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Cabinet card of a bearded unidentified man posing with books by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America

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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 an unidentified man 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 photo is somewhat faded and depicts a man in a dark colored suit with a full beard. He holds a bowler hat at his side in his left hand and his right hand is balanced on a small stack of books resting on a table. The reverse is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.8

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