(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) PHOTOGRAPHY BALL J P ALEXANDER THOMAS

Sale 2271 - Lot 399

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) PHOTOGRAPHY. BALL, J. P & ALEXANDER THOMAS. Carte-de-Visite of a young Union soldier, in his long smock coat, holding his slouch hat at his side. 3-7/8x2-3/8; on Ball & Thomas cardboard mount. Cincinnati, circa 1862-1865

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James Presley Ball (1825-1904) African American daguerreotypist, photographer and entrepreneur. In 1849 Ball became an itinerant photographer, traveling to Pittsburgh, Richmond, and throughout Ohio. He eventually settled in Cincinnati in 1849 and in 1851, opened the Daguerrian Gallery, his first successful studio on New Year's day. This subsequently became one of the best-known galleries in the U.S. During the early 1850s, Ball opened another gallery, and hired his future brother-in-law, Alexander Thomas, to work with him. By 1857, Thomas became a full partner in the business. Ball and Thomas' gallery was soon known as "the finest photographic gallery west of the Allegheny Mountains."