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Title: [Genesta], Fred Strawbridge in buggy, [Germantown]
Description: Glass negative showing Fred Strawbridge sitting in a horse-drawn buggy. Strawbridge holds the horse Genesta's reins while the buggy waits in the drive of a house. Trees grow next to the house in the background., Same horse as last., Time: 12:35, 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 21, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1511]

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: Group on tennis court. Jennie & Ethel Rhoads, Fred. Strawbridge & Bess. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, wife Jane Rhoads Morris, and sister-in-law Ethel Rhoads, with Fred Strawbridge posed in the grass next to a tennis court. Jane and Elizabeth Morris sit on the ground, Jane Morris leaning against a chair that holds a straw hat. Ethel Rhoads sits in a chair to the left and Strawbridge stands behind her. The women wear long patterened dresses and hats while Strawbridge wears a three-piece suit and hat., Time: 4, 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: July 6, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1545]

Title: Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, [NJ]. Father, Helen Morris, Mr. Samuel, Bess, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, Mary Taylor & Mother
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, and possibly third cousin Helen Morris, with Joseph Bunford Samuel, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, and Mary Taylor gathered for a picnic in the woods. The group sits in a semi-circle around a blanket filled with food and a picnic basket. Samuel holds a bottle and a box in his hands and Taylor holds a fan up to her face. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses and hats., Time: 2:30, 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: July 7, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1304]

Title: [Party at dinner in woods at Highlands, NJ. Father, Helen Morris, Mr. Samuel, Bess, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, Mary Taylor, & Mother]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, mother Martha Canby Morris, and possibly third cousin Helen Morris, with Joseph Bunford Samuel, Fannie Garrett, Fred Strawbridge, and Mary Taylor gathered for a picnic in the woods. The group sits in a semi-circle around a blanket filled with food and a picnic basket. The men wear three-piece suits while the women wear long, high-necked dresses and hats., Same group as last., Time: 2:35, 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 7, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1305]

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