Cabinet card of a bearded unidentified man posing with books by Ball & Sons
date: label: Date
content: 1897-1902
name: label: Photograph by
content: J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Photograph by
content: James Presley Ball, American, 1825 - 1904
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
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: 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: 2014.37.28.8
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 × 9.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Overall): 6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (16.8 × 11.4 cm)