| 1825
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Born in Virginia |
| 1845 - |
Opened one-room studio in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1846 - |
Returns to Viriginia; finds success in a rented studio
located near State Capital building. |
| 1847- |
Returns to Ohio as a traveling daguerrotypist. |
| 1849- |
Settles in Cincinnati; hires brother (Thomas) as an
operator. |
| 1852 - |
Brother-in-law(Alexander Thomas) becomes a partner of
the studio; Ball and Thomas Gallery is opened to the public by the end of decade. |
| 1855 - |
Publishes pamphlet addressing the horrors of slavery
from capture in Africa, through the Middle Passage, and then to bondage. |
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Exhibition of panoramas on the enslaved person's
experience. |
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Exhibition Bell's Daguerreotypes at the Ohio State Fair. |
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23rd of June, Exhibition at Ohio Mechanics Annual
Exhibition |
| 1860 - |
Month of May, Ball and Thomas Photographic Art Gallery
is destroyed by tornado. Studio rebuilt with assistance from community. |
| 1870's - 1800's |
Ball dissolves partnership with Thomas; moves to
Minneapolis, opens studio. |
| 1887 - |
Official photographer of the 25th anniversary of the
Emancipation Proclamation held in Minneapolis. |
|
Month of October, relocates to Helena, Montana |
| 1887-1894 |
Produces hundreds of photographs of white, black and
chinese community |
| 1900-1904- |
Moves to Seattle; opens studio under firm name of Globe
Photo Studio. |
| 1904 - |
Dies; circumstances unknown. |
