Cabinet card of three unidentified girls by Ball & Sons
date: label: Date
content: 1898
name: label: Photograph by
content: J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Photograph by
content: James Presley Ball, American, 1825 - 1904
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place captured
content: Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.37.28.4
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Overall): 7 3/16 × 5 1/8 in. (18.3 × 13 cm)