Herman Parker Collection of Glass Plate Negatives, 1885-1916, undated
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
The Herman Parker Collection of Glass Plate Negatives contains glass plate negatives in four different sizes, film negatives, and an autochrome with patented B. J. Diascope, all imaged by Herman Parker. The majority of the images were taken from his family's summer home, "Redgate" on Marblehead Neck, Massachusetts, looking across the harbor toward the town side. Most are of boats and yachts in Marblehead, but also include images of his family and their summer house, pets, and a portrait of himself. There is also an image of Fort Andrew (Plymouth, Mass.), the U.S.S. Brooklyn, a model of a fishing schooner, the Eastern Yacht Club and the Corinthian Yacht Club. Two prints of yachts (negative numbers 19 and 20) can be found in Box 1.
Dates
- Creation: 1885-1916, undated
Creator
- Parker, Herman, 1866-1946 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Restricted due to fragility, please use digital surrogates.
Biographical Sketch
Herman Parker, son of Charles Wallingford and Mary Jane Schoff Parker, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 2, 1866. In 1891, he married Lillian Hayden Percival (1867-1948). He was an architect and, in the early 1900s, he worked as a retail clothier in his father's firm, Macullar Parker and Company. By 1930, he lived in Marblehead and worked as a craftsman. He enjoyed sailing and owned several boats during his lifetime. He made a small model of his yacht Jane before destroying her and presented it to the Corinthian Yacht Club. He died in 1946.
Extent
3.54 linear feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Herman Parker Collection of Glass Plate Negatives contains glass plate negatives in four different sizes, film negatives, and an autochrome with patented B. J. Diascope, all imaged by Herman Parker.
Physical Location
Museum Storage 2
Provenance
This material in boxes 1-4 were donated by Polly Taylor on August 6, 2015 (Acc 2015.016). The material in boxes 5-6 were donated by Polly Taylor on July 8, 2022 (Acc 2022.014).
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tamara Gaydos, October 2018. Updated by Hilary Streifer, July 2022.
Subject
- Parker, Charles Wallingford, 1831-1915 (Person)
- Parker, Herman, 1866-1946 (Person)
- Corinthian Yacht Club (Marblehead, Mass.) (Organization)
- Eastern Yacht Club (Marblehead, Mass.) (Organization)
- Redgate (Marblehead, Mass.) (Organization)
- USS Brooklyn (Vessel) (Organization)
- Title
- HERMAN PARKER COLLECTION OF GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES, 1885-1916, undated
- Author
- Processed by: Tamara Gaydos; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan. Updated July 2022 by Hilary Streifer
- Date
- October 2018, July 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository