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Title: [Portrait of] Matilda Knox
Description: Glass negative showing a portrait of Matilda Knox seated on a wooden bench with her arms crossed. She wears a dress with a floral pattern and has her hair pulled back in a chignon. Trees and grass are blurred in background. Matilda Knox was the housekeeper for the Morris family at Avocado., 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. 1885
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.87.7]

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: 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: 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: [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]

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