Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of three unidentified children in a garden scene by Ball & Sons
1897-1902
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. In the photo two older children are standing with the youngest child sitting between them a small chair. The youngest child wears a dark dress and holds several objects in his or her lap. To the left of the smallest child stands an older boy in a coat with lace trim and a bowtie. On the other side is another child wearing a white smock over a dark dress. The reverse is blank.
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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.7
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