Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of three unidentified girls by Ball & Sons
1898
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 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. The trio is photographed from the waist up, with two girls seated and the third standing between and just behind the other two. The two seated girls wear identical dark colored dresses and the third girl wears a lighter dress with lace decorations on the sleeve. They all have dark hair that has been pulled back. There is an inscription in pencil on the back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.4
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