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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(FAMILY PAPERS.) Photographs and other papers of John C. Carter, "major-domo" of the R.J. Reynolds estate. 80 items: 27 professional formal photographs, most of them large-format prints; a packet of 24 2+ x 4½-inch snapshot photographs; 7 clippings; 2 letters addressed to wife Margie; visitor's register from Carter's funeral; and 19 other pieces of ephemera. Condition varies but generally strong. Winston-Salem, NC, circa 1915-1955
John Craige Carter (1892-1955) spent most of his life running Reynolda, the palatial Winston-Salem, NC estate of tobacco mogul R.J. Reynolds, his widow, and then their daughter Mary Reynolds Babcock. His obituary noted his title as "Major-Domo" and made clear that his status transcended a typical household servant. He arranged a dinner for President Truman at the estate, the giant Christmas tree in front of his own home was a local attraction in its own right, and his employer noted his "broad interest in all civic affairs . . . I have never known one of higher integrity."
