Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Cabinet card of an unidentified woman with a floral backdrop 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 photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with decorative edges. The name and location of the photo studio are printed on the front along the bottom. The woman stands turned slightly to her left and is posed in front of a floral woodland backdrop. She has dark hair that has been pulled back and is wearing a dark colored dress with a ruffled collar and a choker. Her right arm is resting on a length of fabric draped over a fence. The reverse is blank.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.37.28.45.1
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