated interior of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue, including Marriott Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, cousin George Spencer, aunts Lydia Morris and Beulah Rhoads, uncle Charles Rhoads, and secon cousin once removed Hannah Perot Morris. Charles Rhoads and Hannah Morris stand in the back while the others sit. Elizabeth Morris, in the center of the group, holds a small black dog, Jet, in her lap. The men wear three-piece suits and the women wear dark-colored dresses. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Time: 9 P.M., 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: May 17, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1294]

Title: Group on porch at [Deshler-Morris House], 4782 Main St., [Germantown]. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris, cousins William Marriott Canby, George Spencer Morris and Lydia Ellicott, third cousin George Vaux, Jr., and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on Deshler-Morris House porch step at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The men sit in the center, one holding a small black dog, while the women sit on the outside of the group. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Ellicott wears a decorated hat. Various potted plants sit on the porch beneath a window in the background. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: Group in shade., Time: 3:20, 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: May 6, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1283]

Title: [Group on porch at Deshler-Morris House, 4782 Main St., Germantown. Lily Ellicott, Marriott Canby, Father, Geo. S. Morris, Geo Vaux, Jr. & Bess]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris, cousins William Marriott Canby, George Spencer Morris and Lydia Ellicott, third cousin George Vaux, Jr., and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting on Deshler-Morris House porch step at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The men sit in the center while the women sit on the outside of the group. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses. Ellicott wears a decorated hat. Various potted plants sit on the porch beneath a window in the background. Elizabeth Morris has a small black dog in her lap. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: This & the preceding made on Carbutt Eclipse 27 plates trial box., Time: 3:22, 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: May 6, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1284]

Title: View in our garden, looking up from end of stone path. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Ave]
Description: Glass negative showing a garden with a wide lawn surrounded by trees and tall bushes at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A large tree stands in the center of the lawn and a small black dog sits to the right of a path running through the garden. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: Trial box of eclipse plates., Time: 3:20, 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: May 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1285]

Title: Horse chestnut tree from centre of garden. Tree in flower. [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing large, flowering horse chestnut tree in the garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. The tree stands in a lawn surrounded by tall shrubs with a circular flowerbed in the foreground. The back facade of the House is visible in the background. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: Trial box of eclipse plates., Time: 3:30, Light: good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: May 13, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1286]

Title: Group in front of our cottage [Avocado, Sea Girt]. Bess, Helen Morris, Fannie Garrett & Fred Strawbridge
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, and Helen Morris, possibly Marriott Morris' third cousin, posed in front of the carved railing of the Morris family home Avocado's porch. Helen Morris and Garrett sit in the center while Strawbridge stands behind them. Elizabeth Morris sits on the grass in front of the group with a parasol on the ground next to her. Strawbridge wears a suit jacket and hat. The women wear long white dresses and Elizabeth Morris wears a 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., Photographer remarks: Intens. 1 mo. 1889, Time: 3:15, 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: July 8, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1307]

Title: Backyard at Sea Girt, [NJ] from ironing room door. G[eorge] V[aux] Jr. on lawn
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' third cousin George Vaux Jr. standing in a garden with a path running through it at the Morris family home Avocado. Slender trees stand in the lawn while larger trees and shrubs form the border of the garden. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Photographer remarks: slightly undertimed, Time: 12:31, Light: good sun, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 14, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1349]

Title: Beach House, Smith's, our House &c from road South of Beach House, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a series of large houses set on a hill above the ocean, including the Morris family home Avocado and the Beach House. A dirt road runs behind the houses through a grassy field. 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. 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, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 24, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1353]

Title: [Beach House, Smith's, our House &c from road South of Beach House, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a series of large houses set on a hill above the ocean, including the Morris family home Avocado and the Beach House. A dirt road runs behind the houses through a grassy field. 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. 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., Same as last from same place., 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: September 24, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1354]

Title: Rear view of our cottage [Avocado] from Park near back gate, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the roof and upper story of the Morris family home Avocado seen from below through a break in the trees. The house has a tower with a balcony, multiple chimneys and is decorated with tracery. A road runs in the foreground. 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: 4:20, Light: Good sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 24,1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1355]

Title: House at Avocado Sea Girt NJ from North side
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Morris family home Avocado. The house features a wide porch, a tower with a balcony and tracery decoration in the gables and the pillars of the porch. A man sits on the porch railing looking over the grassy lawn. 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 10, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.2]

