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Title: [Interior of House of Industry with women at work, 114 North 7th Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of an interior at the House of Industry densely packed with women. The women sit on chaiars working on sewing projects and making handicrafts. Shuttered windows line the left and back walls. Two large skylights in the ceiling provide the main source of light in the room. The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, founded in 1795, operated the House of Industry, which offered a nursery and employed women to make handicrafts. The charity moved to Catharine Street in 1916., Title from entry in photographer's diary., Inscribed in negative: No. 2 of this., Same as last., Time: 3, Light: Good sun outside., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 49., Arcadia caption text: The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor, one of the first charities in Pennsylvania established by women, was founded in 1795 under the leadership of Ann Parrish. The Quaker group provided food, clothing, and fuel to widows and children of men who had perished in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The society later established a “House of Industry” with a nursery, where women were employed to make handicrafts. The House of Industry depicted here in 1870 was located at 112 North Seventh Street. In 1916 the charity moved to 716 Catharine Street and was later known as the Catharine Street House of Industry., Digitization and cataloging edits have 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 24, 1888
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.9895.1253]

Title: Bathing group No. 2. Sallie H. L. [possibly Letchworth], M. N. [possibly Maud Noble], B[ess] C. M[orris], S[am] B. M[orris] & M[arriott]. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris, his brother Samuel Buckley Morris and sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and possibly Sallie H. Leachworth and Maud Noble seated in the sand on the beach at Sea Girt. The group wears bathing attire and the women wear bathing caps. The Beach House is visible in the distance., Time: 4:15 P.M., Light: Fair, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 8, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.130]

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 in Jerry's boat, Sallie Letchworth, Sam, Bessie & Maud Noble, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Sallie Letchworth, Maud Noble, and Marriott Morris' siblings Samuel Buckley Morris and Elizabeth Canby Morris in a rowboat sitting on the beach. Each person in the group wears a hat and the woman on the right carries a parasol., Time: 12:45 P.M., Light: Good 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: August 11, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.135]

Title: Necker's Cottage, S. Broad St. near League St. [Philadelphia]
Description: Glass negative showing Necker's Cottage on South Broad Street, a small one-story house with a woman and four children sitting on the front porch. An unhitched carriage sits in front of the porch and another cart leans upended in the foreground., Photographer remarks: Not focussed [sic] well or else wind shook camera., Time: 12:10, 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: October 4, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.430]

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: 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: Matilda & her pigeon, Flora. On [Avocado] back porch, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Matilda Knox wearing a striped dress standing on a porch at the Morris family summer home Avocado in Sea Girt, N.J. A pigeon named Flora perches on her outstretched left hand. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado., Photographer remarks: Too slow shutter for density., Time: 3:45, 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.9895.1019]

Title: [Mana]squan River party after lunch, 2 miles below Allaire, [NJ]. Anne Emlen, Father, Shober Kimber, Mr. [Joseph Bunford] Samuel, Miss Cohen & Bess
Description: Glass negative showing, from left to right, Anne Emlen, Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston Perot Morris, Shober Kimber, Joseph Bunford Samuel, Miss Cohen and Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris posing in front of a tree in the forest. The women and Kimber sit in the grass holding an oar in their laps. The other men stand behind them leaning against tree trunks. The women wear dark colored dresses and Elizabeth Morris and Cohen wear hats with cloth embellishments. Cohen holds a closed parasol in her lap. The men all wear suits. Elliston Morris and Samuel wear hats on their heads while Kimber holds his hat in his lap., Time: 2, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 3, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1009]

Title: Group on cellar door in front of cottage [Avocado]. Bess, Shober Kimber, Anne Emlen & self. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Anne Emlen, Marriott Canby Morris, his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and Shober Kimber (Haverford College class of 1886) posing in front the carved porch railing at the Morris family home Avocado. The women and Kimber sit on the ground. The women hold tennis racquets and Kimber holds a ball. Marriott Morris stands to the left, leaning against the porch railing. The women wear dark dresses. The men wear suits with white shirts. Emlen and Marriott Morris wear hats. 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: 3:30, Light: No 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: September 6, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1011]

Title: Matilda [Knox] & her pigeon. At side of house, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Matilda Knox standing against a wall of wooden siding at the Morris family home Avocado with a pigeon perched on her right hand. Knox is in profile and wearing a striped dress with a checkered apron and glasses. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado., Time: 9:30, 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 14, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1027]

