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- Title
- [Avocado] Parlor at Sea Girt, [NJ], from S.E. corner of room
- Description
- Glass negative showing a parlor with rich furnishings at the Morris family home Avocado. There is a fireplace with a mirror on the mantle, three chairs, a side table, and a round table covered with an embroidered cloth and multiple books. A staircase is visible through the doorway on the left. 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: Very nice neg., Time: 11, Light: Fair 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
- September 6, 1886
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1010]
- Title
- [View of Victorian decorated parlor at Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a richly decorated parlor at the Morris family house, Avocado, at Sea Girt, N.J. A fireplace with a circular screen covering the hearth stands on the far wall. Various ceramics, photographs, and a large mirror decorate the mantle. A table covered with a cloth, piles of books, and a lamp sits in the center of the room next to a rocking chair. Two other chairs flank a small end table against the wall adjacent to the fireplace. 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.9895.11.17]
- Title
- [View of Victorian decorated parlor at Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a richly decorated parlor at the Morris family home, Avocado, at Sea Girt, N.J. A fireplace with a circular screen covering the hearth stands on the far wall. Various ceramics, photographs, and a large mirror decorate the mantle. A table covered with a cloth, piles of books, and a lamp sits in the center of the room next to a rocking chair. Two other chairs flank a small end table against the wall adjacent to the fireplace. 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.9895.11.11]
- Title
- Sitting Room at Sea Girt, [NJ], 9 mo. 1900, Avocado
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a sitting room in the Morris family home Avocado. On the left is a fireplace with a mantle decorated with vases, photographs, and a clock. Various chairs and a table covered in cloth, books, and a lamp stand to the right. Paintings hang on the walls. 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., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.554]
- Title
- Sitting Room at Sea Girt, [NJ], 9 mo. 1900, Avocado
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a sitting room in the Morris family home Avocado. On the left is a fireplace with a mantle decorated with vases, photographs, and a clock. Various chairs and a table covered in cloth, books, and a lamp stand to the right. Paintings hang on the walls. 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., Originally housed in negative box inscribed “Bought 12/27, 1899.”, 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 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.2013.13.554]