Finding Aid of the Surry Parker Photograph Collection, PHC.51

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Finding Aid of the Surry Parker Photograph Collection, PHC.51

Abstract

This collection of negatives depicts the Surry Parker family and business enterprises in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, c. 1904-1920s. Parker's logging and machinery operation in the 1910's in Pinetown, North Carolina is depicted along with views of his business interests in Virginia, including the Surry Parker Machine Works at Norfolk.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Surry Parker Photograph Collection
Call Number
PHC.51
Creator
Surry Parker family
Date
1867 - 1942
Extent
35.00 items
Language
English
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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Access Restrictions

Available for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright is retained by the authors of these materials, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law (Title 17 US Code). Individual researchers are responsible for using these materials in conformance with copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], PhC.51.1, Surry Parker Photograph Collection, State Archives of North Carolina; Raleigh, NC.

Collection Overview

This collection of negatives depicts the Surry Parker family and business enterprises in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, c. 1904-1920s. Parker's logging and machinery operation in the 1910's in Pinetown, North Carolina is depicted along with views of his business interests in Virginia, including the Surry Parker Machine Works at Norfolk. Parker designed and built logging machinery. Many of the images depict Parker's relatives vacationing in the Virginia Beach area. Also in the collection is a copy of a daguerreotype of Captain George Thomas Parker, the father of Surry Parker, in his Confederate uniform.

(NOTE: The Parker family's handwritten notes on the collection give added detail to many folios. The notes may be found at the end of the collection. The orginal negative album also may be found with the collection.)

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged in the original order of negatives in the album. They are organized into folios, and the folders contain the identical numbers of the folios in the album.

Biographical/Historical note

Surry Parker (1866-1942) was a designer and builder of steam logging machinery and founder of Pinetown.

Contents of the Collection

1. Folio 1

"Thin Cottage," Virginia Beach, Virginia., June, 1926
PhC.51.F001.01
"Thin Cottage," Virginia Beach, Virginia., June, 1926
PhC.51.F001.02
Houseparty, group picture of attendees at Dr. Robert W. Smith's House, Hertford, North Carolina., May 2, 1926
PhC.51.F001.03
Houseparty, group picture of attendees at Dr. Robert W. Smith's House, Hertford, North Carolina., May, 1926
PhC.51.F001.04
Houseparty, group picture of attendees at Dr. Robert W. Smith's House, Hertford, North Carolina., May, 1926
PhC.51.F001.05
Houseparty, group picture of attendees at Dr. Robert W. Smith's House, Hertford, North Carolina., May, 1926
PhC.51.F001.06
Houseparty, group picture of attendees at Dr. Robert W. Smith's House, Hertford, North Carolina., May, 1926
PhC.51.F001.07
Houseparty, group picture of attendees at Dr. Robert W. Smith's House, Hertford, North Carolina., May, 1926
PhC.51.F001.08
Jane Odom Parker and 3 unidentified people, "Thin Cottage," Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 1926
PhC.51.F001.09
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia.
PhC.51.F001.10

2. Folio 2

Boardwalk, Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.01
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.02
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.03
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.04
Cars in front of cottage, Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 30, 1926
PhC.51.F002.05
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.06
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.07
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 24, 1926
PhC.51.F002.08
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.09
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.10
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.11
Group picture on beach. Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.12
Beachgoers shower outdoors., June 17, 1926
PhC.51.F002.13
Mrs. H. H. Hunter and two swimmers, Virginia Beach, Virginia., June 28, 1926
PhC.51.F002.14

3. Folio 3

Group picture on beach, houseparty, Virginia Beach, Virginia., June, 1926
PhC.51.F003.01
Group picture on beach, houseparty, Virginia Beach, Virginia., June, 1926
PhC.51.F003.02
Group picture on beach, houseparty, Virginia Beach, Virginia., June, 1926
PhC.51.F003.03
Group picture on beach, houseparty, Virginia Beach, Virginia., June, 1926
PhC.51.F003.04
Group picture on beach, houseparty, Virginia Beach, Virginia., June, 1926
PhC.51.F003.05

4. Folio 4

Surry Parker, Mr. Cohn, Mr. Whaley, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Cheney, Washington, NC., June, 1904
PhC.51.F004.01