Title: Will & Florence Collins, Sam Rohrer & Bess in front porch. [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Will and Florence Collins, Sam Rohrer, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris seated on a porch at the Morris family home Avocado. The women wear long, patterned dresses and the men wear three piece suits and hats. 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: 11:30, Light: Good 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: July 4, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1143]

Title: [Will & Florence Collins, Sam Rohrer & Bess in front porch Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Will and Florence Collins, Sam Rhorer, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris seated on a porch at the Morris family home Avocado. The women wear long, patterned dresses and the men wear three piece suits and hats. Florence Collins on the right leans against Will Collins sitting behind her. 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, but very poor position., Photographer remarks: Also overtimed., Time: 11:35, 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 4, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1144]

Title: Will & Florence Collins at side of house on bank, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Will and Florence Collins reclining on a small grassy incline. A fence and the porch of the Morris family home Avocado are visible at the top of the hill. Florence Collins wears a long, patterened dress and Will Collins wears a three-piece suit and 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., Time: 11:45, Light: Good 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: July 4, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1145]

Title: Group at side of house. Will & Florence [Collins], Sam Rohrer & Bess. [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Will and Florence Collins, Sam Rohrer, and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris reclining on a small grassy hill. A fence and the porch of the Morris family home Avocado are visible at the top of the incline. The men wear three piece suits and hats and the women wear patterned dresses. Florence Collins leans against Morris and extends a flower in her hand towards Will Collins. 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: 11:50, 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 4, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1146]

Title: Aunt A.T. [Anna Tatnall] Canby. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a three-quarter length portrait of Marriott C. Morris' aunt Anna Tatnall Canby. She sits in a wicker chair and wears a straw hat with ribbons, a brooch, and a checkered shawl., Photographer remarks: In porch. A little overexp., Time: 3:50, Light: Good, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 21, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.290]

Title: Tennis group. Miss Baker, F. [Fred] Baker, Bessie & myself. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Marriott Canby Morris and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris with Miss and Fred Baker holding tennis racquets. The women are seated and wear dark blouses over long patterned skirts with hats. The men stand behind them wearing hats. The entire group is surrounded by foliage., Photographer remarks: Taken in shade., Time: 4:10, Light: Good., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 22, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.291]

Title: [Tennis group. Miss Baker, F[red] Baker, Bessie & myself], [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Canby Morris and his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris with Miss and Fred Baker holding tennis racquets. The women are seated and wear dark blouses over long patterned skirts with hats. The men stand behind them wearing hats. The entire group is surrounded by foliage., Same group as last., Time: 11:12, Light: S----, This is the same group depicted in plate 291., 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 22, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.292]

Title: Anna H. Chase and camera, taking view in park
Description: Glass negative showing Anna H. Chase taking a photograph using a camera standing on a tripod, possibly at Crescent Park, Sea Girt. A box of equipment sits at her feet. She wears a wide-brimmed hat and a long dress., Photographer remarks: Underdeveloped, I think. Intens. 1,10,'85, Time: 1:10, Light: Weak, no sun., The negative is very 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: July 29, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.309]

Title: Group on tennis court. Bessie, Miss S. Evans, Is, Will & Dick Morris & self. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris, his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and his third cousins Israel Morris, Richard Jones Morris, and William Morris, with Miss S. Evans. The group all hold tennis racquets. The women wear long dreses and hats. The men besides Marriott Morris wear three-piece suits, and all the men wear hats. The tennis net is visible behind the group to the right and an empty chair sits in the foreground., Photographer remarks: Exp. by mother. Developed by mother by mistake., Time: 6:30 PM, Light: Not very strong., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 30, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.310]

Title: [Group on tennis court. Bessie, Miss. S. Evans, Is , Will & Dick Morris & self], [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris, his sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, and his third cousins Israel Morris, Richard Jones Morris, and William Morris, with Miss S. Evans. The group all hold tennis racquets. The women wear long dreses and hats. The men besides Marriott Morris wear three-piece suits, and all the men wear hats. The tennis net is visible behind the group to the right and an empty chair sits in the foreground., Same as last picture., Photographer remarks: Exp. by mother., Time: 6:30 PM, Light: Same as last. [Not very strong]., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 30, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.311]

