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DETAILS:Original cabinet card photograph by African American photographer James Presley Ball. Clear sharp image in high grade condition. For other original J.P. Ball photographs be certain to visit the African Americana and Black Militaria categories of our store.
BIOGRAPHY: James Presley Ball Sr. (1825-1904) was an African-American photographer, abolitionist, and businessman. Born in Virginia hedaguerreotype photography in Boston from John B. Bailey, who like Ball, was \"a freeman of color.\" Ball opened his first studio in Cincinnati, Ohio 1845 which went on to become was one of the most popular portrait studios in mid-19th century America.
Oxxbridge Galleries
Established 1987
Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in vintage paper itemswith a large selection of historical and 19th Century tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, carte des visites and other types of early photography.We invite everyone to visit our storeto view our entireinventory (STORE CATEGORY: Historical Photos).
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