Title: E[lliston] P[erot] M[orris] with horse (probably Dan) & cart in front of Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris standing next to a horse-drawn cart in front of the Morris family home Avocado. The porch's slender pillars are visible behind Morris. 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. 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.3]

Title: Painter's [Shem Pearce and his brother] horse & wagon in front of Avocado & his ladder up flag pole, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a Shem Pearce's horse standing unhitched next to a cart in the field of sparse dune grass in front of Morris family home Avocado. A ladder leaning against a flagpole stands behind the horse and the ocean is visible in the distance., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 20, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.4]

Title: Rear view of Avocado from across r[oa]d in Crescent Park Sea Girt NJ
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Morris family home Avocado seen from across a field and a grove of thick trees. The trees obscure the bottom portion of the house but the top half features a tower with a balcony and tracery in the gables. 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 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.1]

Title: Cedars in side yard Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a path running along the left side of the Morris family home Avocado. A wooden chair sits to the left of the path where slender trees grow in the lawn. Trees grow on either side of the path in the distance. The corner of the house is visible on the right. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.12]

Title: Sam Morris coming up path in back yard, Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris wearing a suit and a round hat standing on a dirt path behind the Morris family home Avocado. A wooden gate is visible among the foliage in the background. Grass and trees grow thickly on either side of the path. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.13]

Title: Sam Morris in Cedar bower Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' brother Samuel Buckley Morris wearing a suit and hat sitting in a grove of slender trees near the Morris family home Avocado. The thin branches of the trees weave together forming a thick canopy above him. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.14]

Title: Cedars in side yard, Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ
Description: Glass negative showing trees growing along the side of the Morris family home Avocado. The slender branches weave together forming a canopy over the grass. The corner of the house is visible to the right. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.16]

Title: My room, side opposite bed, from telegraph instrument shelf, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing the corner of Marriott C. Morris' room in Barclay Hall at Haverford College. On the left there is a door and a chair; on the right is a small table holding magazines and what appears to be a large wooden spoon. Above the table is a shelf holding framed pictures and a clock, and on the wall are various other framed pictures. Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of Haverford College, originally founded in 1833., Photographer remarks: slightly overexposed., Time: 1:55, Light: Fair, sun not 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: January 27, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.491]

Title: My room from closet, showing desk & book-shelves, [Haverford College]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' small room at Barclay Hall at Haverford College. On the right is a chair with a cushion, and on the left is a desk with another chair. Above the desk is a shelf piled with books. There are various framed pictures on the walls. Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of Haverford College, originally founded in 1833., Photographer remarks: Slightly overexp., Time: 10:30, Light: Fairly 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: February 4, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.493]

Title: [My room (No. 20 Barclay Hall, Haverford College) from closet showing desk & book-shelves]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' small room at residential hall, Barclay Hall. On the right of the room is a chair with a cushion, and on the left is a desk with another chair. Above the desk is a shelf piled with books. There are various framed pictures on the walls. Barclay Hall was built in 1877 to expand the living quarters of Haverford College, originally founded in 1833., Same as last., Time: 12:15, Light: Fair, sun not 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: February 4, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.494]

Title: Rear view of Avocado from [Crescent] park, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Morris family home Avocado seen from across a field and a grove of thick trees. The trees obscure the bottom portion of the house but the top half features a tower with a balcony and tracery in the gables. A wooden fence with a gate separates the house from the dirt road running through the trees. 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 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.7]

Title: Express wagon in back yard Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a small wagon standing in a grassy lawn dotted with trees at the Morris family home Avocado. A wooden fence runs to the left of the path traversing through the garden. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.50.8]

Title: Horse chestnut tree in our garden from centre of yard, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a large, leafy chestnut tree set in a lawn at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Various flower beds and a bench decorate the garden, which is surrounded by foliage on either side. The back facade of the house is barely visible behind the tree. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: MS note beside entry: Began new box with 944., Time: 4:10, 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: May 6, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.944]

Title: Hamilton Balentyne in our garden, raking beds, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing Hamilton Balentyne holding a rake and standing in a garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. He wears a hat and suspenders and has his sleeves rolled up to his elbows. The garden is filled with flower beds, trees, and other foliage. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: Fogged in some way., Time: 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: June 30, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.947]

Title: Garden from above elm tree, looking toward house, [Deshler-Morris House, 5442 Germantown Avenue]
Description: Glass negative showing a garden at the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. A large, leafy tree grows in the center. A woman sits on a bench beneath the tree and a man stands next to a flower bed further into the garden. The lawn is surrounded by trees and other foliage. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Photographer remarks: This plate flogged also., Time: 4:15, 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 30, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.948]