Title: Group on beach at Atlantic City. Stranded sch[ooner] in background
Description: Glass negative showing a group of three women and one man posing on the beach at Atlantic City. The man holds a camera on a tripod in his left hand and wears a long coat and hat. The women wear long dark dresses and hats. The masts of a ship are visible in the background., Photographer remarks: Pretty good neg. Overexp. V[Varnished], Time: 12 M, Light: Bright, no sun., Line of bright gold spots in the lower left., 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 16, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.215]

Title: Overlook Mt. House from Huckleberry Patch, [Catskills]
Description: Glass negative showing a man and two women sitting in a field interspersed with large boulders on Overlook Mountain. A large building is visible on the hill in the background., Photographer remarks: Centre of view did not come out plain in the print. Light was reflected from stores in foreground. Varnished., Time: 5 P.M., Light: Pretty strong, 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: August 2, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.23]

Title: Old Chew House, [Cliveden]. Front view. [Germantown]
Description: Exterior view of the colonial residence built 1763-1767 by master carpenter Jacob Knor for Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Chew at 6401 Germantown Avenue. Shows the facade of the two-story stone building with a pediment over the front door, shuttered windows, and dormers and chimneys on the roof. On the grounds are two sculptures, a portrait bust on a pedestal and a classical female nude without a head and arms. A woman, attired in a cap, a long-sleeved dress, and an apron, stands in the open doorway of the house. Chew House, also known as Cliveden, was the site of the turning point in the Battle of Germantown in 1777. The Chew family enslaved people of African descent in the city of Philadelphia and in Germantown during the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate was the Chew family residence until 1972 when it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation., Time: 12:15, Light: Good, no sun., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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 19, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.243]

Title: Glacial scratches on rocks under Kittatinny House, [Delaware Water Gap]
Description: Glass negative showing a jagged cliff face with glacial scratches. Rail road tracks run parallel to the cliff. A man and woman stand at the base of the cliff., Photographer remarks: Very dark. In neg. preserver. Intens., Time: 6:30 P.M., Light: Not very strong., Bottom edge of the plate is rough and unfinished., 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, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.275]

Title: Marshall's Falls. Figures in foregr[oun]d. [Monroe Co., Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of five women and one man seated along a riverbank near Marshall's Falls. A large tree with exposed roots leans to the left in the foreground and the waterfall is visible through the trees in the background. The women wear long dresses and hats and the man wears a hat., Farther off than last., Photographer remarks: Underexposed., Time: 1:05, Light: same as last. [good sun on fall], 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 2, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.279]

Title: Cooper's Lake with Mt. Tobias, Party in foreground, [Catskills]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of men and women near a Cooper's Lake. The majority of the group sits in the grass while one man stands holding a box and a woman stands holding a fishing pole. Mount Tobias rises in the background across the lake., Photographer remarks: Best view I have taken in the Catskills so far. Varnished., Time: 11:30 A.M., Light: Pretty strong., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 20, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.19]

Title: Group of party. Summer School of Geology. Del. Water Gap
Description: Glass negative showing a large group of men and women posed in rows on a small hill in a wooded area at the Delaware Water Gap. The women wear long dresses and the men wear three-piece suits. some of the men and women wear hats., Photographer remarks: Developed at J. Gravesman Water Gap House. Taken at Marshall's Falls. Frilled at Sea Girt. Not washed enough., Time: 3, Light: Fair for shade., The negative is silghtly discolored and the emulsion has cracked along the right side., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 2, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.280]

Title: [Group of party, Summer School of Geology, Delaware Water Gap]
Description: Glass negative showing a large group of men and women posed in rows on a small hill in a wooded area at the Delaware Water Gap. The women wear long dresses and the men wear three-piece suits. some of the men and women wear hats., Same., Photographer remarks: Better neg. than last. In a neg. preserver., Time: 3, Light: Same., This is the same group as the one depicted in plate 280, however this plate is undamaged., 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 2, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.281]

Title: Group on beach, Anna, Carrie & Chas. Rhoads, Bessie & Sam. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' siblings Elizabeth Canby Morris and Samuel Buckley Morris with his Aunt Beulah's nieces and nephew Anna Rhoads, Carrie Rhoads, and Charles Rhoads seated on the beach under an umbrella. The girls wear long dresses. The two on the right wear hats decorated with ribbons. The boys wear hats and ties. Samuel Morris wears a jacket., Photographer remarks: Overexposed a little., Time: 4:50 P.M., Light: Good, 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: July 8, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.284]

