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November 1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. Crozely faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…
November 1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozely. Crozely faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…
November 1884
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of Sarah Ann Blunt Crozley. Crozley faces center left. She wears a tignon and capelet. Text on the bottom of the photograph reads: [Carter / Worcester. Mass.]. The back of the photograph has an inscription that identifies the…
ca. 1895
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph mounted on a card of Second Lieutenant Charles Young, 9th Cavalry, United States Army. Young is depicted in bust pose with his head and torso turned slightly towards the left edge of the photograph. He has a serious expression…
ca. 1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis cabinet card image depicts sideshow actor Mianko Karoo exhibiting his exceptional height by standing next to a smaller man. Karoo is shows wearing a tall fur hat with feather plume and a long, dark velvet robe with floral embroidery along the edges…
1864
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCabinet card depicting Sojourner Truth seated, wearing a dark dress and a white shawl and cap. Her right arm is folded at the waist, her left arm is resting on a small table. She holds knitting in her left hand. On the table are a book and a vase of…
February-March 5, 1894
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis cabinet card has a photograph of Susan Bell gazing to her right. She wears a dark-colored striped bodice with puffed sleeves and a double row of buttons. The woman has spectacles and a pin at her neck. The text "C. M. BELL / WASHINGTON / D.C." is…
1897-1902
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of three 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.…
1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of three 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.…
1898
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of three unidentified girls 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.…
1887-1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of three unidentified women and an unidentified child photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with a decorative edge. The name and location of the…
ca. 1885
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of three young women. The are seated on a straw-sewn floor. There are two hats resting on their dresses in the middle. On the back, the card has a handwritten inscription [From Suzzie / to James].
1897-1902
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two unidentified children 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.…
1897-1902
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 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.…
1887-1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of an unidentified girl and an unidentified boy photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the…
1898
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a wedding party photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard that is stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The…
ca. 1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of two unidentified women taken by Taylor and Wrye in Nashville, Tennessee. The two women are posed with their heads together at the center. The woman on the left is wearing a light color dress and looking off to the right while…
1887-1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two unidentified women and an unidentified boy photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on…
1887-1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two unidentified women photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with decorative edges. The name and location of the photo studio are printed on the…
1887-1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a two unidentified women photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with decorative edges. The name and location of the photo studio are printed on…
1887-1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of two unidentified women photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the front along the…
ca. 1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white cabinet photograph of two children. Captured in studio against a rural backdrop, two unidentified children are posed close to each other. On the left, a child with long wavy hair wears a bright large bow at the neck, shirt, a dark…
1890s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of W. H. Willard taken by Herstein Photography in Nashville, Tennessee. Willard is captured from the chest up, with the lower chest fading out and Willard facing slightly to the left. He is wearing a dark color vest and jacket…
1891-1897
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph of the couple William Harrison (attorney) and Idella B. Carmichael (educator) taken by Mahon & Taylor in Nashville, Tennessee. The full-length portrait captures the couple in studio, posing with a decorative iron gate. On the back…
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