Title: [Group in automobile, Sea Girt. Marrott C. Morris in front seat, Marriott Jr. kneeling in back seat, Elliston Perot and Elliston Jr. on porch]
Description: Film negative showing a group of men, women, and children, including Marriott Canby Morris and his son Marriott Canby Morris Jr., in an automobile parked in the driveway of the Morris family home Avocado. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris and son Elliston P. Morris Jr. as a boy stand on the porch. 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: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.81]

Title: [Elliston P. Morris Jr. with rolled flag, Avocado, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston P. Morris Jr. as a boy carrying a tightly rolled flag decorated with a star. Morris stands next to a flagpole in front of the Morris family home Avocado. The multi-story house has a wide porch, a tower with a balcony and tracery decoration. Morris wears a 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: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.83]

Title: [6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence]
Description: Film negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' two-story house seen from across a road at 6706 Cresheim Road. The house has timber framing, a porch, ivy climbing up the front facade, and another house connected to the left. Two children play in the grass in front of the house and a woman stands on the porch., 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: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.65]

Title: [6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence]
Description: Film negative showing the twin two-story houses (6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road), including Marriott C. Morris’ (right) at 6706. The house has two porches, timber framing and ivy climbing up the front facade. A woman and two children stand in the grass in front of Morris' house., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.66]

Title: [6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham, Marriott C. Morris' residence]
Description: Film negative showing a view of the twin two-story house at 6704 and 6706 Cresheim Road, , including Marriott C. Morris’ (right) at 6706, seen from across the road through a group of trees. The house has timber framing, two porches, and ivy climbing up the front facade. 6704 Cresheim Road is obscured by the trees., 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: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.67]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing a smiling Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy standing in a garden next to a large shrub at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Morris wears a coat with a wide-brimmed hat and smiles at the camera., 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: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.68]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. 6706 Cresheim Road. Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a coat and hat standing next to the back porch of their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. A stone archway stands behind Morris, who wears a coat, wide-brimmed hat, and ribbon around his neck., 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: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.69]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a coat and hat standing nex to a large shrub in the garden at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a coat and wide-brimmed hat and closes his eyes to block the bright sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.70]

Title: [Marriott Canby Morris Jr. 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as a boy wearing a coat and hat standing on a path in front of a brick porch at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. He wears a coat with a wide-brimmed hat, holds a basket in his hand, and squints his eyes in the sunlight., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.71]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr,. 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys in a garden at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. They wear sailor suits and crouch near the ground to examine some plants., 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: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.72]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys sitting on the wooden porch steps of their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. They wear sailor suits and have a watering can between them,, 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: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.73]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr., 6706 Cresheim Road, Pelham]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing next to a large, flowering shrub in the garden at their home at 6706 Cresheim Road. Marriott Morris Jr. on the right holds a watering can and smells the flowers. Both boys wear sailor suits., 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: Spring 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.74]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris and men with ladders, Avocado, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris standing in front of a group of men climbing ladders propped up against a flagpole. Two large houses, including the multi-story Morris family home Avocado, stand in the background. Morris wears a three-piece suit and a straw 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: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.97]

Title: [Deshler-Morris] House, 4782 Main St. from yard [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing the two-story Deshler-Morris House (later 5442 Germantown Avenue) with shuttered windows and a balcony on the second floor. Photo taken from the yard, facing the house diagonally. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., Forms part of Marriott C. Morris Collection., Photographer remarks: First attempt. Varnished. Ghost in centre., Time: 4 P.M., Light: Good cloudy day., 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., The emulsion is heavily damaged in the lower right corner., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: June 10, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1]

Title: [C.L.] Eberle's [drug] store from our parlor window, (cor[ner] Church La[ne] & Main St[reet]) seen from 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a three-story storefront owned by Charles L. Eberle at 4779 Main Street as seen from the Deshler-Morris House porch. The building is located on the corner of Main Street and Church Lane and has two floors above the shop on the first floor. Signage is visible on the side and partially on the front of the building and reads "C.L. Eberle." A canvas sign hangs across the sidewalk and reads "Miss Kate Cotton Millinery." A man stands on the sidewalk in front of the store next to a tall tree growing in a planter on the sidewalk. Eberle purchased this drug store from Abraham Rex in 1859. He retired in 1899., No. 13., Photographer remarks: 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: 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.100.1]

Title: Bessie Morris & Patty Mellor at 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description: Glass negative showing a close view of Pattie Mellor and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting next to each other in front of the Deshler-Morris House at 5442 Germantown Avenue. Mellor on the right wears a hat decorated with flowers and a dark coat and turns her head toward Morris who looks downward. Morris wears a cloth hat and a light coat. She has a small, black dog in her lap. The house's large windows are visible in the background. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., No. 18., 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: May 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.100.2]

Title: Bessie Morris & Patty Mellor at 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description: Glass negative showing a close view of Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and Pattie Mellor sitting next to each other in front of the Deshler-Morris House. Mellor on the right wears a hat decorated with flowers and a dark coat and turns her head toward Morris who looks toward the camera. Morris wears a cloth hat and light coat. She has a small, black dog in her lap. The Deshler-Morris House's large windows are visible in the background. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., No. 18., 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: May 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.100.2a]

Title: Old Morris House from workmen club house. Corner School La[ne] & Main St[reet, Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the De la Plaine House, a three-story building seen from across a brick road lined with trolley tracks at 5521-5523 Germantown Avenue. The first floor of the building houses a storefront with various kinds of merchandise piled on the sidewalk under an awning. Trees line the sidewalk to the side of the house and a streetlight is visible in the foreground. James De la Plaine settled in Germantown in 1691. Before his death in 1750, he built a house. It was afterward owned by E.B. Paramore and used as a corner store before the Germantown Mutual Fire Insurance Company bought the property in 1885. The Rev. B. Wistar Morris also lived here before he became a bishop in Oregon., No. 14., Photographer remarks: Taken in rain. Sam [Morris] with me at the time., 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 24, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.100.3]

Title: Charles James Rhoads & Sam[uel] B[uckley] Morris in backyard, 5442 [Germantown Avenue, Deshler-Morris House]
Description: Glass negative showing Samuel Buckley Morris, Marriott Morris' brother, and Charles James Rhoads, Morris' Aunt Beulah's nephew, as boys with a dog under the branches of a leafy tree in the backyard of the Deshler-Morris House. The boy on the right wears a light colored suit and a cap and sits next to a tree with a bat under his arm. The boy in the center wears a dark colored suit with a dark hat and stands with one arm raised over the dog and a bat in his other hand. A planter stands to the left of the group and the rear of the house and a large tree are visible in the background. David Deshler built the original four-room summer cottage on this Germantown lot in 1752, adding the three-story front addition in 1772. The house was sold to Col. Isaac Franks in 1792 after Deshler’s death. President George Washington rented the home for the duration of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 and the summer of 1794. Elliston and John Perot purchased the house in 1804, selling it to Elliston’s son-in-law Samuel B. Morris after his death in 1834. The house stayed in the possession of the Morris family for over a century, when Elliston P. Morris donated the house to the National Parks Service in 1948. The name was officially changed to the Germantown White House in 2009., No. 19., 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: May 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.100.4]

Title: Our library at [Avocado], Sea Girt, [NJ], From S.W. corner
Description: Glass negative showing the richly decorated library interior at the Morris family home Avocado. There is a fireplace on the left wall with plants and a clock on the mantle. A round metal stove sits in the grate. Various chairs and a table full of books sits on a rug with an intricate floral pattern. Two American flags hang over a framed picture on the back 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., Time: 10:55, Light: good light, no sun., Different view than the one depicted in plate 1012., 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 9, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1014]

Title: Our cottage from S.E. Bess in her room window. [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Avocado, the multi-story Morris family summer home with a prominent spire, wide porch and latticework decoration at Sea Girt, N.J. The house sits among dune grass and other foliage. Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris looks out of a window on the third story. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 11:30, 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: September 10, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1015]

Title: Our dining room [in Avocado] at Sea Girt, [NJ], from pantry door
Description: Glass negative showing the interior of the dining room at the Morris family summer home, Avocado, furnished with a table and chairs. A bicycle sits in the corner of the room and a shelf holding various vases, a lamp, and a clock sits on the adjacent 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., Time: 2, Light: Cloudy day., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 10, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1018]

Title: [Avocado] House & flag pole from the beach looking s.w. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Avocado, the Morris family's multi-story Victorian-style home with a spire and a wide porch. There is a boardwalk leading over a sand dune toward the house. A flagpole flying an American flag stands to the right of the boardwalk. 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: 8:30, 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 11, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1022]

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