Scope and arrangement

Various photographs, many of unknown origins, most unidentified. Most of the photographs were found loose in the collections of the Country Doctor Museum and no provenance or identification has been found yet. The postmortem photographs were purchased by the museum in 2019. Two are daguerreotypes and the rest were printed as carte de vistes, a popular printing style in the late nineteenth century.

Administrative information

Custodial History

Donor information unknown. 1971: N. B. Herring donated by T. T. Herring. 2019: Postmortem photographs. Purchased by The Country Doctor Museum.

Source of acquisition

Donor information unknown Gift of T. T. Herring. Purchased by The Country Doctor Museum.

Processing information

Processed by Ashley Williams and Marlena Barber, 2015. Updated by Layne Carpenter, 2017, 2019, and 2023.

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Language of material

English

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