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Cabinet card of two unidentified children 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 two unidentified children 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 an infant is seated in a draped chair and an older child stands to the left of the infant with his or her hand around the baby's shoulder. Both children wear light colored dresses. The reverse of the mount is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.5

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