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Surry Parker Photograph Collection

Surry Parker (1866-1942) was a designer and builder of steam logging machinery and founder of Pinetown.The collection of negatives contain images of the Surry Parker (1867-1942) family and business enterprises in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.

Title

Surry Parker Photograph Collection

Collection Number

PhC.51.1

Date(s)

1867 - 1942

Language

English

Physical Description
35.0 item(s)
Includes 1 Eastman negative album of 35 folios (glassine sleeves) containing 155 black and white negatives.
Abstract

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

The collection of negatives contain images of the Surry Parker (1867-1942) family and business enterprises in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.

Physical Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, North Carolina State Archives.

Creator

Surry Parker family.

Repository

State Archives of North Carolina

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.

Available for research.

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.

Processed by Stephen E. Massengill, September, 1992

Encoded by Dietra Stanley

Encoding updated by Aaron Cusick, January, 2012

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

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

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.

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS)  http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov.

The collection of negatives contain images of the Surry Parker (1867-1942) family and business enterprises in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, ca. 1904-1920s. There are photos of Parker's Pinetown, North Carolina logging and machinery operation in the 1910's. In addition, there are views of his business interests in Virginia, including the Surry Parker Machine Works at Norfolk. He designed and built logging machinery. Many of the images are of 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.)

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

3349
"Thin Cottage," Virginia Beach, Virginia, (2 negatives)
June, 1926

3350
Houseparty at Dr. Robert W. Smith's House, Hertford, North Carolina, (1 negative)
May 2, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R: Anna Whaley Smith (later Elliot), unknown, Dorothy Nixon, Jane Odom Parker (later Bosman), Dr. Robert W. Smith, Marjorie Nixon, Anna Whaley Smith (Mrs. R. W. Smith).

3351
Dr. R. W. Smith's yard, Hertford, North Carolina, (5 Negatives)
May, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R: Anna Whaley Smith, Dr. R. W. Smith, unknown, Elizabeth Walton Parker (later Roberts), Marjorie Nixon (later Horton), Anna Whaley Smith, Jane Odom Parker, Lavinia May Whaley, Smith Babb, Patty Borland Odom, Mary Shepard Odom Parker.

3352
Jane Odom Parker and 3 unidentified people, "Thin Cottage," Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 Negative).
1926

3353
"Thin Cottage," Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 Negative)
1926

Scope and Content

L to R: Ray west, Pattie Hunter, Silas Whedbee, Elizabeth Parker, Shelton White, Lois Efird, Peg Landon, Peggie Parker, Katharine Hunter, Jane Parker.

3355
Boardwalk, Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 Negative)
June 17, 1926

3356
Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 negative)
June 17, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R: Mary Shepard Parker, Alec Taylor, Georgia Riddle (later Chamblee), Mary Whitehurst, 2 unknowns, Mademoiselle Louise De Maison

3357
Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 negative)
June 17, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R: Ella Aston, Alec Taylor, Mary Shepard Odom Parker, Mlle. Louise De Maison.

3358
Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 negative)
June 17, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R: Ray West, Patty Hunter, Silas Whedbee, Elizabeth Parker, Shelton White, Lois Efird, Peg Landon, Katharine Hunter, Jane Parker.

3359
Cars in front of cottage, Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 negative)
June 30, 1926

3360
Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 Negative)
June 17, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R (top row): Ella Aston, Alec Taylor, Mary Shepard Odom Parker, Mlle. Louise De Maison, Elizabeth Brownley Odom Hunter, Mary Shepard Parker, Mary Whitehurst, Georgia Riddle.

3361
Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 negative)
June 17, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R (kneeling): Lois Efird, Silas Whedbee, Elizabeth Parker, Patty Hunter, Shelton White, Peg Landon, Ray West, Jane Parker, Katherine Hunter, Peggie Parker.

3362
Virginia Beach, Virginia, (2 negatives)
June 17 and 26, 1926

3363
Virginia Beach, Virginia, (2 negatives)
June 17, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R: Ray West, Patty Hunter, Shelton White, Peg Landon, Silas Whedbee, Elizabeth Parker.

3364
Virginia Beach, Virginia, (2 negatives)
June 17, 1926

3365
Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 negative)
June 17, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R: Peg Landon, Patty Hunter, unknown, Shelton White, Ray West.

3366
Mrs. H. H. Hunter and two swimmers, Virginia Beach, Virginia, (1 negative).
June 28, 1926

3368
Houseparty, Virginia Beach, Virginia, (5 negatives)
June, 1926

Scope and Content

L to R: Jane Parker, Elizabeth Parker, Peg Landon, Silas Whedbee, unknown, Ray West, Lois Efird, Shelton White.

