Accession Number: Ph2024-074
Repository: West Virginia State Archives
Creator: Harold W. Parsons
Title: Harold W. Parsons Collection
Date [inclusive]: November 12, 1928-November 12, 1932
Extent: 0.23 linear feet, 1 half-size letter flip-top box, 380 photographs
Name of Creator(s):
Language: English
Citation: [item, collection number], Harold W. Parsons Collection, West Virginia Archives and History, Charleston, WV.
Processing information: Meredith Barbery, October 2024
Conditions on Use and Access: none
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
Provenance: This collection was donated to West Virginia Archives and History at The Culture Center by an unknown person at an unknown date.
Processing Notes: Photographs were taken out of the scrapbook and kept in original order as best as possible. The scrapbook was beginning to degrade. Scans have been taken of the inside cover which contains a list of locations. Captions from the scrapbook were written in quotation marks on the envelopes.
Sources of Information [if applicable]:
Historical Note:
Scope and Content: Photographs of Harold W Parsons deployment with the United States Marine Corps to Nicaragua. Other areas included are Corinto, San Juan, Leon, Managua, Granada, East Coast, Bluefields, Puerto Cahezas, El Bluff, Prinzapolka, Chicigalpa, La Paz Centro, Ocotal, San Fernando, Murra,Jicaro, Santo Lobo's, Telpaneca, Salgado, Quilali, Sabano Grande, and West Virginia.
Related Materials [if applicable]:
Arrangement: Kept in original order established by Harold W. Parsons.
Box 1
Folder 1 (126)
Folder 2 (126)
Folder 3 (63)
Folder 4. Harold W. Parsons Collection, Negatives (15)
1. Loose photographs & postcards from Nicaragua & West Virginia, Batch #1 (33)
2. "I had some time with thes girls on Mar 9 & 10 of 1929." Savannah, GA.
3. "Pat" #1
4. "Pat" #2
5. "My old friend, Joe"
6. Group photograph of 10 men, in both dress uniform and civilian clothes
7. "Baby"
8. "P.I.", Parris Island. Man in Marine uniform stand on land.
9. "J.D. [L] and me [R]," seagoing.
10. "Benny" seagoing.
11. Photographs of unknown woman, late 1920s (2)
12. Pauline and child in Lima, OH.
13. "Major," seagoing
14. "Gook" (front) & "Colonel" (back), seagoing
15. Men in Marine uniforms standing in front of a palm tree (3)
16. "Paty Wilson", P.I. (Parris Island)
17. "J.d. [L] & me [R]," seagoing
18. "Ben [L] & J.d. [R]," seagoing
19. Photographs of men on boats and a cattle farm (4)
20. "Madison" standing in front of palm tree, P.I.
21. "Me & Ran" with a bulldog
22. Photographs of men in Marine uniform
23. "Gang at P.I."
24. "Gang coming down to Nicaragua," Harold on far left
25. "Balboa Canal Zone," two men in Marine uniform
26. "P.I. Kickers"
27. Boat crew gang at P.I., SC (6)
28. "P.I." (Parris Island), (4)
29. Parris Island, SC (6)
30. "Red Ring & John"
31. Parris Island scenes, (3)
32. Canal Zone, U.S.S. Langley Airplane Carrier
33. Unknown canal scenes, (4)
34. Haiti
35. "Canal Zone" (2)
36. "Fort of Portio Rico"
37. "Martines" (2)
38. Portio Rico Fort (3)
39. Nicaragua Coffee Mill
40. City & Fort of Portio Rico (4)
41. Dock at Balboa Canal Zone (3)
42. Main Gate at Campo DeMarte
43. Arbol del Centenario en El Parque Dario, Managua. "Central tree in Dario Park, Managua"
44. Packet 44
1. Group of 4 unknown men
2. "Me & my bulls"
3. Graveyard Managua
4. Old Camp
5. Graveyard Managua
6. Mule train
7. Managua Dump Grounds
8. Managua Stone Quarry
45. Unknown people & scenes (4)
46. Packet 46
1. "Me"
2. Bill
3. Airplane
4. Me & Bill
5. Gooks
6. Bill & Me & Foxes
47. Unknown city scenes (2)
48. Picture of Coco River Patrol (4)
49. Unknown military ship (4)
50. More Coco River Patrol (4)
51. River and ocean scenes (8)
52. Unknown ship (4)
53. River patrol (4)
54. Photographs of unknown locations (4)
55. River Patrol, pantsless man is Harold Parsons (4)
56. Candid photographs of Nicaraguan civilians & wildlife (4)
57. Loose photographs, Batch #2. People with cars & trains. Scenes of WV. Marine driver's licenses. (11)
58. River scenes (4)
59. Two men in candids (3)
60. River patrols in unknown location (5)
61. Folder 61
1. Man with a fish
2. Three men eating under a tree
3. Deer fawn with collar
62. Two unknown children
63. River patrol in a flat boat (4)
64. Folder 64
1. Unknown ship
2. Men with deer in front of barrels
3. Three men out hunting
65. Loose photos, Batch #3 (3)
66. More river patrol in a flat boat (4)
67. Folder 67
1. Two men holding up a fish
2. Man with woman sitting on his lap
3. Two men sitting at table having a drink
4. One man standing
5. Four men sitting at a table
6. Street scene
7. Man holding child on street
8. Two men standing on train
68. Coco River Patrol (4)
69. Candids around unknown towns (5)
70. Loose photographs, Batch #4, Various people in WV & SC (26)
71. River patrol on Coco River (4)
72. Men fishing and women near train (3)
73. Plane on patrol & marine pack mules (4)
74. Photographs of men at a bar (3)
75. On patrol (4)
76. Folder 76
1. Four men having a drink
2. "Catch of the Day"
3. Boats on the river edge
77. Camp in Bundox with patrol and "Mule on Guard" (4)
78. Photographs from Camp Returs? (12)
79. Men around camp (8)
80. "Central Park" City Managua, Nicaragua
Funeral procession
81. Folder 81
1. Three men in overalls
2. Home in Central America
3. Man standing next to "Fire Only" barrell
82. Photographs of airplanes, 1920s & 1930s (6)
83. "This is no bull-" Christmas card
84. Folder 84
1. Plane "Vought Corsair"
2. Man with lamp
3. River
4. Man standing in front of boats
85. Telepaneca
86. Loma Field
87. "Santiago 7 km". House by the road.
88. Marine group photograph.
89. Folder 89
1. Dog
2. Unknown man
3. Man with deer
4. Man on car
5. Ike & Murrph
6. Lucse
7. Deer "Murrph?"
8. Ike
9. Me
10. Sav boat
11. Old Camp
90. Folder 90
1. Group photograph of 4 men in camp
2. "Me"
3. Loma Camp
4. Unknown man
5. Man driving supply truck
6. Unknown ship at port
91. "The Gang" & planes (6)
92. Men standing in line at camp
93. Men standing in line at camp
94. Photograph of three children, date unknown
95. Marines around camp with animals (5)
96. Folder 96
1. Fishing boat
2. Christmas dat meat at Corinto Mess Hall
3. Unknown Marines with local people
4. Lighthouse
5. Men with United States Flag on boat
6. Man on Parris Island
7. Three men on a beach, one lifted on shoulders
97. Folder 97
1. Missoula
2. "Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco" ship
3. Man with train
4. Two boats and unknown ship
5. Unknown man
6. Unknown ship
7. Waves crashing on rocks
8. Unknown ship
9. Three men in swimsuits and dog
10. Unknown man and woman