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Title: [Manasquan] Meeting house from W. thro[ugh] trees, [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Old Friend's Meeting House in Manasquan, N.J., a small one-story building surrounded by trees. A wooden fence stands to the left of the building. The Manasquan Friends Meeting House was built circa 1730. Originally a two-story structure, it was remodeled into a one-story building in 1812 after storm damage in 1808. The original Meeting House was sold in 1885 and a new building built a year later., Photographer remarks: A little undertimed. Torn down 9/1886., Time: 11:15, 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 1, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.728]

Title: [Mana]squan meeting H[ouse] from down road toward R[ail] R[oad], [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Old Friend's Meeting House in Manasquan, N.J., a small one-story building surrounded by trees with a wooden fence to the left. A dirt road winds to the right in front of the building. The Manasquan Friends Meeting House was built circa 1730. Originally a two-story structure, it was remodeled into a one-story building in 1812 after storm damage in 1808. The original Meeting House was sold in 1885 and a new building built a year later., Photographer remarks: Torn down 9/1886, 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: September 1, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.729]

Title: Interior of [Manasquan] meeting-house, N.W. cor[ner] from wood-closet, [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing an interior room of the Old Friend's Meeting House in Manasquan, N.J., filled with wooden benches. A small stove sits in the center of the room. Windows on each wall let in sunlight. The Manasquan Friends Meeting House was built circa 1730. Originally a two-story structure, it was remodeled into a one-story building in 1812 after storm damage in 1808. The original Meeting House was sold in 1885 and a new building built a year later., Photographer remarks: Torn down 9/1886, Time: 12:05, Light: Good sun outside., 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 31, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.730]

Title: Interior of [Manasquan] meeting house, wood-closet cor[ner] showing stairs up to left, [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing an interior room of the Old Friend's Meeting House in Manasquan, N.J., filled with wooden benches. A small stove sits in the center of the room. The open door and the window on the opposite wall let in sunlight. The Manasquan Friends Meeting House was built circa 1730. Originally a two-story structure, it was remodeled into a one-story building in 1812 after storm damage in 1808. The original Meeting House was sold in 1885 and a new building built a year later., Photographer remarks: Torn down 9/1886., Time: 12, Light: Good light, sun out outside., 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 flaking along the upper edge of the negative., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 1, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.731]

Title: [Manasquan] Meeting house & sheds from across road, [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Old Friend's Meeting House in Manasquan, N.J., a small one-story wooden building with a wooden fence with a gate to the left. Trees line the background and a dirt road runs in front of the building. The Manasquan Friends Meeting House was built circa 1730. Originally a two-story structure, it was remodeled into a one-story building in 1812 after storm damage in 1808. The original Meeting House was sold in 1885 and a new building built a year later., Photographer remarks: Torn down 9/1886, Time: 12:15, 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 1, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.732]

Title: [Manasquan] Meeting-house from graveyard, rear, [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the rear facade of the Old Friend's Meeting House in Manasquan, N.J., a small one-story wooden building with a fence and trees to the left. A field of tall grasses grows behind the meeting house. Gravestones stand in the corner of the field to the left. The Manasquan Friends Meeting House was built circa 1730. Originally a two-story structure, it was remodeled into a one-story building in 1812 after storm damage in 1808. The original Meeting House was sold in 1885 and a new building built a year later., Photographer remarks: Same exp. as 728, but developed quickly., Time: 12:20, 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 1, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.733]

Title: Grove of trees at [Manasquan] meeting house. Mother & carriage in background, [Manasquan, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a grove of trees near the Manasquan Meeting House with a wooden fence in the background. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris stands next to a tree on the right. A horse-drawn carriage rests to her left., Photographer remarks: Overtimed., Time: 11:40, Light: Sun out brightly., 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 1, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.734]

Title: [Side view of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story house featuring a tower with a balcony, a wide porch, and tracery deocation. A line of trees blocks the view of the lower portion of the house and the other building standing to 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., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.6.7]

Title: Avocado from Morrisson's
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Morris family home Avocado seen from a distance at a high vantage point. The multi-story house has a wide porch, a tower with a balcony, and tracery decoration. A driveway circles through a grassy lawn in front of the house and the ocean is visible in the distance 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., 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.9895.7.7]

