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Title: [Two women by rustic fence, Sea Girt]
Description: FIlm negative showing two young women standing on either side of a wooden fence. The girl on the left holds an open parasol over her head while the girl on the right holds a closed parasol. Both girls wear long skirts, white blouses, and ribbons in their hair. A multi-story home with a long porch and balcony on the second level stands behind them., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: Summer 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.125]

Title: [Woman with bicycle at entrance gate, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing a woman with a bicycle standing next to a wooden fence with an elaborately decorated gate at Sea Girt. A bust statue (possibly Shem Pearce) stands in the pinnacle above the gate, 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.2013.13.75]

Title: Side yard Avocado with fence, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a path running along the side of Morris family home Avocado. A man leans against a wooden fence to the left of the path and slender trees grow on either side of the fence., 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.9895.16.3]

Title: [Man by fence near dirt road surrounded by trees. Probably Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road curving slightly to the left and lined with trees, probably in the yard at the Morris family home, Avocado. A man stands in the road near the wooden fence that runs along the left 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: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.16.13]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. by fence, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' son Elliston P. Morris Jr. as a boy standing next to a chicken wire fence. He wears a sailor suit and looks down at his hand resting on top of the fence. Flowering shrubs grow on the opposite side of the fence and trees grow in the background., 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.2013.13.133]

Title: [Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. by fence, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing on either side of a chicken wire fence. The boys reach out their hands and touch fingers above a group of flowering shrubs. Marriott Morris Jr. on the right wears a long tunic with a belt and a ribbon around his neck. Elliston Morris Jr. wears a sailor suit., 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.2013.13.134]

Title: Bella & Edith Wistar & B[ess] C. M[orris] by fence in front of mill, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris and third cousins once removed Anabelle Wistar and Edith Wistar gathered around a fence in a woodland setting. Morris on the left leans in from behind the fence, the girl on the right leans back against the front side of the fence and the center girl sits on the fence. Morris and the girl on the right wear white patterend dresses while the girl in the center wears a short, darker dress. All three wear decorated hats., Time: 12:20, 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 9, 1886
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.949]

Title: [Martha Canby Morris, Elliston P. Morris Jr. and Marriott C. Morris Jr. and a woman near a fence, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Film negative showing Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris and his sons Elliston Perot Morris Jr. and Marriott Canby Morris Jr. as boys standing under a leafy arbor. Martha Morris wears a checkered dress and stands to the right in front of a wooden fence covered in foliage. The boys wear sailor suits with wide-brimmed hats., 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.2013.13.91]

Title: E[lizabeth] C[anby] M[orris]'s horse "Robin" & cart at front fence, Avocado, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris' horse, Robin, attached to a cart and standing in front of a metal fence at the Morris family home Avocado. A flagpole flying an American flag and two schooners sailing on the ocean 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: seen frm porch (flag flying on flagpole. 2 schooners at sea) [ms note on scrap paper], Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.16.1]

Title: [View from Sea Girt. Front fence of Avocado. Marriott C. Morris, Shober Kimber, and a woman, possibly Anne Emlen, by iron fence on beach. American flag flying in background]
Description: Glass negative showing Marriott Morris, Shober Kimber, and a woman, possibly Anne Emlen, standing near a metal fence at the Morris family home Avocado. Kimber and Emlen, stand behind the gate while Morris leans against the other side of the fence. A flagpole flying an American flag stands behind the group with the ocean visible in the distance. Both men wear jackets and short ties. Emlen wears a high-necked dress., 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.9895.14.1]

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