Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a seated family showing a father, mother and 2 girls. The father has an arm around one girl while the mother has an arm around the other girl. The mother and girls wear dresses while the father wears a suit. Handwritten note enclosed with the image reads, "George W. Brown and family, Harriett (wife), R. Melissa, Harriett." Engraving below the image reads, "J. P. Ball, Cincinnati." Ball was a prominent African American photographer, and one of the few to take daguerreotypes. Image was in wooden frame and replaced with archival board during conservation.