Cabinet card of an unidentified child in a gingham dress by J.P. Ball & Son

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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 child photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the front along the bottom. The image is a vignette. The child is wearing a light-colored gingham dress and is posed seated in a piece of furniture draped in dark fabric. The arm of an adult is visible at the child's proper left side with the rest of their body out of frame. The reverse is blank.

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