Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of an unidentified woman and two children by J.P. Ball & Son
1887-1900
Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified woman and two small children photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard. The three are posed around a cloth-covered table, the children standing in front and the woman seated behind. Both children have short hair and wear dark dresses and lean against the table. The woman has dark hair pulled up on top of her head and wears a dark dress with her arms crossed and resting on the table. The name and location of the photo studio are printed on the back.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.29
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