Title: Aunt H[etty] A[nn] Bellah, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a three-quarter length portrait of Marriott C. Morris' grand-aunt Hetty Ann Bellah. She sits in a wicker chair and wears a belted dress, floral cap, and checkered shawl., Photographer remarks: In porch at S[ea] G[irt], Time: 3:45, Light: Good, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 21, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.289]

Title: Elberon Hotel & Franklyn Cottage from S.W., [Long Branch, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Franklyn Cottage in the distance to the right and Elberon Hotel amidst other buildings to the left. A path curves to meet the driveway to the cottage. The drive is surrounded by a hedge, with a man and two women gathered just inside the row of shrubbery. Lewis E. Brown built the Elberon Hotel in 1876. A nearby cottage owned by Charles Franklyn, president of the Cunard Ship Lines, was the scene of President James Garfield’s death in 1881. The Elberon area was a popular resort spot for actors, politicians, and the social elites starting in the 1870s., Time: 12:45, 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 29, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.719]

Title: Our cottage [Avocado], Sea Girt, [NJ], from S.E. Mother in bathroom window
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-storu Victorian-style home with a wide porch and a prominent tower. Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris is visible sitting in a window on the second floor. Dune grass grows in front of the house and trees behind. 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: Swing back not straight. Very fair neg.This must be intensified., 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: September 4, 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.736]

Title: [Front view of Avocado with two women sitting on the porch, 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 decoration in the gables. Two women sit on the porch steps. A driveway circles 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.9895.9.2]

Title: [Side view of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a side view of the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story house featuring a wide porch, a tower with a balcony and tracery decoration. A woman stands on the porch and a bicycle leans against the railing beneath her. Trees grow on the left side 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: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.6.10]

Title: Our cottage [Avocado] from Mr. Oglesby's South line. Mother in [sic] porch and Bess in window. [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. Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sits in a window on the second floor and his mother Martha Canby Morris stands on the porch. 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: undertimed., 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 7, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1198]

Title: Boat on creek below mill. Aubrey Howell, Phoebe Howell, & Bessie in boat. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Aubrey Howell, Phoebe Howell, and Marriott Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris in a canoe named "Thalatta." Phoebe Howell carries a parsol. The women wear long dresses and hats while the Aubrey Howell wears a suit and hat. Thick foliage lines either bank., Photographer remarks: Some wind. Good picture but hole in gelatine near bow. Intens. (slightly) 3,1, '85, Time: 2:30 P.M., Light: Strong, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 27, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.120]

Title: Village cart, Phoebe Howell & Bessie, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Phoebe Howell and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. The carriage stands in front of Avocado, the Morris family's Victorian-style home with a large porch. Two men are on the porch in the background. Howell holds a parasol over herself and Morris. Both women wear long dresses and hats. 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: 11:30 A.M., Light: Strong, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 30, 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.121]

Title: Group at Allaire, [NJ]. Father, Mother, Bessie, Sam, Anne & Mary Emlen
Description: Glass negative showing a group portrait of Marriott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, his siblings Elizabeth Canby Morris and Samuel Buckley Morris and Anne Emlen and Mary Emlen at Allaire, N.J. Elliston Morris stands, while Elizabeth Morris and Mary Emlen lean against a large tree and the others lounge in the grass. Each person looks in a different direction. The women wear dark long dresses and hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. James P. Allaire (1785-1858) founded the Allaire Iron Works Company (later Howell Iron Works) in 1815. Allaire, New Jersey became a factory town for the company that built engines for steamboats circa 1824. The row homes for workers were completed in 1833, the blast furnace was made in 1831, and the Episcopalian church was built 1832-1836. Financial difficulties and discovery of iron ore deposits in Pennsylvania closed the Company in 1850. In 1957, the land was bought by Allaire Village Inc. and turned into a historic village., Photographer remarks: In neg. preserver., Time: 2:15, 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: August 11, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.343]

Title: Mary, Matilda & Bertha sitting on kitchen steps under porch, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing three women, including Matilda Knox (center), sitting in the doorway of the Morris family home Avocado. One woman holds a sheaf of grain and a metal pot sits on the ground to the left. The women wear long patterend dresses. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado. Mary and Bertha were her assistants., Time: 11, Light: Fair, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 18, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.368]

