Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of an unidentified child standing on a chair 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 a small 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. In the photo the child stands on the seat of a chair and is wearing a knee-length white dress. The child is holding a bell in his or her left hand, which rests on a small table next to the chair. There is an inscription in graphite on the back of the card.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.3
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