Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of two unidentified children by Ball & Sons
1897-1902
Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of two unidentified children photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on light-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. In the photo an infant is sitting in a draped chair wearing a white dress. To his or her left is an older child wearing a white dress, hair bows, and holding what appears to be a flower bouquet. The reverse has an inscription in graphite.
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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.11
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