Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of an unidentified child in a white dress 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 an unidentified child photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The photo is significantly faded around the edges. The child is wearing a white dress, a locket, and is posed leaning against the arm of a chair. The reverse is blank.
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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.18
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