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Cabinet card of an unidentified man 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 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 wears a dark dress and stands in 3/4 left profile with her hand resting on a cloth-draped stand. Next to her stands a man in a dark suit and bowtie with a mustache. His right hand rests on a book balanced in a small table. The reverse is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.12.1

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