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Abstract:
Gerock began his career in Raleigh in 1876 and in 1877, relocated to New Bern, where he was active until the early 1900s. He began a partnership with Ignatius W. Brock in 1891. He is known for his portrait photography and additionally his realism in the capturing of New Bern street scenes.
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North Carolina began seeing the advent of photographers and photography in the 1840s. The first photographer in New Bern, James Joyner, arrived in 1843. The author provides a descriptive list of other 19th century photographers in New Bern. Only two photographs of New Bern itself are known to exist prior to 1862. These photographs record the ruins of the Craven County Courthouse after its destruction by fire on January 15, 1861.