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Title: [Climbing flagpole ladder, Sea Girt]
Description: Film negative showing a man climbing a ladder propped up against a flagpole. Another man steadies the ladder and two men hold ropes on either side of the flagpole. Charles and Phoebe Wright's house is visible in the background. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., 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.2013.13.109]

Title: C[harles] B. Wright's new house at Sea Girt, [NJ] from N.E
Description: Glass negative showing Charles Wright's multi-story brick home with a manicured lawn. The three-story house has a porch, central tower, and crenellated ridgeline. The roof of another building is visible behind the houes, partially obscured by trees. A dirt road runs to the right of the house. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 7:45, 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.9895.1554]

Title: [Charles & Phoebe] Wright's house from the back by the stable. Men putting on shutters. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the rear of Charles and Phoebe Wright's large four-story house. A drive lined with trees leads to the house as two men install shutters on the fourth-floor windows. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 3:15 PM, 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 22, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1587]

Title: [Phoebe & Charles] Wright's stable from Mother's room porch, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of the roof of Charles and Phoebe Wright's house with a spire on the right side taken from an upper-level porch at Avocado. The top of the roof is visible through a thick forest surrounding the building. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 8:30 A.M., 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 20, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1579]

Title: [Charles & Phoebe] Wright's new house from road in Park at Sea Girt near tennis court
Description: Glass negative showing a dirt road lined with wheel tracks leading to a house owned by Charles and Phoebe Wright. Only the rooftop of the house is visible through the trees that line the road. The house is made of brick and has a crenellated ridgeline. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Photographer remarks: Day of arrival at Sea Girt., Time: 5, Light: Strong 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: June 20, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1542]

Title: [Charles & Phoebe Wright's Cottage and Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of Charles and Phoebe Wright's house and the Morris famiy home Avocado. Each multi-story home has wide porches and grassy front lawns. Avocado on the right features a tower with a balcony and tracery decoration in the gables. The Wright house on the left is made of stone and has a crenellated roof life. Trees grow behind the houses and a sand dune extends beyond the lawns in front. 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. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., 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.9895.9.6]

Title: Our house [Avocado] and C[harles] B. Wright's new house from N.E. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing the Morris family multi-story home Avocado and the multi-story home owned by Charles and Phoebe Wright seen from across a sand dune and grassy lawns. Avocado on the right has a wide porch and a tower with a balcony. Wright's house on the left is made of brick with a balcony on the second floor. 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. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 7:40, 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.9895.1553]

Title: [Charles & Phoebe] Wright's cottage & ours [Avocado] from South, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Morris family home Avocado and the house of Charles and Phoebe Wright, two multi-story houses with grassy lawns standing in front of a sand dune. Avocado on the right has a wide porch and a tower with a balcony. The Wright's house on the left is made of brick and features a porch and a crenellated ridgeline. 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. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 11:30 AM, 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 20, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1584]

Title: Our cottage [Avocado] and [Charles & Phoebe] Wright's from Park, at end of tennis court. Bess in foreground. [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a road leading toward two houses, the Morris family home Avocado and a house owned by Charles and Phoebe Wright. The Wright's house on the right is made of brick and has a crenellated roof and Avocado on the left has a tall tower with a balcony. Marriott C. Morris' sister Elizabeth Canby Morris stands on the road in front of tall trees that obscure all but the rooftops of the houses. 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. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., Time: 5:10, Light: Strong 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: June 20, 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1543]

Title: Aunty [Phoebe] Wright's house from Avocado 3rd fl[oor] window, [Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Phoebe and Charles Wright's large three-story brick house with a porch and a crenellated ridgeline as seen from the third floor of the Morris family home Avocado. A path runs in front of the house and ocean is visible in the distance. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., 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: 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.10]

Title: [Phoebe Wright's house from porch of Avocado, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing Phoebe and Charles Wright's a large three-story brick house seen from the porch of the Morris family home Avocado. The Wright's house has a porch and a balcony on the second floor. The pillars of the porch on Avocado are visible in the foreground and the grass extends into the background. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890., 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: 1889
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.53.11]

Title: [Line of Victorian residences including Charles & Phoebe Wright's Cottage, Avocado, and Oglesby's, Sea Girt, NJ]
Description: Glass negative showing a view of a row of large multi-story houses standing next to the ocean seen from above at a distance. Charles and Phoebe Wright's house is the second from the left. The tower of the Morris family home Avocado is just visible over the Wright's roof. Margaret Antoinette Oglesby's house stands beyond them. A road lined by a fence and telephone wires runs parallel to the houses in the foreground. A small building sits at the edge of the sand dune with a wooden path extending toward the nearest house. 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. Charles Wright began the construction of this house in 1885. Phoebe Wright was not directly related to him, but lived here until the construction of her own house in 1890. Oglesby’s husband Joseph built their house in 1887, but died before it was completed. She and her son continued to live in the house until his death in 1963. The house later burned down., 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.9895.9.7]

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