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- Title
- Group on tennis court. Ellen, Helen & Bess Morris & Fred Baker. [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, third cousin Ellen Morris, and possibly his third cousin Helen Campbell Morris posed with Fred Baker in the grass in front of thick foliage. Elizabeth Morris sits on the ground while the other women sit in chairs behind her. The woman on the right reads a newspaper and holds a tennis racquet in her lap. Baker, holding another tennis racquet, stands behind the woman on the left. The women wear long patterned dresses. Baker wears a shirt with rolled sleeves and a hat., Time: 12:30, Light: 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 9, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1563]
- Title
- Group on porch of Central Cottage at Lakewood. Fred Baker, Bess, Ellen Morris, Eli Price, Helen Morris & Gertrude Mellor. [Lakewood, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Fred Baker, Eli Price, Gertrude Mellor and Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, third cousin Ellen Morris, and possibly his third cousin Helen Campbell Morris and posed on the porch of a house at Lakewood, N.J. Two of the women and a man sit on the floor with their legs dangling over the edge of the porch while the other women and man sit in chairs behind them. A hammock hangs from the porch's supporting pillars. The women waer long patterned dresses and hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats. Originally settled by mill operators in 1750, Lakewood became a winter resort area in 1880. It housed the prominent hotels Laurel House (1880-1932), Lakewood Hotel (1891-1925), and Laurel-in-the-Pines (1891-1967). By the 1960s, the area had become more residential., Time: 3:30, 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
- August 7, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1557]
- Title
- Group at Farmingdale Station. Mr. Price, Helen, Ellen, & Bessie Morris, Mother, Eli Price & Fred Baker & Gertrude Mellor & Whitall Nicholson. [Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing Mr. Price, Eli Price, Fred Baker, Gertrude Mellor, and Whitall Nicholson, and Marriott C. Morris' mother Martha Canby Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, third cousin Ellen Morris, and possibly his third cousin Helen Campbell Morris, posed on the platform at a train station. They sit and stand in front of a building with a sign that reads, "United States Express Co." The women wear long patterened dresses and hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats., Time: 10:30?, 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
- August 7, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1555]
- Title
- Group of party on "Taurus" on ocean off Monmouth Beach [NJ] - Helen, Molly, Elizabeth, Ellen, Bessie & Dick Morris, Fred Baker & Father
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott C. Morris' father Elliston P. Morris, sister Elizabeth Canby Morris, second cousin once removed Elizabeth Stokes Morris, probably his third cousins Richard Jones Morris and Mary Paul Morris, and possibly his third cousin Helen Campbell Morris, as well as Fred Baker posed on the deck of a ship. Most of the group sits on chairs and Elliston Morris stands behind them under a sign that reads "Taurus." The women wear long dresses and hats while the men wear three-piece suits and hats., Photographer remarks: Undertimed., Time: 5:10, 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 8, 1889
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1562]