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Cabinet card of an unidentified man, child, and woman by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America

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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 man, girl, and woman 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 woman sits on the far right in a dark jacket and her hair pulled up on top of her head. The girl stands to her right between the adults and is wearing a white dress with her head resting in her right hand. The man sits to her right and wears a dark suit and a trim beard. Handwritten on the reverse of the mount in graphite is the text "Pa and Ma".

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.21

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