http://xrl.us/CallingDrHaringThis is all guesswork. The only certainty is the Hackensack Photographer, J. D. Terhune. Read the seller's description and piece it together yourself. If you come to a different conclusion or have better knowledge, please post it and enlighten the rest of us.
Oh yeah..........the auction is already over. Sorry - I just found it in its closing hours.
Seller's description:
YOU ARE BIDDING ON A UNIQUE CIVIL WAR ERA MEDICAL ITEMS..............
FOUND IN A TRUNK FROM A NEW JERSEY ESTATE ........... UPON SEEING THE OBJECTS INQUIRED IF A DOCTOR OR NURSE RESIDED THERE... I WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAD BEEN 2 GENERATIONS OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND DOCTORS IN THE FAMILY.
THE CDV'S THAT WERE IN THE TRUNK ARE OF A MAN AND WOMEN WITH A SAME STUDIO POSE WITH A TAX STAMP ON THE BACK OF THE PICTURE THAT IS DATED 1864 AND BOTH ARE MARRIED TO EACH OTHER .. THE MAN WAS 59 YRS OLD AND THE WOMEN WS 57 IN 1864.
BELIEVE TO BE A DOCTOR AND HIS WIFE ... PICTURES WERE TAKEN IN HACKENSACK NJ...
NAMES ARE: D.T. HARING AND GITTY HARING.... ALL THE ESTATE KNEW WAS THAT HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY.........
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE ALSO IN THE TRUNK: PUMICE STONE POWDER (USED TO CLEAN HANDS OR WOUNDS MADE BY BEDESEE PHARMACAL CO OF NY.. PAPER COVERED CARDBOARD CONTAINER.. APPROX 2.5 INCHES WIDE AND 3 INCHES HIGH/.... STILL CONTAINS HALF OF THE POWDER...
A BRASS BLEEDER MADE BY BORICK .. THE BLADES ARE CAST STEEL.. ONE HAS A SMALL NICK IN IT..
PAIR OF CUSTOM MADE BRASS TWEEZERS WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE BONE ENDS RIVETED ON THE ENDS TO FORM THE POINTS...
A CAN OF EMPTY ETHER WHICH ONCE WEIGHED 1/4 LB.... WAS MANUFACTURED FROM MALLINCKRODT CHEMICAL WORKS, FROM ST LOUIS AND MONTREAL, PHIL, AND NY.... HAS THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL LABEL ON IT...TIN CAN IN PERFECT CONDITION... NO DINGS OR DENTS WITH A CORK TOP..
ALSO AN ETHER MASK WITH SCREEN AND CLOTH... AND MADE BY DEWITT AND HERZ JNC. OF GERMANY.. MASK ALL IN TACT WITH A STRONG SPRING HOLDING THE CLOTH IN PLACE. NO RIPS
THE LAST ITEM IS A PORCELAIN SICK BED FEEDER.. USED TO FEED SOUP OR LIQUIDS TO A PERSON WHO COULD NOT SIT UP IN BED.. HAS A MARK ON THE BOTTOM.. MADE IN GERMANY AND A MOLD MARK OF 100.
THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE AND RARE COLLECTION OF HARD TO FIND CIVIL WAR MEDICAL ITEMS.I'm skipping the closeups of the medical items. I wish a closeup of the Harings was included, but only the flip side closeups were.
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