Glass negative showing a view of the ocean under a cloudy sky at Sea Girt., Time: 11:50, 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
September 24, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1362]
Glass negative showing a landscape scene with foliage in the foreground and a cloudy sky above taken from the front porch of the Morris family summer home Avocado in Sea Girt, N.J. 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: Not so good as next., Time: 1, The emulsion is flaking around the edges 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
September 9, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1016]
Glass negative showing a landscape scene with foliage in the foreground and a cloudy sky above, likely from Marriott Morris' room in the Morris family summer home Avocado at Sea Girt, N.J. 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: 1:50, 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., The emulsion is flaking around the edges of the plate., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
September 10, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1017]
Glass negative showing a view of the ocean under a cloudy sky at Sea Girt. Two ships sail far away in the distance., Time: 11:40, 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 26, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1360]
Glass negative showing a view of the beach at Sea Girt with the ocean under a cloudy sky on the left and the Beach House in the distance on the right., Time: 11:41, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date
September 24, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1361]
"View from the reservoir. The reservoir extended along the northwest boundary of the Exposition grounds. This view shows state buildings in the foreground (from the left: Michigan, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Delaware and Maryland) and Machinery Hall, the Main Building and the Art Gallery in the distance."--Looney. Old Philadelphia. p. 221.
Aerial view of the exhibition from the reservoir.
Architects: Connecticut State Building - D.R. Brown, from a design by Donald G. Mitchell; U.S. Government Building - James H. Windrim; Machinery Hall and Main Exhibition Building - Henry Pettit & Joseph M. Wilson.