Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of three unidentified children seated on caned sofa by Ball & Sons
1900
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 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. At the center of the photo is an infant in a white gown resting against a fur. To the left is a young boy wearing a jacket and vest and to the right is a young girl with dark hair wearing a gingham dress. There is an inscription in pencil on the back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.6
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