Assembled by the staff of the Duke University Medical Library's History of Medicine Collections, the Picture File consists of images of individuals, places, and subjects, with the great majority portraying physicians, scientists, nurses, and other individuals related to the history or practice of medicine. Places include hospitals and other institutions of medicine. There are albumen photographs scattered throughout the files, but the majority of the images are engravings, clippings from magazines and newspapers, and modern photographic prints. Items were acquired from various sources over many decades and functioned as a vertical file for library students and researchers.