5. Folio 5

Three automobiles., c. 1900
PhC.51.F005.01
Berkley locomotive., c. 1900
PhC.51.F005.02
Berkley locomotive., c. 1900
PhC.51.F005.03
Berkley locomotive., c. 1900
PhC.51.F005.04
Norfolk and Western rail car., c. 1900
PhC.51.F005.05
Norfolk and Western rail car., c. 1900
PhC.51.F005.06

6. Folio 6

Log Cottage, Raeford, North Carolina., February 16, 1927
PhC.51.F006.01
Log Cottage, Raeford, North Carolina., February 16, 1927
PhC.51.F006.02

7. Folio 7

Mr. A. W. Evans at the site of the first theater in Jamestown, Virginia., March 28, 1927
PhC.51.F007.01
Mr. A. W. Evans at the ruins of a church in Jamestown, Virginia., March 28, 1927
PhC.51.F007.02
Mr. A. W. Evans at the ruins of a church in Jamestown, Virginia., March 28, 1927
PhC.51.F007.03
Mr. A. W. Evans at the site of the battlefield in Jamestown, Virginia, (1 negative), March 28, 1927
PhC.51.F007.04
Mr. A. W. Evans at the Moore House in Jamestown, Virginia, (1 negative), March 28, 1927
PhC.51.F007.05

8. Folio 8

Small nail keg saw mill, near Homeville, Virginia., April 4, 1927
PhC.51.F008.01
Small nail keg saw mill, near Homeville, Virginia., April 4, 1927
PhC.51.F008.02
Small nail keg saw mill, near Homeville, Virginia., April 4, 1927
PhC.51.F008.03
Small nail keg saw mill, near Homeville, Virginia., April 4, 1927
PhC.51.F008.04
Small nail keg saw mill, near Homeville, Virginia., April 4, 1927
PhC.51.F008.05
Small nail keg saw mill, near Homeville, Virginia., April 4, 1927
PhC.51.F008.06

9. Folio 9

Mileage signs at a street corner, Williamston, North Carolina., March 26, 1927
PhC.51.F009.01
Mileage signs at a street corner, Williamston, North Carolina., March 26, 1927
PhC.51.F009.02
Mileage signs at a street corner, Williamston, North Carolina., March 26, 1927
PhC.51.F009.03
Mileage signs at a street corner, Williamston, North Carolina., March 26, 1927
PhC.51.F009.04

10. Folio 10

"George Washington's Ditch," Lake of the Dismal Swamp., May 11, 1927
PhC.51.F010.01

11. Folio 11

Aloys Butler, rural Edenton, North Carolina., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F011.01
Alonzo Butler and wife Virginia Butler, rural Edenton, North Carolina., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F011.02

12. Folio 12

Small pine timber, near Edenton, North Carolina., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F012.01
Small pine timber, near Edenton, North Carolina., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F012.02
Small pine timber, near Edenton, North Carolina., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F012.03
Small pine timber, near Edenton, North Carolina., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F012.04
Small pine timber, near Edenton, North Carolina., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F012.05
Small pine timber, near Edenton, North Carolina., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F012.06
Small pine timber, near Edenton, North Carolina., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F012.07

13. Folio 13

Scope and Contents note:

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

Arbuckle's Landing and repair of the wharf, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 3, 1927
PhC.51.F013.01
Arbuckle's Landing and repair of the wharf, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 3, 1927
PhC.51.F013.02
Arbuckle's Landing and repair of the wharf, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 4, 1927
PhC.51.F013.03
Arbuckle's Landing and repair of the wharf, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F013.04
Arbuckle's Landing and repair of the wharf, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 10, 1927
PhC.51.F013.05

14. Folio 14

Margaret Reay and Jane Parker., May 8, 1927
PhC.51.F014.01

15. Folio 15

Mrs. Bailey Griffith and her nine children eating bread provided by Surry Parker, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 9, 1927
PhC.51.F015.01

16. Folio 16

Mrs. Bailey Griffith's nine children, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 9, 1927
PhC.51.F016.01
Mrs. Bailey Griffith's nine children, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 9, 1927
PhC.51.F016.02
Mrs. Bailey Griffith's nine children, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 9, 1927
PhC.51.F016.03
Mrs. Bailey Griffith's nine children, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., May 9, 1927
PhC.51.F016.04

17. Folio 17

Scope and Contents note:

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

Porter Brothers Locomotive and cars., April 16, 1927
PhC.51.F017.01
Porter Brothers Locomotive and cars., April 16, 1927
PhC.51.F017.02
Repairing sign on water at Berkley Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., April 16, 1927
PhC.51.F017.03
"For Sale" sign at Berkley Mill, Norfolk, Virginia, (1 negative), April 16, 1927
PhC.51.F017.07
Repairing sign on water at Berkley Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., April 16, 1927
PhC.51.F017.04
Repairing sign on water at Berkley Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., April 16, 1927
PhC.51.F017.05
Repairing sign on water at Berkley Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., April 16, 1927
PhC.51.F017.06

18. Folio 18

Scope and Contents note:

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

Crane at Berkely Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., 1925
PhC.51.F018.01
Crane at Berkely Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., 1925
PhC.51.F018.02
Crane at Berkely Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., May 15, 1925
PhC.51.F018.03
Crane at Berkely Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., May 18, 1925
PhC.51.F018.04
Crane at Berkely Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., May 18, 1925
PhC.51.F018.05
Crane at Berkely Mill, Norfolk, Virginia., May 18, 1925
PhC.51.F018.06

19. Folio 19

Liberty Iron and Wire Works buildings, Norfolk County, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F019.01
Liberty Iron and Wire Works buildings, Norfolk County, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F019.02
Liberty Iron and Wire Works buildings, Norfolk County, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F019.03
Liberty Iron and Wire Works buildings, Norfolk County, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F019.04
Liberty Iron and Wire Works buildings, Norfolk County, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F019.05

20. Folio 20

Gates to the estate of Mr. W. T. Fergus (in Stamford CT), built at Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F020.01
Gates to the estate of Mr. W. T. Fergus (in Stamford CT), built at Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F020.02

21. Folio 21

Mr. W. L. Hall, Cleveland, Ohio., April 25, 1927
PhC.51.F021.01
Mr. W. L. Hall, Cleveland, Ohio., April 25, 1927
PhC.51.F021.02
Mr. W. L. Hall, Cleveland, Ohio., April 25, 1927
PhC.51.F021.03

22. Folio 22

Gas engine crane, Hampton Boulevard, (Norfolk?) Virginia., April, 1927
PhC.51.F022.01
Gas engine crane, Hampton Boulevard, (Norfolk?) Virginia., April, 1927
PhC.51.F022.02

23. Folio 23

Scope and Contents note:

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

Dead bear on crane, saw mill at Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F023.01
Dead bear on crane, saw mill at Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1926
PhC.51.F023.02
George Dyer, wife Jane, and their four children in front of their house on the land between Lake Drummond and the Feeder Ditch, near Arbuckle's Landing, Wallaceton, Virginia, n.d. (1 negative), c. 1931
PhC.51.F023.07
Dead bear on crane, saw mill at Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1927
PhC.51.F023.03
Jane Parker, Mr. Fergus, his son, and his son's goat cart, South Norfolk, Virginia., c. 1928
PhC.51.F023.04
Jay Dunbar and a group of deer hunters, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1932
PhC.51.F023.08
Jane Parker, Mr. Fergus, his son, and his son's goat cart, South Norfolk, Virginia., c. 1929
PhC.51.F023.05
Jane Parker, Mr. Fergus, his son, and his son's goat cart, South Norfolk, Virginia., c. 1930
PhC.51.F023.06

24. Folio 24

Destruction of the saw mill by forest fire, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., April 28, 1927
PhC.51.F024.01
Destruction of the saw mill by forest fire, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., April 28, 1927
PhC.51.F024.02
Destruction of the saw mill by forest fire, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., April 28, 1927
PhC.51.F024.03
Destruction of the saw mill by forest fire, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., April 28, 1927
PhC.51.F024.04
Destruction of the saw mill by forest fire, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., April 28, 1927
PhC.51.F024.05

25. Folio 25

Walter L. Cohoon Farm, road pictures., April 12, 1927
PhC.51.F025.01
Walter L. Cohoon Farm, road pictures., April 12, 1927
PhC.51.F025.02
Walter L. Cohoon Farm, road pictures., April 12, 1927
PhC.51.F025.03
Walter L. Cohoon Farm, road pictures., April 12, 1927
PhC.51.F025.04
Walter L. Cohoon Farm, road pictures., April 12, 1927
PhC.51.F025.05