Title: [Side view of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story house featuring a tower with a balcony, a wide porch, and tracery deocation. A line of trees blocks the view of the lower portion of the house and another building stands to 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., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.6.6]

Title: Our cottage [Avocado] from Mr. Oglesby's North line, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Avocado, the Morris family's multi-story house with a wide porch and a tower with a balcony. The house is seen from the side, standing among dune grass. 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., Photographer remarks: Old camera used., Time: 7:30 a.m., Light: Dark day, no sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 7, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1199]

Title: Our Cottage [Avocado] from beyond tennis court, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado 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., Photographer remarks: Intens. 3,1,'85. " again & spoiled., Time: 6:00 PM, Light: Not very strong., The image is blurred and barely visible., 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 3, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.124]

Title: Fall in ravine, Allaire, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a waterfall flowing into a stream near the former Howell Iron Works at Allaire, N.J. Trees and other foliage line either side of the riverbank., Photographer remarks: In neg. preserver, Time: 12:20, 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 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.341]

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: [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: [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: 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: Side view of Beulah M. Rhoads' home, Haddonfield, [NJ]
Description: Film negative showing a view of Marriott C. Morris' aunt Beulah Rhoads' two-story home with shuttered windows surrounded by trees and foliage at Haddonfield, N.J. A drive curves to the right of the house and a small fence stands on the left. The Haddonfield area was originally developed by Elizabeth Haddon (1680-1762) who immigrated to the United States in 1701 to manage property her father had bought in the colonies., Inscription on negative: BMR's home Haddonfield 10/13, 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: October 13, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.535]

Title: Marriott at Hopkins Pond, Haddonfield, [NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Marriott C. Morris Jr. as a boy leaning against a tree at the edge of Hopkins Pond at Haddonfield, N.J. He wears a hat and jacket. Trees grow on the bank surrounding the pond. The Haddonfield area was originally developed by Elizabeth Haddon (1680-1762) who immigrated to the United States in 1701 to manage property her father had bought in the colonies., Inscription on negative: Hopkins Pond Haddonfield 10/12 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: October 13, 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.539]

Title: Cape May Point, [NJ], from top of the lighthouse
Description: Glass negative showing a landscape view of Cape May Point taken from the top of the Cape May Lighthouse. Fields and buildings are visible below and the corner of a railing is visible in the foreground., Time: 12:45, 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: April 16, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1100]

Title: Lighthouse, Cape May Point. [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Cape May Lighthouse, designed by army engineer William F. Raynolds (1820-1894), with various outbuildings. A path leads toward the lighthouse across a wide field surrounded by a wooden fence., Photographer remarks: Upright on plate., Time: 12:10, 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: April 16, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1099]

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: 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: 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: 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: Rock cut on road near Ogdensburg, N.J
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road leading through rocky hills. Emily Borton and Robert Mickle lean against a steep cliff face on the right side of the road. Rolling hills are visible in the distance., Photographer remarks: Emily Borton & Rob. Mickle in road, Time: 9:20, 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: August 12, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1567]

Title: Mrs. Oglesby's house from our front porch, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's multi-story house with a porch and a balcony on the second floor taken from the porch of Avocado. The house, which is seen from the side at a distance, sits on a dune facing the ocean with thick foliage growing behind it. Oglesby’s husband Joseph built their house in 1887, but died before it was completed. She and her son continued to live in the house until his death in 1963. The house later burned down., Time: 2:30 PM, 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 22, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1585]

Title: Our cottage [Avocado] from Mrs. Oglesby's 3rd story porch. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a large multi-story home with a wide porch and a spire standing near the ocean. A lawn with a circular drive sits in front of the house while other buildings are visible in the distance. A group of people and a horse-drawn carriage stand at the entrance to the drive. 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: 11 A.M., Light: no sun, fair light, 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, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1588]

Title: South side of Oglesby's house from on back porch, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's multi-story house with a wide porch and a balcony on the third floor. The house sits on a hill overlooking the ocean with trees growing behind it. A man stands in front of the house looking out over the sea. Oglesby’s husband Joseph built their house in 1887, but died before it was completed. She and her son continued to live in the house until his death in 1963. The house later burned down., Time: 3:40, 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 6, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1544]

