Cabinet card of three unidentified girls by Ball & Sons
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Cabinet card of three unidentified girls by Ball & Sons

J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904 · 1898

photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

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.

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