Cabinet card of three unidentified women and a child 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 three unidentified women and an unidentified child photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with a decorative edge. The name and location of the photo studio are printed on the front along the bottom. The portrait features three women posed around a child. The child is wearing a white dress and sits on the arm of the chairs where two of the women sit. An older woman in a light dress with a ruffled collar and glasses sits in a high back chair to the left of the child. A younger woman in a striped dress is sitting on the proper right. Behind the two seated women is a standing woman in a dark-colored dress with a lighter bib collar. The group is posed in front of a painted interior backdrop. The reverse is blank.

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