Title: Owl Club sitting on 2 logs, [Poconos, Swiftwater, Pa.]
Description: Glass negative showing a group of people, including Lu Watt and Miss Shotwell, seated on large logs surrounded by trees at Shiftwater, Pa. The women wear long patterend dresses while the men wear three-piece suits., Photographer remarks: Much better than last. Very good plate. V[Varnished], Time: 4 P.M., 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: August 25, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.37]

Title: [Mary, Matilda & Bertha sitting] On bank at side of front porch, [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Matilda Knox, Mary, and Bertha sitting in the grass next to a wooden fence at the Morris family home Avocado. The wall of the house is visible to the right. Knox on the left holds a sheaf of grain and the other two women fold their hands in their laps. The women wear long patterned dreses with aprons. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado. Mary and Bertha were her assistants., Photographer remarks: Upright, Time: 4, Light: Fair, Same as #368., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 26, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.370]

Title: [Mary, Matilda & Bertha sitting on bank at side of front porch], [Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Martha Knox, Mary, and Bertha sitting in the grass next to a wooden fence at the Morris family home Avocado. The wall of the house is visible to the right. Knox on the left holds a sheaf of grain and the other two women fold their hands in their laps. The women wear long patterned dresses with aprons. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado. Mary and Bertha were her assistants., Same as last., Photographer remarks: Lengthwise, Time: 4, Light: Fair, Nearly identical to plate 370., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 26, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.371]

Title: [Group on Overlook Mt. Ann Emlen, Mary Emlen, Elliston P. Morris, Samuel B. Morris, & Martha C. Morris]. [Catskills]
Description: Glass negative showing Marrott C. Morris' parents Elliston P. Morris and Martha Canby Morris, and brother Samuel Buckley Morris, with Ann Emlen and Mary Emlen seated on the ground among trees and other foliage on Overlook Mountain. Martha Morris holds a book and Elliston Morris holds a sketchbook and pen. The women wear long dresses and the men wear three-piece suits and hats., Same group as last., Time: 4, Light: Fair, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: September 6, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.404]

Title: Swiftwater [PA]. Back of house with part of the Creek Rooms. [Poconos]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a large home seen from the back at Swiftwater, Pa. in the Poconos. Thick foliage obscures the view of the lower floors. A woman stands in the doorway of the balcony on the third floor., Photographer remarks: Pretty good. V[Varnished]., Time: 9:10 A.M., Light: Faint 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: August 31, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.42]

Title: Ocean Pathway, Ocean Grove, [NJ], looking toward auditorium
Description: Glass negative showing a wide walkway lined by fences on either side at Ocean Grove, N.J. At the end of the path is a decorative urn on a pedestal, and behind that a building with a tall spire is visible. A man and a woman walk down the path while a boy sits on the fence to the right., Photographer remarks: Very poor. Blurred., 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: August 14, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.356]

Title: View of tents at Ocean Grove, [NJ] from Tabernacle
Description: Glass negative showing a row of large tents surrounded by trees at Ocean Grove, N.J. A woman stands under the striped awning of the center tent., 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 14, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.357]

Title: Our cottage [Avocado] from S.E. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family home Avocado, a multi-story Victorian-style home with a wide porch and tall spire. Three people occupy the porch looking out across the sand dunes. Elliston Perot Morris bought property in Sea Girt, N.J. in 1875, where he built the summer home Avocado after designs by Quaker architect Hibberd Yarnall. Morris left Avocado, named after a Perot family estate in Bermuda, to his daughter Elizabeth Canby Morris in his will. It was sold in 1947 after her death. By 1958 the house had been demolished., Time: 3:20, Light: Faint sun., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: August 28, 1884
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.390]

Title: Glen near Red Rock Falls, party on rocks, [Poconos]
Description: Glass negative showing a stream flowing down a wooded hillside near Red Rock Falls in the Poconos. A group of nine men and women, one holding a parasol, sits on the rocks along the riverbank., Photographer remarks: This was too shady to make a good picture., Time: 11:30 A.M., Light: Most of picture in shade., Blot of blue discoloration in the upper left corner., 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 29, 1882
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.40]

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