26. Folio 27

Group and canoe, Dismal Swamp and Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1920s
PhC.51.F027.01
Group and canoe, Dismal Swamp and Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1920s
PhC.51.F027.02
Group and canoe, Dismal Swamp and Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1920s
PhC.51.F027.03
Group and canoe, Dismal Swamp and Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia., c. 1920s
PhC.51.F027.04
May Shepard Parker (middle), her principal and wife, and a captive bear cub, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, n.d. (1 negative), c. 1920s
PhC.51.F027.05

27. Folio 28

Georgia Riddle, M. S. Parker, Sarah Boren, Marian Cooper, Cape Henry, Virginia, (3 negatives), June 15, 1925
PhC.51.F028.01

28. Folio 29

Monument erected in the Dismal Swamp, near George Dyer's house, when Prohibition went into effect c. 1916., c. 1916
PhC.51.F029.01

29. Folio 30

An unidentified sailor and Surry Parker, Lake Drummond Feeder Ditch Locks, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina c. 1920., c. 1920
PhC.51.F30.01

30. Folio 31

Elizabeth Parker and cat at Parker house, Norfolk, Virginia., August 20, 1925
PhC.51.F31.01

31. Folio 32

Jane Parker in front of sign commemorating the Merrimac/Monitor battle., c. 1925
PhC.51.F032.01

32. Folio 34

Anna Whaley Smith at Parker house, Norfolk, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F034.01
Anna Whaley Smith at Parker house, Norfolk, Virginia., c. 1925
PhC.51.F034.02

33. Folio 35

Machinery designed and built by Surry Parker, Pine Town, North Carolina., c. 1920
PhC.51.F035.01
Machinery designed and built by Surry Parker, Pine Town, North Carolina., c. 1921
PhC.51.F035.02
Machinery designed and built by Surry Parker, Pine Town, North Carolina., c. 1922
PhC.51.F035.03
Machinery designed and built by Surry Parker, Pine Town, North Carolina., c. 1923
PhC.51.F035.04
Machinery designed and built by Surry Parker, Pine Town, North Carolina., c. 1924
PhC.51.F035.05
Machinery designed and built by Surry Parker, Pine Town, North Carolina., c. 1925
PhC.51.F035.06
Machinery designed and built by Surry Parker, Pine Town, North Carolina., c. 1926
PhC.51.F035.07

34. Folio 75

Ensign Jim Griffin., c. 1925
PhC.51.F075.01
Unknown, Mary Shepard Parker, Elizabeth Walton Parker, Hertford, North Carolina., c. 1925
PhC.51.F075.02
Unknown child beside Surry Parker's office, Pine Town North Carolina., c. 1925
PhC.51.F075.03
Unidentified group on boat., c. 1925
PhC.51.F075.04
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney (Dick) Elliot and son Sidney, Hertford, North Carolina., c. 1925
PhC.51.F075.05
Sidney (Dick) Elliot, Hertford, North Carolina., c. 1925
PhC.51.F075.06
Sidney (Dick) Elliot, Hertford, North Carolina., c. 1925
PhC.51.F075.07
Sidney (Dick) Elliot, Hertford, North Carolina., c. 1925
PhC.51.F075.08
Sidney (Dick) Elliot, Hertford, North Carolina., c. 1925
PhC.51.F075.09

35. Folio 76

Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.01
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.02
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.03
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.04
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.05
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.06
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.07
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.08
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.09
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.10
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.11
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.12
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.13
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, family group portraits., c. 1910s
PhC.51.F076.14

36. Folio 100

Captain George Thomas Parker (b. 1836), Companies G and H, 5th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, in uniform, resident of Gates County, father of Surry Parker (negative taken from daguerreotype).
PhC.51.F100.01

Subject Headings

  • Parker, George Thomas.
  • Parker, Surry, 1867-1942.
  • Surry Parker Machine Works (Norfolk, Va.)
  • Logging.
  • Pinetown (N.C.)
  • Virginia Beach (Va.)

    • Acquisitions Information

    This collection was donated to the State Archives by Dr. Surry Roberts, 120 Woodburn Road, Raleigh, N. C. 27605 on October 1, 1992. It was accessioned by the archives in October, 1992.

    Processing Information

  • Processed by Stephen E. Massengill, September, 1992
  • Encoded by Dietra Stanley
  • Encoding updated by Aaron Cusick, January, 2012