3370
Surry Parker, Mr. Cohn, Mr. Whaley, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Cheney, Washington, D. C., (1 negative)
June, 1904

3372
Cars and machinery (including a Norfolk & Western Rail Car and Our Berkley Locomotive), (6 negatives)
ca. early 1900s

3374
Log Cottage, Raeford, North Carolina, (2 negatives)
February 16, 1927

3376
Mr. A. W. Evans at the site of the first theater in Jamestown, Virginia, (1 negative)
March 28, 1927

3377
Mr. A. W. Evans at the ruins of a church in Jamestown, Virginia, (2 negatives)
March 28, 1927

3378
Mr. A. W. Evans at the site of the battlefield in Jamestown, Virginia, (1 negative)
March 28, 1927

3379
Mr. A. W. Evans at the Moore House in Jamestown, Virginia, (1 negative)
March 28, 1927

3381
Small nail keg saw mill, near Homeville, Virginia, (6 negatives)
April 4, 1927

3383
Mileage signs at a street corner, Williamston, North Carolina, (4 negatives)
March 26, 1927

3385
"George Washington's Ditch," Lake of the Dismal Swamp, (1 negative)
May 11, 1927

3387
Aloys Butler, rural Edenton, North Carolina, (1 negative)
May 10, 1927

3388
Aloys Butler and wife, rural Edenton, North Carolina, (1 negative)
May 10, 1927

3390
Small pine timber, near Edenton, North Carolina, (7 negatives)
May 10, 1927

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

3392
Arbuckle's Landing and repair of the wharf, near Wallaceton, Virginia, (5 negatives)
May 3, 4, 10, 1927

3394
Margaret Reay and Jane Parker, (1 negative)
May 8, 1927

3396
Mrs. Bailey Griffith and her nine children eating bread provided by Surry Parker, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, (1 negative)
May 9, 1927

3398
Mrs. Bailey Griffith's nine children, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, (1 negative)
May 9, 1927

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

3400
Porter Brothers Locomotive and cars, (1 negative)
April 16, 1927

3401
Repairing sign on water at Berkley Mill, Norfolk, Virginia, (6 negatives)
April 16, 1927

3402
"For Sale" sign at Berkley Mill, Norfolk, Virginia, (1 negative)
April 16, 1927

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

3404
Crane at Berkely Mill, Norfolk, Virginia, , , and (6 negatives)
1925 1926 February, 1927

3406
Liberty Iron and Wire Works buildings, Norfolk County, Virginia, n. d. (5 negatives).

3408
Gates to the estate of Mr. W. T. Fergus (in Stamford CT), built at Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, n. d. (2 negatives)

3410
Mr. W. L. Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, (3 negatives)
April 25, 1927

3412
Gas engine crane, Hampton Boulevard, (Norfolk?) Virginia, (2 negatives)
April, 1927

See Parker family notes for more information on these photographs.

3414
Dead bear on crane, saw mill at Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, n.d. (3 negatives)

3415
Jane Parker, Mr. Fergus, his son, and his son's goat cart, South Norfolk, Virginia, n.d. (3 negatives)

3416
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)

3417
Jay Dunbar and a group of deer hunters, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, n.d. ( 1 negative)

3418
Destruction of the saw mill by forest fire, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, (5 negatives)
April 28, 1927

3420
Walter L. Cohoon Farm, road pictures, (5 negatives)
April 12, 1927

3422
Group and canoe, Dismal Swamp and Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, (4 negatives)
ca. 1920s

3423
May Shepard Parker (middle), her principal and wife, and a captive bear cub, Arbuckle's Landing, near Wallaceton, Virginia, n.d. (1 negative)

3425
Georgia Riddle, M. S. Parker, Sarah Boren, Marian Cooper, Cape Henry, Virginia, (3 negatives)
June 15, 1925

3427
Monument erected in the Dismal Swamp, near George Dyer's house, when Prohibition went into effect, n.d. (1 negative)

Scope and Content

L to R: Mrs. Surry Parker, Elizabeth Walton Parker, Mrs. Thomas Lingle, Eustace Lingle, Peggie Parker, Jane Parker, and Dr. Thomas Lingle.

3429
An unidentified sailor and Surry Parker, Lake Drummond Feeder Ditch Locks, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, n. d. (1 negative).

3431
Elizabeth Parker and cat at Parker house, Norfolk, Virginia, (1 negative)
August 20, 1925

3433
Jane Parker in front of sign commemorating the Merrimac/Monitor battle, n.d. (1 negative).

3435
Anna Whaley Smith at Parker house, Norfolk, Virginia, n. d. (2 negatives).

3437
Machinery designed and built by Surry Parker, Pine Town, North Carolina, n. d. (7 negatives)

3439
Ensign Jim Griffin, n. d., (1 negative)

3440
Unknown, Mary Shepard Parker, Elizabeth Walton Parker, Hertford, North Carolina, n. d. (1 negative)

3441
Unknown child beside Surry Parker's office, Pine Town North Carolina n. d. (1 negative)

3442
Unidentified group on boat, n. d. (1 negative)

3443
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney (Dick) Elliot and son Sidney, Hertford, North Carolina, n. d. (1 negative)

3444
Sidney (Dick) Elliot, Hertford, North Carolina, n. d. (3 negatives)

3446
Miscellaneous photographs of Surry Parker's family and Pine Town logging operation, (14 Negatives and contact prints)
ca. 1910s

3448
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 (1 negative taken from daguerreotype)