Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of an unidentified woman photographed 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 woman 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. The photo is a vignette and features a woman sitting in a chair wearing a black dress with large ruffles on the shoulders. Her right elbow is resting on a small table stacked with three books. Her hair is gathered on top of her head. On the back of the card there is a faint impression of another photo.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.20
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