Title: Avocado from Front Road, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado standing behind a grassy lawn. The house features a wide porch, tower with a balcony, and tracery in the gables. Dune grass grows in the foreground and trees 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: 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.16.10]

Title: [Side-view of Avocado through grove of trees, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a side view of the Morris family home Avocado seen from a distance through a grove of trees. The trees obscure the lower half of the house but the upper portion features a tower with a balcony and tracery in the gables. A wooden fence with a gate separates the trees from the road 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., 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.9895.16.12]

Title: [Interior of unidentified residence, possibly Avocado, with two women on rockers doing handiwork in front of a secretary]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of an interor, possibly at the Morris family home Avocado, with two women sitting in rocking chairs doing handiwork. The room is furninshed with a large secretary, tables, chairs, books, and small knickknacks. 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.9895.60.1]

Title: [Side view of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the side of the Morris family home Avocado surrounded by dune grass. The multi-story house has a porch, shuttered windows and latticework in the gables. Trees grow behind the house 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.60.2]

Title: [Front view of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the front facade of the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story house with a wide porch, a tower with a balcony and latticework in the gables. There is a fence with a gate and a path in front of the house. 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.9895.60.3]

Title: Milkman, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing milkman and a boy standing next to a horse-drawn cart. The man stands in profile while the boy faces the camera, his head barely above the wheel of the cart. Trees grow behind the road and grass grows in front of it., 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.9895.53.4]

Title: E[lizabeth] C[anby] M[orris] in road somewhere near Sea Girt
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris standing on a dirt road surrounded by trees, tall grass, and other foliage. She wears a long dress and a hat., 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: October 30, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.5]

Title: [Front view of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story house with a wide porch, a tower with a balcony and tracery decorating the gables, as seen from the front. A fence surrounds the house separating it from the dune grass in front and the trees behind. A man sits on a chair on the left side of 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: September 10, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.7]

Title: [Mrs. Oglesby's House], Sea Girt
Description: Glass negative showing Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's multi-story house with a wraparound porch and a balcony on the third floor. Dune grass grows in front of the house and trees grow behind while the ocean is visible in the distance on the right. 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., 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, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.8]

Title: Mrs. Oglesby's Cottage Sea Girt, [NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's multi-story house with a wraparound porch and a balcony on the third floor. Dune grass grows in front of the house and trees grow behind. A small structure with a striped awning stands in the foreground. 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., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 15, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.9]

Title: View from back balcony, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a forest seen from above. The railing of a balcony of the Morris family home Avocado is visible in the foreground and other houses stand on the right 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: September 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.1]

Title: [Side-view of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Avocado, the Morris family's multi-story house at Sea Girt, featuring a porch, tracery decoration in the gables, and a tower with a balcony. Another building is visible on the left and a lawn extends in front of the house. 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 emulsion is flaking along the top edge 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.11.5]

Title: Bonnie (dog) on front porch, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Bonnie, a small black dog, standing on a porch wearing a collar with a bell. A woman stands at the edge of the frame next to tall shuttered windows. Both the woman and the dog cast long shadows on the porch., Time: 8:10, 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 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.971]

Title: ["Bonnie" (dog) on front porch, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Bonnie, a small black dog, standing on a porch wearing a collar with a bell. The dog casts a shadow on the slats of the porch., Same subject as last., Time: 8:15, 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: July 26, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.972]

Title: Miss Baker & her little nephew Eustace Thomson on seat near boardwalk, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Miss Baker sitting on a bench on the beach holding Eustace Thomson as a small child in her lap. She holds a blanket in her left hand and a straw hat in her right. She wears a ruffled high-necked dress and hat, while Thomson wears a short dress with a patterend shawl., Time: 9:40, Light: Sun under cloud., 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 10, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.680]

Title: [Miss Baker & her little nephew Eustace Thomson in Sea Girt, NJ] on beach
Description: Glass negative showing Miss Baker and a Eustace Thomson as a child sitting in the sand next to a dune. Baker wears a dress with a lace collar and a hat and Thomson wears a checkered coat., Same as last., Time: 10, Light: 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: August 10, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.681]

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